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Johnny Van Heest vs Solly Smith — record, stats and common opponents compared

Johnny Van Heest

🇺🇸WELTERWEIGHT

Solly Smith

Johnny Van Heest (2-2-2 across 6 tracked bouts) and Solly Smith (30-13-20) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met 2 times. They share 2 common opponents.

Heest

Tracked record

2–2–2

counted from 6 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Smith

30

Wins18 KO · 60%

13

Losses

20

Draws64 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

Smith leads 1–0 with 1 draw

Johnny Van Heest and Solly Smith have met 2 times; Smith leads 1–0 with 1 draw.

Johnny Van Heest and Solly Smith have met 2 times; Smith leads 1–0 with 1 draw.
Met1892Dec 291894Oct 26Series
Johnny Van HeestFighter ALLostDDraw0–1–1W–L–D
Solly SmithFighter BWWonDDraw1–0–1W–L–D
ResultKOPTS2Meetings

The Numbers

Heest 1 · Smith 5 of 6 measurable rows
HeestSmith
Record†
2-2-230-13-20 (edge)
Win %0–100%
50%
63.5% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 18
1
18 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—60%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
50%
60% (edge)
Times stopped‡max 7
2 (edge)
7
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 4
0.6
4 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 64
6
64

† 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 Van Heest: No height on file
Solly Smith: 5′6″
Reachnot held
Johnny Van Heest: No reach on file
Solly Smith: 70″
Agenot held
Johnny Van Heest: No date of birth
Solly Smith: Died aged 62
Stance
Johnny Van Heest: Not recorded
Solly Smith: Orthodox

Johnny Van Heest left, Solly Smith right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Johnny Van Heest2 wins · from 6 tracked bouts

Johnny Van Heest: 2 tracked wins — 1 by KO/TKO (50%) and 1 on the cards (50%). Counted from 6 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 by KO/TKO 50%1 on the cards 50%

Solly Smith30 wins · from 64 tracked bouts

Solly Smith: 30 tracked wins — 18 by KO/TKO (60%), 9 on the cards (30%) and 3 by another method or unrecorded (10%). Counted from 64 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

18 by KO/TKO 60%9 on the cards 30%3 by another method or unrecorded 10%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Johnny Van Heest 6, Solly Smith 64 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

2 shared

2 shared · Smith better on 1 · even on 1

Heest

Opponent

Smith

  • Johnny Van Heest

    1–1 against

    Loss, KO 4

    1902

    Win, TKO 6

    1899

    MurphySmith better

    Solly Smith

    Win, TKO 14

    1895

  • Johnny Van Heest

    Draw, PTS

    1894

    GriffoEven

    Solly Smith

    Draw, PTS

    1894

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 Van Heest last boxed on Aug 3, 1902 — 45,369 days ago. Heest had won two in a row before losing by stoppage to Torpedo Billy Murphy.DDWWL

Griffo Jan 1894Smith Oct 1894Gans Apr 1895Murphy Mar 1899Murphy Aug 19020.6 tracked bouts per year

Solly Smith has lost three straight. Smith last boxed on Aug 26, 1904.LDLLL

Bernstein Jun 1900Bernstein Jun 1901McFadden Sep 1901DeCoursey Nov 1902Snailham Aug 19044 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Johnny Van Heest and Solly Smith ever fought each other?
Yes. Johnny Van Heest and Solly Smith have met 2 times and Solly Smith leads the series 1-0 with 1 draw.
The 2 meetings

DOct 26, 1894 · Draw · PTS

LDec 29, 1892 · Smith · KO

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Heest or Smith?
Johnny Van Heest is 2-2-2 across the 6 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Solly Smith is 30-13-20. Solly Smith has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Heest2–2–250%

Smith30–13–2063.5%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Heest or Smith?
Johnny Van Heest has 1 knockout win and Solly Smith has 18. Solly Smith has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Heest1

Smith1860%

The Numbers ↓
Do Heest and Smith have any common opponents?
Johnny Van Heest and Solly Smith share 2 common opponents: Torpedo Billy Murphy and Young Griffo. Solly Smith fared better against 1 of them.
2 shared opponents

Torpedo Billy Murphy1–1W

Young GriffoDD

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Heest and Smith?
This comparison is drawn from 6 bouts tracked for Johnny Van Heest and 64 bouts tracked for Solly Smith. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Heest6bouts

Smith64bouts

How They Win ↓

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