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Mysterious Billy Smith vs Professor Mike Donovan — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Mysterious Billy Smith

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Professor Mike Donovan

Mysterious Billy Smith (37-25-27) and Professor Mike Donovan (25-4-7) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 1 common opponent.

Smith

37

Wins24 KO · 65%

25

Losses

27

Draws91 tracked bouts

Donovan

25

Wins2 KO · 8%

4

Losses

7

Draws9 tracked bouts

Head to Head

Series level 0–0 with 1 draw

Mysterious Billy Smith and Professor Mike Donovan have met 1 time; Series level 0–0 with 1 draw.

Mysterious Billy Smith and Professor Mike Donovan have met 1 time; Series level 0–0 with 1 draw.
Met1900Nov 22Series
Mysterious Billy SmithFighter ADDraw0–0–1W–L–D
Professor Mike DonovanFighter BDDraw0–0–1W–L–D
ResultPTS1Meeting

The Numbers

Smith 4 · Donovan 3 of 7 measurable rows
SmithDonovan
Record
37-25-2725-4-7 (edge)
Win %0–100%
56.7%
79.2% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 24
24 (edge)
2
KO rate0–100%
64.86% (edge)
8%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)†0–100%
62% (edge)
0%
Times stopped†max 8
8
1 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year‡max 3.6
3.6 (edge)
1.2
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 91
91
9

† 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

Height+1″
Mysterious Billy Smith: 5′9″ (edge)
Professor Mike Donovan: 5′8″
Reachnot held
Mysterious Billy Smith: No reach on file
Professor Mike Donovan: 67″
Agenot comparable
Mysterious Billy Smith: Died aged 66
Professor Mike Donovan: Died aged 70

Mysterious Billy Smith left, Professor Mike Donovan right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored: younger is not better.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Mysterious Billy Smith37 wins · from 91 tracked bouts

Mysterious Billy Smith: 37 tracked wins — 23 by KO/TKO (62%), 9 on the cards (24%) and 5 by another method or unrecorded (14%). Counted from 91 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

23 by KO/TKO 62%9 on the cards 24%5 by another method or unrecorded 14%

Professor Mike Donovan1 win · from 9 tracked bouts

Professor Mike Donovan: 1 tracked win — 1 on the cards (100%). Counted from 9 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 on the cards 100%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Mysterious Billy Smith 91, Professor Mike Donovan 9 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · even on 1

Smith

Opponent

Donovan

  • Mysterious Billy Smith

    1–3–2 against

    Loss, TKO 4

    1903

    Loss, DQ 10

    1900

    Loss, PTS

    1900

    Win, PTS

    1898

    Draw, PTS

    1898

    Draw, PTS

    1895

    WalcottEven

    Professor Mike Donovan

    1–3–4 against

    Draw, PTS

    1908

    Draw, PTS

    1908

    Draw, PTS

    1907

    Draw, PTS

    1907

    Win, PTS

    1907

    Loss, TKO 5

    1904

    Loss, PTS

    1903

    Loss, PTS

    1903

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

Mysterious Billy Smith has lost two straight, after one straight win. Smith last boxed on Dec 29, 1915.LLWLL

Ryan Mar 1902Walcott May 1903Neill Jun 1910Cameron Jul 1911Root Dec 19153.6 tracked bouts per year

Professor Mike Donovan drew the most recent tracked bout with Barbados Joe Walcott. Donovan last boxed on Mar 3, 1908.WDDDD

Walcott Jan 1907Walcott Jun 1907Walcott Oct 1907Walcott Jan 1908Walcott Mar 19081.2 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Mysterious Billy Smith and Professor Mike Donovan ever fought each other?
Yes. Mysterious Billy Smith and Professor Mike Donovan met once on November 22, 1900, and the bout was a draw by PTS.
The meeting

DNov 22, 1900 · Draw · PTS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Smith or Donovan?
Mysterious Billy Smith is 37-25-27 and Professor Mike Donovan is 25-4-7. Professor Mike Donovan has the higher win percentage.
Records · win %

Smith37–25–2756.7%

Donovan25–4–779.2%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Smith or Donovan?
Mysterious Billy Smith has 24 knockout wins and Professor Mike Donovan has 2. Mysterious Billy Smith has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Smith2464.9%

Donovan28%

The Numbers ↓
Do Smith and Donovan have any common opponents?
Mysterious Billy Smith and Professor Mike Donovan share 1 common opponent: Barbados Joe Walcott. Neither fighter fared better across the shared opponents overall.
Shared opponent

Barbados Joe Walcott1–3–21–3–4

Common Opponents ↓
Who is bigger, Smith or Donovan?
Mysterious Billy Smith is the taller fighter at 174 cm, 1 cm above the other.
Height · reach

Smith174 cm

Donovan173 cm170 cm reach

Tale of the Tape ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Smith and Donovan?
This comparison is drawn from 91 bouts tracked for Mysterious Billy Smith and 9 bouts tracked for Professor Mike Donovan. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Smith91bouts

Donovan9bouts

How They Win ↓

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