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Ralph Smith vs Young Stribling — record, stats and common opponents compared

Ralph Smith

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Young Stribling

Ralph Smith (0-5 across 5 tracked bouts) and Young Stribling (256-16-17) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.

Smith

Tracked record

0–5

counted from 5 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Stribling

256

Wins129 KO · 50%

16

Losses

17

Draws290 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

Stribling leads 1–0

Ralph Smith and Young Stribling have met 1 time; Stribling leads 1–0.

Ralph Smith and Young Stribling have met 1 time; Stribling leads 1–0.
Met1929Jan 25Series
Ralph SmithFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Young StriblingFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultTKOR31Meeting

The Numbers

Smith 0 · Stribling 5 of 5 measurable rows
SmithStribling
Record†
0-5256-16-17 (edge)
Win %0–100%
0%
91.5% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 129
0
129 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—50.39%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—50%
Times stopped‡max 3
3
1 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 22.9
2.1
22.9 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 290
5
290

† 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
Ralph Smith: No date of birth
Young Stribling: Died aged 28
Stance
Ralph Smith: Not recorded
Young Stribling: Orthodox

Ralph Smith left, Young Stribling right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Ralph Smith0 wins · from 5 tracked bouts

Ralph Smith: no tracked wins in the 5 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Smith yet.

Young Stribling255 wins · from 290 tracked bouts

Young Stribling: 255 tracked wins — 128 by KO/TKO (50%), 93 on the cards (36%) and 34 by another method or unrecorded (13%). Counted from 290 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

128 by KO/TKO 50%93 on the cards 36%34 by another method or unrecorded 13%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Ralph Smith 5, Young Stribling 290 — 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

Ralph Smith last boxed on Jul 15, 1929 — 35,525 days ago. Smith had lost five straight.LLLLL

Godfrey Mar 1927Steele Sep 1928Stribling Jan 1929Steele Jun 1929Godfrey Jul 19292.1 tracked bouts per year

Young Stribling has won three straight since losing to Pierre Charles. Stribling last boxed on Sep 22, 1933.WLWWW

McCorkindale Dec 1932Charles Mar 1933Neron Aug 1933O'Dell Aug 1933Rosenbloom Sep 193322.9 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Ralph Smith and Young Stribling ever fought each other?
Yes. Ralph Smith and Young Stribling met once on January 25, 1929, and Young Stribling won by TKO in round 3.
The meeting

LJan 25, 1929 · Stribling · TKO R3

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Smith or Stribling?
Ralph Smith is 0-5 across the 5 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Young Stribling is 256-16-17. Young Stribling has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Smith0–50%

Stribling256–16–1791.5%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Smith or Stribling?
Ralph Smith has 0 knockout wins and Young Stribling has 129. Young Stribling has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Smith0

Stribling12950.4%

The Numbers ↓
Do Smith and Stribling have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Ralph Smith and Young Stribling have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Smith and Stribling?
This comparison is drawn from 5 bouts tracked for Ralph Smith and 290 bouts tracked for Young Stribling. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Smith5bouts

Stribling290bouts

How They Win ↓

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