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Willie Smith

334 KOs
113 KOs
3Draws
Last six: W-W-W-W-W-L
Career
division
Featherweight
status
inactive
bouts
47
rounds
589
KO %
12.1%
KO wins
4
KO losses
3
career
1925–1936
debut
1925-06-20
last fight
1936-12-26
Profile
manager
Bill Duffy
sex
M
nationality
South Africa
origin
Johannesburg
city / state / zip
Johannesburg, Gauteng
dob
1904-07-19
death
1955-12-20

Latest news

Blether with Brown: Dennis was a legend in local boxing circles
2013-05-11 · Evening Telegraph
In the early 1970s, I attended several boxing dinners at the Angus Hotel, along with friends Brian ?The King? McNicoll, Dave ?The Ferret? Guthrie and Ian ?Schultz? Smith, to name a few. These events were well attended and we were usually at Willie…
Willie Smith - The Uncrowned World Champion
2006-06-19 · TheSweetScience.com
What a thrill it was to be able to watch on film a man described by many as one of the finest boxing talents the world has ever seen.…

Fight history

date
w-l-d
last 6
result
Dec 26
Johnny McGrory
5 0 0
L-PTS
City Hall, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
vacant Commonwealth (British Empire) featherweight title
12 of 12
Event →
Feb 29
Ernst Wohrer
10 10 6
W-PTS
City Hall, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
12 of 12
Event →
Oct 12
JN Smith
7 1 1
W-PTS
City Hall, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
South African Featherweight Title
12 of 12
Event →
Jul 28
Giuliano Secchi
0 5 0
W-PTS
City Hall, Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
10 of 10
Event →
May 5
Len McLoughlin
13 2 3
W-PTS
City Hall, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
South African Featherweight Title
12 of 12
Event →
Apr 7
Giuliano Secchi
0 2 0
W-PTS
City Hall, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
8 of 8
Event →
Feb 17
Len McLoughlin
12 2 2
D-PTS
City Hall, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
8 of 8
Event →
Feb 3
Gerry Stone
4 4 1
W-PTS
City Hall, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
6 of 6
Event →
Jan 13
Dave Burger
1 0 0
W-PTS
City Hall, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
6 of 6
Event →
Oct 1
Len McLoughlin
5 1 0
L-PTS
Bloemfontein, Free State, South Africa
South African Featherweight Title
12 of 12
Event →
Jul 30
Len McLoughlin
4 1 0
L-PTS
City Hall, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
South African Featherweight Title
12 of 12
Event →
May 14
Phineas John
7 7 5
L-PTS
City Hall, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
12 of 12
Event →
Apr 6
Cecil Como
20 7 2
W-PTS
City Hall, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
South African Featherweight Title
12 of 12
Event →
Oct 3
Benny Sharkey
47 7 5
W-PTS
City Hall, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
12 of 12
Event →
Sep 19
Cecil Como
20 5 2
W-PTS
Nkana Mine Club, Kitwe, Zambia
15 of 15
Event →
Sep 5
Cecil Como
20 4 2
W-PTS
Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
15 of 15
Event →
Aug 29
Cecil Como
19 4 2
L-TKO
City Hall, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
8 of 15
Event →
Jul 15
Ginger Jones
6 0 1
W-PTS
Nkana Mine Club, Kitwe, Zambia
15 of 15
Event →
Jun 27
Dick Corbett
5 0 0
W-PTS
City Hall, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
15 of 15
Event →
Jun 6
Dick Corbett
4 0 0
L-PTS
City Hall, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
15 of 15
Event →
Apr 18
Sammy Shark
0 0 0
W-PTS
City Hall, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
15 of 15
Event →
Mar 21
George Purchase
10 1 1
W-PTS
City Hall, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
15 of 15
Event →
Dec 1
Johnny Bosman
5 1 0
W-PTS
City Hall, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
South African Featherweight Title
15 of 15
Event →
May 22
Dick Corbett
3 0 0
L-PTS
Olympia, Kensington, London, United Kingdom
vacant Commonwealth (British Empire) bantamweight title
15 of 15x3
Event →
Mar 5
Kid Nicholson
12 7 2
W-PTS
City Hall, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
15 of 15
Event →
Nov 30
Dolf Plessis
6 7 6
W-PTS
City Hall, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Vacant South African Featherweight Title
15 of 15
Event →
Jul 8
Wilbur Cohen
15 13 9
L-PTS
Roanoke Auditorium, Roanoke, Virginia, United States
8 of 8
Event →
Apr 13
Jack Roberts
10 2 0
L-KO
Sydney Stadium, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
5 of 15 · 128 / 130 lbs · 1:04
Event →
Mar 16
Fidel LaBarba
16 2 2
L-TKO
Sydney Stadium, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
12 of 15 · 122 / 121 lbs
Referee: Joe Wallis
Event →
Feb 9
Fidel LaBarba
15 2 2
L-PTS
Sydney Stadium, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
15 of 15 · 123 / 121 lbs
Event →
Jan 12
Archie Cowan
11 8 1
W-TKO
Sydney Stadium, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
8 of 15 · 122 / 116 lbs
Event →
Oct 6
Mickey Doyle
9 4 1
W-PTS
City Hall, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
15 of 15
Event →
Aug 4
Sammy Tucker
18 4 0
W-DQ
City Hall, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
9 of 15
Event →
May 31
Pierre Pothier
1 4 0
D-PTS
City Hall, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
15 of 15
Event →
May 5
Young Brown
1 2 0
W-PTS
City Hall, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
15 of 15
Event →
Oct 6
Teddy Baldock
32 1 1
W-PTS
Royal Albert Hall, Kensington, London, United Kingdom
Smith becomes another claimant to the world bantam title
15 of 15x3 · 118 / 120 lbs
Event →
Mar 5
Ralph Minshull
0 0 0
W-PTS
City Hall, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
10 of 10
Event →
Dec 18
Arthur Webb
1 4 1
W-PTS
City Hall, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
15 of 15
Event →
Jul 17
George Socks
0 0 0
W-PTS
City Hall, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
20 of 20
Event →
May 15
Jim McKenzie
1 2 0
W-PTS
City Hall, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
20 of 20
Event →
Apr 10
Jim McKenzie
1 1 0
W-PTS
City Hall, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
20 of 20
Event →
Feb 13
Taffy Jones
0 1 1
W-TKO
City Hall, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
12 of 20
Event →
Dec 12
Young Brown
1 0 0
W-PTS
City Hall, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
20 of 20
Event →
Oct 10
Sammy Lee
14 15 6
W-TKO
City Hall, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
5 of 20
Event →
Sep 26
Scotty Fraser
2 3 1
W-TKO
City Hall, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
South African Bantamweight Title
13 of 20
Event →
Aug 1
Clarence Walker
5 2 1
W-PTS
City Hall, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
10 of 10
Event →
Jun 20
Scotty Fraser
2 3 0
D-PTS
City Hall, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
8 of 8
Event →