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Johnny Best vs Sid Smith — record, stats and common opponents compared

Johnny Best

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Sid Smith

Johnny Best (1-2-2 across 5 tracked bouts) and Sid Smith (78-17-6) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met 2 times. They share 1 common opponent.

Best

Tracked record

1–2–2

counted from 5 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Smith

78

Wins11 KO · 14%

17

Losses

6

Draws101 tracked bouts

Heads up: at least one of these records is a tracked record — the wins and losses Kill The Body has ingested so far, not an independently verified career total. Treat the comparison as a read on the bouts we hold, not a settled ledger.

Head to Head

Series level 0–0 with 2 draws

Johnny Best and Sid Smith have met 2 times; Series level 0–0 with 2 draws.

Johnny Best and Sid Smith have met 2 times; Series level 0–0 with 2 draws.
Met1915Mar 201915May 3Series
Johnny BestFighter ADDrawDDraw0–0–2W–L–D
Sid SmithFighter BDDrawDDraw0–0–2W–L–D
ResultPTSPTS2Meetings

The Numbers

Best 2 · Smith 4 of 6 measurable rows
BestSmith
Record†
1-2-278-17-6 (edge)
Win %0–100%
40%
80.2% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 11
1
11 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—14.1%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
100% (edge)
14%
Times stopped‡max 8
2 (edge)
8
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 8.6
0.2
8.6 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 101
5
101

† One or both records are tracked, not career-verified. · ‡ Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total. · § Across each fighter's tracked career span. · Bars are scaled per row — percentages on 0–100, counts against the larger of the two. Every figure is also printed as text.

Tale of the Tape

Heightnot held
Johnny Best: No height on file
Sid Smith: 5′4″
Agenot held
Johnny Best: No date of birth
Sid Smith: Died aged 59

Johnny Best left, Sid Smith right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored: younger is not better.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Johnny Best1 win · from 5 tracked bouts

Johnny Best: 1 tracked win — 1 by KO/TKO (100%). Counted from 5 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 by KO/TKO 100%

Sid Smith78 wins · from 101 tracked bouts

Sid Smith: 78 tracked wins — 11 by KO/TKO (14%), 66 on the cards (85%) and 1 by another method or unrecorded (1%). Counted from 101 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

11 by KO/TKO 14%66 on the cards 85%1 by another method or unrecorded 1%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Johnny Best 5, Sid Smith 101 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · Best better on 1

Best

Opponent

Smith

  • Johnny Best

    Loss, TKO 14

    1915

    WildeBest better

    Sid Smith

    0–3 against

    Loss, KO 3

    1916

    Loss, TKO 8

    1915

    Loss, TKO 9

    1914

Both sides are set at the same size on purpose. Kill The Body does not score a second-round knockout above a split decision — the edge counts losses first and wins as the tiebreak, and the rest is yours to argue. Shared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name, so two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.

Current Form

Oldest left · newest right

Johnny Best last boxed on Feb 18, 1947 — 29,096 days ago. Best had won one in a row before losing by stoppage to Randy Turpin.DDLWL

Smith Mar 1915Smith May 1915Wilde Dec 1915Turpin Nov 1946Turpin Feb 19470.2 tracked bouts per year

Sid Smith has won four straight since losing by stoppage to Joe Conn. Smith last boxed on Dec 26, 1918.LWWWW

Conn Oct 1917Whatley Apr 1918Garrard Sep 1918Lyons Oct 1918Marshall Dec 19188.6 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Johnny Best and Sid Smith ever fought each other?
Yes. Johnny Best and Sid Smith have met 2 times and the series is level at 0-0 with 2 draws.
The 2 meetings

DMay 3, 1915 · Draw · PTS

DMar 20, 1915 · Draw · PTS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Best or Smith?
Johnny Best is 1-2-2 across the 5 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Sid Smith is 78-17-6. Sid Smith has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Best1–2–240%

Smith78–17–680.2%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Best or Smith?
Johnny Best has 1 knockout win and Sid Smith has 11. Sid Smith has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Best1

Smith1114.1%

The Numbers ↓
Do Best and Smith have any common opponents?
Johnny Best and Sid Smith share 1 common opponent: Jimmy Wilde. Johnny Best fared better against 1 of them.
Shared opponent

Jimmy WildeLL

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Best and Smith?
This comparison is drawn from 5 bouts tracked for Johnny Best and 101 bouts tracked for Sid Smith. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Best5bouts

Smith101bouts

How They Win ↓

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