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.
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.
Johnny Van Heest vs Solly Smith — record, stats and common opponents compared
Head to Head
Solly Smith leads 1–0- DrawSmith vs HeestOct 26, 1894 · PTS
- Solly Smith wonSmith vs HeestDec 29, 1892 · KO
The Numbers
- 2-2-2
- Record
- 30-13-20 (edge)
- 50%
- Win %
- 63.5% (edge)
- 1
- Wins by knockout
- 18 (edge)
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- KO rate
- 60%
- 50%
- Stoppage rate (tracked wins)
- 60% (edge)
- 2 (edge)
- Times stopped
- 7
- 0
- Title reigns
- 0
- 0.6
- Bouts per year
- 4 (edge)
- 6
- Bouts tracked
- 64
One or both records are tracked, not career-verified.
Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.
Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.
Across each fighter's tracked career span.
Tale of the Tape
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- Height
- 5′6″ (168 cm)
- —
- Reach
- 70″ (178 cm)
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- Age
- 155
- —
- Stance
- Orthodox
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- Division
- Welterweight
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- Nationality
- United States
How They Win
Tracked bouts onlyJohnny Van Heest · 2 wins
KO/TKO
1
Decision
1
Other
0
Solly Smith · 30 wins
KO/TKO
18
Decision
9
Other
3
Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter (6 and 64 respectively), not from a career-complete method table.
Common Opponents
2 sharedJohnny Van Heest
LKO R4 · Aug 1902WTKO R6 · Mar 1899Solly Smith
WTKO R14 · Dec 1895
Shared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name — two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.
Current Form
Johnny Van Heest
LWWDD
L1 streak · last fought Aug 3, 1902
Solly Smith
LLLDL
L3 streak · last fought Aug 26, 1904
Common Questions
- 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.
- Who has the better record, Johnny Van Heest or Solly 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.
- Who has more knockouts, Johnny Van Heest or Solly Smith?
- Johnny Van Heest has 1 knockout win and Solly Smith has 18. Solly Smith has more.
- Do Johnny Van Heest and Solly 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.
- How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Johnny Van Heest and Solly 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.