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James Smith 44-24-1 32 KO · 1887–2019
James Smith is a heavyweight boxer from United States, born Apr 3, 1953. Record 44-24-1 with 32 knockouts over 1887–2019. World titles: WBA heavyweight (1986–1987). James Smith last fought JaRico O'Quinn on Oct 5, 2019 and lost by UD over 10 rounds.
Also: Джеймс Смит · جيمس سميث · جیمز اسمیت +10 more জেমস স্মিথ · ジェームス・スミス · 詹姆斯·史密斯 · 제임스 스미스 · Bonecrusher · James "Bonecrusher" Smith · James "Spaccaossa" · James (Bonecrusher) Smith · Jim Smith · Смит, Джеймс
Born Apr 3, 1953
Country 🇺🇸 United States
Stance Orthodox
Height 193 cm
Reach 208.5 cm
Nickname Bonecrusher
Debut Sep 5, 1887
Career 1887–2019
Rounds boxed 400
KO share 73%
Born in Magnolia, North Carolina, U.S.
Titles WBA heavyweight 1986
Boxerbook rating 1577 ± 198 · inactive since Oct 2019Why here › Confirmed bouts 20 of 69 · 1 official
Last result L
Won vacant WBO International super-flyweight title UD 10/10 · Dort Federal Credit Union Event Center, Flint, Michigan, 🇺🇸
The record 69 bouts, 1887–2019, newest first. Records under each bout are both boxers going in.
Bouts by source: English Wikipedia · 68, Wikipedia (ru) · 4, Wikipedia (ja) · 3, WBA Fights Master Scores · 1
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Won vacant WBO International super-flyweight title UD 10/10 · Dort Federal Credit Union Event Center, Flint, Michigan, 🇺🇸
Smith 44-23-1 · O'Quinn 12-0-1
L
RTD 1/4 · Liverpool Olympia, Liverpool, 🇬🇧
Smith 44-22-1 · Metcalf 1-0-0
L
TKO 8/10 · Crown Coliseum, Fayetteville, 🇺🇸
Smith 44-21-1 · Holmes 67-6-0
W
Dave Slaughter
TKO 2/8 · Genesis Convention Center, Gary, Indiana, 🇺🇸
Smith 43-21-1 · Slaughter —
L
For vacant WBF heavyweight title RTD 1/12 · Carrara Indoor Stadium, Gold Coast, 🇦🇺
Smith 43-20-1 · Bugner 66-12-1
W
Lynwood Jones
UD 8/8 · The Ritz, Raleigh, 🇺🇸
Smith 42-20-1 · Jones —
W
Troy Roberts
TKO 3/10 · University, Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦
Smith 41-20-1 · Roberts —
W
Eli Dixon
TKO 3/8 · Civic Center, Raleigh, 🇺🇸
Smith 40-20-1 · Dixon —
W
SD 10/10 · Düsseldorf, 🇩🇪
Smith 39-20-1 · Friedrich —
L
TKO 5/8 · K.B. Hallen, Copenhagen, 🇩🇰
Smith 39-19-1 · Nielsen —
L
UD 10/10 · Leverkusen, 🇩🇪
Smith 39-18-1 · Schulz 20-1-1
L
TKO 3/10 · Civic Auditorium, Omaha, Nebraska, 🇺🇸
Smith 39-17-1 · Butler 19-12-1
L
UD 3/3 · Casino Magic, Bay St. Louis, 🇺🇸
Smith 37-16-1 · Dancuta 8-1-0
W
Marshall Tillman
UD 3/3 · Casino Magic, Bay St. Louis, 🇺🇸
Smith 37-16-1 · Tillman —
W
Lester Jackson
UD 3/3 · Casino Magic, Bay St. Louis, 🇺🇸
Smith 37-16-1 · Jackson —
W
TKO 6/10 · Steel Pier, Atlantic City, 🇺🇸
Smith 36-16-1 · Tillery —
W
Andrew Stokes
UD 10/10 · Steel Pier, Atlantic City, 🇺🇸
Smith 35-16-1 · Stokes —
W
TKO 9/10 · Steel Pier, Atlantic City, 🇺🇸
Smith 34-16-1 · Ford —
W
Donnell Wingfield
TKO 2/10 · The Blue Horizon, Philadelphia, 🇺🇸
Smith 33-16-1 · Wingfield —
L
UD 10/10 · Showboat, Atlantic City, 🇺🇸
Smith 33-15-1 · Moorer 30-0-0
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KO 1/10 · Demopolis, Alabama, 🇺🇸
Smith 33-14-1 · Thomas 34-6-1
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UD 10/10 · CSU Convocation Center, Cleveland, Ohio, 🇺🇸
Smith 33-13-1 · Page 34-12-0
W
Danny Wofford
TKO 8 · Raleigh, North Carolina, 🇺🇸
Smith 32-13-1 · Wofford —
W
Mark Wills
UD 10/10 · The Mirage, Paradise, 🇺🇸
Smith 31-13-1 · Wills —
W
Andre Crowder
KO 1/10 · Union Hall, Countryside, Illinois, 🇺🇸
Smith 30-13-1 · Crowder —
L
Levi Billups
UD 10/10 · Great Western Forum, Inglewood, 🇺🇸
Smith 30-12-1 · Billups —
W
Marshall Tillman
TKO 10/10 · Metairie, Louisiana, 🇺🇸
Smith 29-12-1 · Tillman —
W
KO 1/10 · The Palace, Auburn Hills, Michigan, 🇺🇸
Smith 28-12-1 · Sims —
W
TKO 8/10 · Civic Auditorium, San Francisco, 🇺🇸
Smith 27-12-1 · Martin —
W
Kimmuel Odum
Won vacant IBC Junior heavyweight title TKO 3/12 · Great Western Forum, Inglewood, California, 🇺🇸
Smith 26-12-1 · Odum —
W
Terry Armstrong
KO 2 · Salle Leyrit, Nice, 🇫🇷
Smith 25-12-1 · Armstrong —
W
TKO 1/12 · Civic Center, Raleigh, North Carolina, 🇺🇸
Smith 24-12-1 · Carter —
W
Won WBA Americas heavyweight title UD 12/12 · Madison Square Garden, New York City, 🇺🇸
Smith 23-12-1 · Weaver 34-14-1
W
Manoel de Almeida
RTD 6/10 · Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino, Atlantic City, 🇺🇸
Smith 22-12-1 · Almeida —
W
Mike Rouse
KO 7/10 · St. Joseph, Missouri, 🇺🇸
Smith 21-12-1 · Rouse —
W
Jesse McGhee
TKO 2 · Grady Cole Center, Charlotte, 🇺🇸
Smith 20-12-1 · McGhee —
W
Calvin Jones
TKO 8/10 · Athletic Park, Durham, North Carolina, 🇺🇸
Smith 19-12-1 · Jones —
L
KO 7/10 · Cumberland County Memorial Arena, Fayetteville, 🇺🇸
Smith 19-11-1 · Ruddock 22-1-1
L
KO 4 · Moody Center, Galveston, Texas, 🇺🇸
Smith 19-10-1 · Savarese 0-0-0
D
Mike Rouse
TD 3/10 · Broadway by the Bay Theater, Atlantic City, 🇺🇸
Smith 19-10-0 · Rouse —
L
SD 10/10 · Ginásio Estadual do Ibirapuera, São Paulo, 🇧🇷
Smith 19-9-0 · Rodrigues 25-2-0
L
Lost WBA heavyweight title UD 12/12 · Las Vegas Hilton, Outdoor Arena, Las Vegas, 🇺🇸
Smith 19-8-0 · Tyson 31-0-0
W
Won WBA heavyweight title TKO 1/15 · Madison Square Garden, New York City, 🇺🇸
Smith 18-8-0 · Witherspoon 26-2-0
W
UD 10/10 · Cumberland County Auditorium, Fayetteville, North Carolina, 🇺🇸
Smith 17-8-0 · Bey —
W
MD 10/10 · Hamilton, Bermuda
Smith 16-8-0 · Ferguson —
L
UD 10/10 · Civic Center, Гленс Фоллс, 🇺🇸
Smith 16-7-0 · Tubbs 41-1-0
W
TKO 1/10 · Coliseum Theatre, Colonie, New York, 🇺🇸
Smith 15-7-0 · Weaver 28-11-1
L
UD 10/10 · Memorial Auditorium, Richmond, California, 🇺🇸
Smith 15-6-0 · Frazier 16-1-0
L
For NABF heavyweight title UD 12/12 · Riviera, Winchester, 🇺🇸
Smith 15-5-0 · Witherspoon 20-2-0
W
SD 10/10 · Memorial Auditorium, Buffalo, New York, 🇺🇸
Smith 14-5-0 · Ribalta 17-1-1
L
UD 10/10 · Riviera, Winchester, 🇺🇸
Smith 14-4-0 · Tubbs 21-0-0
L
For IBF heavyweight title TKO 12/15 · Riviera, Winchester, Nevada, 🇺🇸
Smith 14-3-0 · Holmes 45-0-0
W
KO 10/10 · Wembley Arena, London, 🇬🇧
Smith 13-3-0 · Bruno 21-0-0
W
Rahim Muhammad
TKO 5 · Hyatt Regency, Tampa, 🇺🇸
Smith 12-3-0 · Muhammad —
W
Leroy Boone
TKO 4/10 · Egypt Shrine Temple, Tampa, Florida, 🇺🇸
Smith 11-3-0 · Boone —
W
Walter Santemore
TKO 4/10 · Tropicana, Atlantic City, 🇺🇸
Smith 10-3-0 · Santemore —
W
Eugene Cato
KO 4/10 · Ramada Hotel, Charleston, 🇺🇸
Smith 9-3-0 · Cato —
W
Lynwood Jones
TKO 2 · Tropicana, Atlantic City, 🇺🇸
Smith 8-3-0 · Jones —
W
Lee Cohen
KO 1 · New York City, New York, 🇺🇸
Smith 7-3-0 · Cohen —
W
Nate Robinson
TKO 2/8 · Host Resort, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 🇺🇸
Smith 6-3-0 · Robinson —
W
Larry Givens
TKO 3 · Atlantic City, New Jersey, 🇺🇸
Smith 5-3-0 · Givens —
W
Lonnie Chapman
KO 2 · Coliseum, Charlotte, 🇺🇸
Smith 4-3-0 · Chapman —
W
Chris McDonald
MD 8/8 · Sands, Atlantic City, 🇺🇸
Smith 3-3-0 · McDonald —
W
Louis Alexander
KO 2 · Bally's Park Place, Atlantic City, 🇺🇸
Smith 2-3-0 · Alexander —
W
Mike Cohen
KO 2 · Sheraton Hotel, Charleston, South Carolina, 🇺🇸
Smith 1-3-0 · Cohen —
W
PTS 6/6 · Golden Gloves Arena, Knoxville, Tennessee, 🇺🇸
Smith 0-3-0 · Parkey 2-0-0
L
KO 4/6 · Sands, Atlantic City, New Jersey, 🇺🇸
Smith 0-2-0 · Broad —
L
KO 8/10 · Princess Theatre, Dunedin, 🇳🇿
Smith 0-1-0 · Murphy 63-15-13
L
KO 1 · Covington
Smith 0-0-0 · Killen 40-1-3
Ratings now Not in any current ranking.
World titles
Facts
What is James Smith's professional record? James Smith's professional record is 44-24-1 with 32 knockouts.
Who did James Smith fight last? James Smith last fought JaRico O'Quinn on Oct 5, 2019 and lost by UD over 10 rounds.
Which world titles has James Smith held? James Smith has held 1 world title reign: WBA heavyweight (1986–1987). Sources Boxerbook ID 65 · permanent link boxerbook.com/id/65 . Wikidata (CC0), English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), photo from Wikimedia Commons. Last fetched: 2026-10-12. Spot a mistake? Every bout page has a link to report it.
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