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Featherweight · United States
Solly Smith 30-13-20, 3 NC 18 KO · 1888–1904
Solly Smith was a featherweight boxer from United States, born Mar 6, 1871. Record 30-13-20, 3 NC with 18 knockouts over 1888–1904. Solly Smith last fought Billy Snailham on Aug 26, 1904 and lost by KO in round 3 of 20.
Also: سولى سميث · ソリー・スミス · Solomon Garcia Smith
Born Mar 6, 1871
Died Aug 28, 1933
Country 🇺🇸 United States
Stance Orthodox
Reach 178 cm
Nickname The Celtic Mexican
Debut Jul 1, 1888
Career 1888–1904
Rounds boxed 675
KO share 60%
Born in Los Angeles, California
Titles World featherweight title 1898
Confirmed bouts 6 of 66
Career record Record
30-13-20, 3 NC, 18 KOs · 1888–1904
Last result L
Billy Snailham
KO 3/20 · Hazard's Pavilion, Los Angeles, 🇺🇸
The record 66 bouts, 1888–1904, newest first. Records under each bout are both boxers going in.
L
Billy Snailham
KO 3/20 · Hazard's Pavilion, Los Angeles, 🇺🇸
Smith 30-12-20 · Snailham —
L
Billy DeCoursey
KO 10 · Hazard's Pavilion, Los Angeles, 🇺🇸
Smith 30-11-20 · DeCoursey —
L
Kid McFadden
DQ 7 · Oak Park, Sacramento, 🇺🇸
Smith 30-10-20 · McFadden —
D
PTS 20/20 · Hazard's Pavilion, Los Angeles, 🇺🇸
Smith 30-10-19 · Bernstein —
L
DQ 14/25 · Broadway A.C., New York City, 🇺🇸
Smith 30-9-19 · Bernstein —
W
Billy Maynard
KO 10/20 · Sampson A.C., New York City, 🇺🇸
Smith 29-9-19 · Maynard —
D
PTS 20/20 · Hazard's Pavilion, Los Angeles, 🇺🇸
Smith 29-9-18 · Bernstein —
D
Turkey Point Billy Smith
PTS 6/6 · Tattersall's, Chicago, 🇺🇸
Smith 29-9-17 · Smith —
L
Billy Barrett
PTS 20/20 · Greenwood A.C., New York City, 🇺🇸
Smith 29-8-17 · Barrett —
D
Frank Patterson
PTS 25/25 · Hercules A.C., New York City, 🇺🇸
Smith 29-8-16 · Patterson —
L
Jack McClelland
DQ 6 · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 🇺🇸
Smith 29-7-16 · McClelland —
L
KO 13/25 · Broadway A.C., New York City, 🇺🇸
Smith 29-6-16 · Bernstein —
D
Frank Patterson
PTS 25/25 · Coney Island A.C., New York City, 🇺🇸
Smith 29-6-15 · Patterson —
D
Frank Patterson
PTS 20/20 · Greenwood A.C., New York City, 🇺🇸
Smith 29-6-14 · Patterson —
L
KO 6/25 · Lenox A.C., New York City, 🇺🇸
Smith 29-5-14 · Gardner —
L
Lost world featherweight title TKO 5/25 · Greater New York A.C., New York City, 🇺🇸
Smith 29-4-14 · Sullivan —
D
Tommy White
For world featherweight title PTS 25/25 · Greater New York A.C., New York City, 🇺🇸
Smith 29-4-13 · White —
W
Billy O'Donnell
Retained world featherweight title DQ 7/20 · Olympic A.C., Buffalo, 🇺🇸
Smith 28-4-13 · O'Donnell —
D
PTS 6/6 · Tattersall's, Chicago, 🇺🇸
Smith 28-4-12 · Santry —
W
Won world featherweight title PTS 20/20 · Mechanic's Pavilion, San Francisco, 🇺🇸
Smith 27-4-12 · Dixon 48-3-25
Show all 66 bouts W
Johnny Griffin
KO 7/20 · Woodward's Pavilion, San Francisco, 🇺🇸
Smith 26-4-12 · Griffin —
W
Martin Flaherty
PTS 25/25 · Broadway A.C., New York City, 🇺🇸
Smith 25-4-12 · Flaherty —
W
PTS 20/20 · Broadway A.C., New York City, 🇺🇸
Smith 24-4-12 · Gardner —
D
Tommy White
PTS 25/25 · Bohemian Sporting Club, New York City, 🇺🇸
Smith 24-4-11 · White —
W
Willie Smith
Billed world 118lbs title TKO 8/20 · National Sporting Club, Covent Garden, 🇬🇧
Smith 23-4-11 · Smith —
D
Johnny Lavack
PTS 10/10 · Red Cross Rink, Cleveland, 🇺🇸
Smith 23-4-10 · Lavack —
W
Frank Patterson
PTS 10/10 · Eastern A.C., New York City, 🇺🇸
Smith 22-4-10 · Patterson —
D
Dolly Lyons
PTS 10/10 · South Brooklyn A.C., New York City, 🇺🇸
Smith 22-4-9 · Lyons —
W
Jerry Barnett
TKO 5/6 · Grand Central Palace, New York City, 🇺🇸
Smith 21-4-9 · Barnett —
D
Johnny Lavack
PTS 15/15 · West Newton Street Armory, Boston, 🇺🇸
Smith 21-4-8 · Lavack —
W
TKO 14/20 · Olympic Club, New Orleans, 🇺🇸
Smith 20-4-8 · Murphy 95-29-20
W
George Siddons
UD 8/8 · Manhattan A.C., New York City, 🇺🇸
Smith 19-4-8 · Siddons —
W
Jack Mullen
PTS 6/6 · Leland Opera House, Albany, 🇺🇸
Smith 18-4-8 · Mullen —
NC
Jerome Quigley
4 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 🇺🇸
Smith 18-4-8 · Quigley —
NC
4 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 🇺🇸
Smith 18-4-8 · McCarthy —
D
Tom Denny
PTS 10/10 · Seaside A.C., Coney Island, 🇺🇸
Smith 18-4-7 · Denny —
L
DQ 5/15 · Buffalo A.C., Buffalo, 🇺🇸
Smith 18-3-7 · Gardner —
D
Johnny Van Heest
PTS 15/15 · Buffalo A.C., Buffalo, 🇺🇸
Smith 18-3-6 · Heest —
D
PTS 10/10 · Liedertafel Hall, Buffalo, 🇺🇸
Smith 18-3-5 · Erne 11-0-5
D
PTS 8/8 · Arbeiter Hall, Saginaw, 🇺🇸
Smith 18-3-4 · Lavigne 21-0-6
D
PTS 6/6 · Tivoli Theater, Chicago, 🇺🇸
Smith 18-3-3 · Griffo 88-2-41
W
Dan Ryan
DQ 4/6 · Tivoli Theater, Chicago, 🇺🇸
Smith 17-3-3 · Ryan —
W
Jimmy Murphy
KO 2/6 · Tattersall's, Chicago, 🇺🇸
Smith 16-3-3 · Murphy —
L
For world featherweight title TKO 7 · Coney Island A.C., Brooklyn, 🇺🇸
Smith 16-2-3 · Dixon 32-2-14
W
Johnny Griffin
Won world featherweight title claim KO 4 · Columbian Athletic Club, Roby, 🇺🇸
Smith 15-2-3 · Griffin —
L
KO 6 · Minneapolis, Minnesota, 🇺🇸
Smith 15-1-3 · Gardner —
L
PTS 6/6 · Phoenix A.C., Saint Paul, 🇺🇸
Smith 15-0-3 · Gardner —
W
Frankie McHugh
6 · 2nd Regiment Armory, Chicago, 🇺🇸
Smith 14-0-3 · McHugh —
W
Johnny Van Heest
KO 14 · California A.C., San Francisco, 🇺🇸
Smith 13-0-3 · Heest —
D
George Siddons
PTS 56/56 · California A.C., San Francisco, 🇺🇸
Smith 13-0-2 · Siddons —
W
Dan Daly
KO 3 · Pacific A.C., San Francisco, 🇺🇸
Smith 12-0-2 · Daly —
W
Dal Hawkins
KO 13 · California A.C., San Francisco, 🇺🇸
Smith 11-0-2 · Hawkins —
W
Harry Dally
PTS 4/4 · California A.C., San Francisco, 🇺🇸
Smith 10-0-2 · Dally —
W
Tommy Smith
KO 2 · New Cribb A.C., Los Angeles, 🇺🇸
Smith 9-0-2 · Smith —
W
Danny Mahoney
KO 15 · Pastime A.C., Los Angeles, 🇺🇸
Smith 8-0-2 · Mahoney —
W
Billy Manning
KO 6 · Pastime A.C., Los Angeles, 🇺🇸
Smith 7-0-2 · Manning —
D
Dave Williams
PTS 10/10 · Pasadena, California, 🇺🇸
Smith 7-0-1 · Williams —
W
Young Abbott
PTS 4/4 · Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸
Smith 6-0-1 · Abbott —
W
Billy Jones
TKO 13 · Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸
Smith 5-0-1 · Jones —
W
Pete Cummings
TKO 1 · Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸
Smith 4-0-1 · Cummings —
W
Young Billy Moore
TKO 5 · Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸
Smith 3-0-1 · Moore —
W
Young Billy Moore
PTS · Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸
Smith 2-0-1 · Moore —
W
Jack Golden
KO 2 · Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸
Smith 1-0-1 · Golden —
NC
Joe 'Kid' Hogan
NC 29 · Sacramento, California, 🇺🇸
Smith 1-0-1 · Hogan —
D
Joe Soto
PTS 6/6 · Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸
Smith 1-0-0 · Soto —
W
TKO 7 · Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸
Smith 0-0-0 · Smith 0-0-0
Ratings now Not in any current ranking.
World titles No world title reigns recorded.
Facts
What is Solly Smith's record? Solly Smith's professional record is 30-13-20, 3 NC with 18 knockouts.
Who did Solly Smith fight last? Solly Smith last fought Billy Snailham on Aug 26, 1904 and lost by KO in round 3 of 20. Sources Boxerbook ID 11871 · permanent link boxerbook.com/id/11871 . Wikidata (CC0), English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Last fetched: 2026-10-12. Spot a mistake? Every bout page has a link to report it.