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Philadelphia Jack O'Brien vs Young Smyrna — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Philadelphia Jack O'Brien

Young Smyrna

Philadelphia Jack O'Brien (147-16-24) and Young Smyrna (0-5 across 5 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met 3 times. They share no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.

O'Brien

147

Wins55 KO · 37%

16

Losses

24

Draws188 tracked bouts

Smyrna

Tracked record

0–5

counted from 5 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

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

O'Brien leads 2–0

Philadelphia Jack O'Brien and Young Smyrna have met 3 times; O'Brien leads 2–0.

Philadelphia Jack O'Brien and Young Smyrna have met 3 times; O'Brien leads 2–0.
Met1897May 41898Jan 311898Apr 15Series
Philadelphia Jack O'BrienFighter AResult pendingWWonWWon2–0W–L
Young SmyrnaFighter BResult pendingLLostLLost0–2W–L
ResultNDPTSNWS3Meetings

The Numbers

O'Brien 3 · Smyrna 0 of 3 measurable rows
O'BrienSmyrna
Record†
147-16-24 (edge)0-5
Win %0–100%
85% (edge)
0%
Wins by knockoutmax 55
55 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
37.41%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
37%—
Times stopped‡levelmax 3
3
3
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§not comparable
12.8—
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 188
188
5

† 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

Agenot held
Philadelphia Jack O'Brien: Died aged 64
Young Smyrna: No date of birth
Stance
Philadelphia Jack O'Brien: Orthodox
Young Smyrna: Not recorded

Philadelphia Jack O'Brien left, Young Smyrna right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Philadelphia Jack O'Brien147 wins · from 188 tracked bouts

Philadelphia Jack O'Brien: 147 tracked wins — 55 by KO/TKO (37%), 29 on the cards (20%) and 63 by another method or unrecorded (43%). Counted from 188 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

55 by KO/TKO 37%29 on the cards 20%63 by another method or unrecorded 43%

Young Smyrna0 wins · from 5 tracked bouts

Young Smyrna: no tracked wins in the 5 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Smyrna yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Philadelphia Jack O'Brien 188, Young Smyrna 5 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

No opponents in common across the bouts Kill The Body has tracked for these two.

Current Form

Oldest left · newest right

Philadelphia Jack O'Brien has lost three straight, after one straight win. O'Brien last boxed on Aug 15, 1911.LWLLL

Kaufman Apr 1910Schreck May 1910Koch Jun 1910Ramsey Nov 1910Langford Aug 191112.8 tracked bouts per year

Young Smyrna last boxed on Jan 13, 1899 — 46,674 days ago. Smyrna had lost five straight.LLLLL

O'Brien Jan 1898Gans Apr 1898O'Brien Apr 1898Gans Aug 1898Gans Jan 1899

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Philadelphia Jack O'Brien and Young Smyrna ever fought each other?
Yes. Philadelphia Jack O'Brien and Young Smyrna have met 3 times and Philadelphia Jack O'Brien leads the series 2-0.
The 3 meetings

WApr 15, 1898 · O'Brien · NWS

WJan 31, 1898 · O'Brien · PTS

May 4, 1897 · Result pending · ND

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, O'Brien or Smyrna?
Philadelphia Jack O'Brien is 147-16-24 and Young Smyrna is 0-5 across the 5 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Philadelphia Jack O'Brien has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

O'Brien147–16–2485%

Smyrna0–50%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, O'Brien or Smyrna?
Philadelphia Jack O'Brien has 55 knockout wins and Young Smyrna has 0. Philadelphia Jack O'Brien has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

O'Brien5537.4%

Smyrna0

The Numbers ↓
Do O'Brien and Smyrna have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Philadelphia Jack O'Brien and Young Smyrna have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on O'Brien and Smyrna?
This comparison is drawn from 188 bouts tracked for Philadelphia Jack O'Brien and 5 bouts tracked for Young Smyrna. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

O'Brien188bouts

Smyrna5bouts

How They Win ↓

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