Welterweight · Canada
Mysterious Billy Smith 38-31-28, 5 NC 24 KO · 1888–1915
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Mysterious Billy Smith was a welterweight boxer from Canada, born May 15, 1871. Record 38-31-28, 5 NC with 24 knockouts over 1888–1915. Mysterious Billy Smith last fought Jack Root on Dec 29, 1915 and lost by TKO in round 6 of 6.
Also: ميستريوس بيلي سميث · ビリー・スミス · Billy Amos Smith +2 more Billy Smith · William Amos Smith
Born May 15, 1871
Died Oct 14, 1937
Country 🇨🇦 Canada
Height 174 cm
Nickname Mysterious Billy" Smith
Debut Jul 1, 1888
Career 1888–1915
Rounds boxed 1082
KO share 63%
Born in Little River, Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada
Titles World welterweight title 1900
Confirmed bouts 16 of 102
Career record Record
38-31-28, 5 NC, 24 KOs · 1888–1915
Last result L
TKO 6/6 · Rose City A.C., Portland, 🇺🇸
The record 102 bouts, 1888–1915, newest first. Records under each bout are both boxers going in. Wikidata: 30-24-26
L
TKO 6/6 · Rose City A.C., Portland, 🇺🇸
Smith 38-30-28 · Root 48-3-3
L
TKO 4/6 · Judaens AC, St George's, 🇬🇧
Smith 38-29-28 · Lewis 49-9-8
L
Jim Cameron
DQ 3/4 · Dreamland Rink, San Francisco, 🇺🇸
Smith 38-28-28 · Cameron —
L
KO 4/6 · Judaens AC, St George's, 🇬🇧
Smith 38-27-28 · Lewis 26-6-4
W
Al Neill
PTS 10/10 · Exposition Rink, Saint Johns, 🇺🇸
Smith 37-27-28 · Neill —
L
KO 5 · Chicago, Illinois, 🇺🇸
Smith 37-26-28 · White 5-0-0
L
TKO 4/20 · Exposition Building, Portland, 🇺🇸
Smith 37-25-28 · Walcott 72-12-12
L
KO 4/10 · Turner Hall, Kansas City, 🇺🇸
Smith 37-24-28 · Ryan 70-2-13
L
Al Neill
DQ 10/20 · Pastime A.C., Portland, 🇺🇸
Smith 37-23-28 · Neill —
D
Al Neill
PTS 20/20 · Exposition Building, Portland, 🇺🇸
Smith 37-23-27 · Neill —
D
Tom Tracey
PTS 20/20 · Exposition Building, Portland, 🇺🇸
Smith 37-23-26 · Tracey —
D
PTS 15/15 · Victoria Rink, Saint John, 🇨🇦
Smith 37-23-25 · Byers 14-4-15
L
TKO 2 · Germania Maennerchor Hall, Baltimore, 🇺🇸
Smith 37-21-25 · Jackson 38-8-12
L
Young Peter Jackson
TKO 2 · Germania Maennerchor Hall, Baltimore, 🇺🇸
Smith 37-21-25 · Jackson —
D
Tim Hurley
PTS 20/20 · Opera House, New London, 🇺🇸
Smith 37-21-24 · Hurley —
D
Owen Ziegler
PTS 10/20 · Lake City A.C., Erie, 🇺🇸
Smith 37-21-23 · Ziegler —
NC
Jack Mahoney
NC 11 · Paterson, New Jersey, 🇺🇸
Smith 37-21-23 · Mahoney —
D
PTS 20/20 · Metropolitan A.C., Wheeling, 🇺🇸
Smith 37-21-22 · Donovan —
L
Jim Judge
DQ 11 · Savannah, Georgia, 🇺🇸
Smith 37-20-22 · Judge —
L
DQ 10/20 · Coliseum, Hartford, 🇺🇸
Smith 37-19-22 · Walcott 57-7-8
Show all 102 bouts W
TKO 18 · Cleveland, Ohio, 🇺🇸
Smith 35-19-22 · Jackson 37-5-8
W
Young Peter Jackson
TKO 18 · Cleveland, Ohio, 🇺🇸
Smith 35-19-22 · Jackson —
L
Jimmy Handler
PTS 25/25 · Broadway A.C., Manhattan, 🇺🇸
Smith 35-18-22 · Handler —
L
PTS 25/25 · Broadway A.C., New York City, 🇺🇸
Smith 35-17-22 · Walcott 56-6-8
L
Lost world welterweight title KO 19/25 · Broadway A.C., Manhattan, 🇺🇸
Smith 35-16-22 · Matthews —
D
Jack Mahoney
For world welterweight title PTS 25/25 · Hercules A.C., Brooklyn, 🇺🇸
Smith 35-16-21 · Mahoney —
W
Frank McConnell
Retained world welterweight title DQ 21/25 · Broadway A.C., Manhattan, 🇺🇸
Smith 34-16-21 · McConnell —
L
DQ 21/25 · Hawthorne A.C., Buffalo, 🇺🇸
Smith 34-15-21 · Ferns 23-6-5
W
Charlie McKeever
Retained world welterweight title PTS 20/20 · Broadway A.C., Brooklyn, 🇺🇸
Smith 33-15-21 · McKeever —
L
Charlie McKeever
6 · Industrial Hall, Philadelphia, 🇺🇸
Smith 33-14-21 · McKeever —
D
Billy Stift
PTS 6/6 · Star Theatre, Chicago, 🇺🇸
Smith 33-14-20 · Stift —
W
Bob Douglass
KO 4/20 · Olympic A.C., Denver, 🇺🇸
Smith 32-14-20 · Douglass —
D
Andy Walsh
PTS 25/25 · Broadway A.C., Brooklyn, 🇺🇸
Smith 32-14-19 · Walsh —
W
Young Bailey
4 · Broadway A.C., Philadelphia, 🇺🇸
Smith 31-14-19 · Bailey —
D
Jack Mahoney
6 · Industrial Hall, Philadelphia, 🇺🇸
Smith 31-14-18 · Mahoney —
D
Charlie McKeever
PTS 20/20 · Broadway A.C., Manhattan, 🇺🇸
Smith 31-14-17 · McKeever —
W
For American and world welterweight titles TKO 14/20 · Woodward's Pavilion, San Francisco, 🇺🇸
Smith 30-14-17 · Lavigne 35-3-12
W
Australian Billy Edwards
KO 14/20 · Lenox A.C., Manhattan, 🇺🇸
Smith 29-14-17 · Edwards —
W
For world welterweight title PTS 20/20 · Lenox A.C., New York City, 🇺🇸
Smith 28-14-17 · Walcott 41-5-8
D
Tommy West
PTS 20/20 · Horizon A.C., Bridgeport, 🇺🇸
Smith 28-14-16 · West —
W
Charlie McKeever
Retained world welterweight title PTS 25/25 · Lenox A.C., Manhattan, 🇺🇸
Smith 27-14-16 · McKeever —
W
Jim Judge
KO 20/20 · American S.C., Scranton, 🇺🇸
Smith 26-14-16 · Judge —
D
Andy Walsh
PTS 25/25 · Greater New York A.C., Coney Island, 🇺🇸
Smith 26-14-15 · Walsh —
W
Won vacant world welterweight title PTS 25/25 · Lenox A.C., Manhattan, 🇺🇸
Smith 25-14-15 · Matthews —
W
George "Young Corbett" Green
PTS 25/25 · Lenox A.C., Manhattan, 🇺🇸
Smith 24-14-15 · Green —
D
Andy Walsh
PTS 15/15 · Greater New York A.C., Brooklyn, 🇺🇸
Smith 24-14-14 · Walsh —
L
Billy Stift
DQ 5/6 · Tattersall's, Chicago, 🇺🇸
Smith 24-13-14 · Stift —
D
Charley Johnson
PTS 15/15 · Olympic A.C., Athens, 🇺🇸
Smith 24-13-13 · Johnson —
L
Tim Callahan
6 · Arena A.C., Philadelphia, 🇺🇸
Smith 24-12-13 · Callahan —
D
PTS 25/25 · Park City Theater, Bridgeport, 🇺🇸
Smith 24-12-12 · Walcott 41-5-6
D
Abe Ullman
PTS 8/8 · Germania Maennerchor Hall, Baltimore, 🇺🇸
Smith 24-12-11 · Ullman —
L
Charley Johnson
DQ 1 · Arena A.C., Philadelphia, 🇺🇸
Smith 24-11-11 · Johnson —
W
Johnny Gorman
DQ 5 · Park City Theater, Bridgeport, 🇺🇸
Smith 23-11-11 · Gorman —
W
Billy Mulligan
TKO 2 · Yonkers, New York, 🇺🇸
Smith 22-11-11 · Mulligan —
L
Jack Bonner
6 · Quaker City A.C., Philadelphia, 🇺🇸
Smith 22-10-11 · Bonner —
W
Jack Howard
TKO 9 · Clarendon A.C., Manhattan, 🇺🇸
Smith 21-10-11 · Howard —
W
Mike Dempsey
TKO 2/10 · Greenpoint S.C., Brooklyn, 🇺🇸
Smith 20-10-11 · Dempsey —
D
Jack Powers
PTS 8/8 · Saint John, New Brunswick, 🇨🇦
Smith 20-10-10 · Powers —
L
Jack Bonner
KO 5/6 · Olympic A.C., Athens, 🇺🇸
Smith 20-9-10 · Bonner —
W
Abe Ullman
PTS 20/20 · Polo A.C., Manhattan, 🇺🇸
Smith 19-9-10 · Ullman —
L
George "Young Corbett" Green
For vacant world welterweight title claim TKO 12 · The Race Track Arena, Carson City, 🇺🇸
Smith 19-8-10 · Green —
D
Con Doyle
PTS 12/12 · Polo A.C., Manhattan, 🇺🇸
Smith 19-8-9 · Doyle —
L
DQ 9/20 · Empire A.C., Maspeth, 🇺🇸
Smith 19-7-9 · Ryan 36-1-9
L
Australian Jim Ryan
DQ 7/10 · Astoria, Oregon, 🇺🇸
Smith 19-6-9 · Ryan —
NC
Billy Gallagher
NC 1/10 · Occidental A.C., San Francisco, 🇺🇸
Smith 19-6-9 · Gallagher —
L
For world middleweight title DQ 6/15 · Newton Street Armory, Boston, 🇺🇸
Smith 19-5-9 · McCoy 30-2-6
W
Bill Husbands
TKO 8/8 · National Sporting Club, Covent Garden, 🇬🇧
Smith 18-5-9 · Husbands —
W
Arthur Morris
DQ 1 · Store Street Hall, Tottenham Court Road, 🇬🇧
Smith 15-5-9 · Morris —
W
Jack Bryan
KO 1/3 · Store Street Hall, Tottenham Court Road, 🇬🇧
Smith 15-5-9 · Bryan —
W
Trooper Ham
KO 1/3 · Store Street Hall, Tottenham Court Road, 🇬🇧
Smith 15-5-9 · Ham —
W
Pat Kehoe
TKO 1 · Auditorium, Hartford, 🇺🇸
Smith 14-5-9 · Kehoe —
NC
Tom Cawley
6 · Alhambra, Syracuse, 🇺🇸
Smith 14-5-9 · Cawley —
D
For world welterweight title PTS 18/25 · Sea Side A.C., Coney Island, 🇺🇸
Smith 14-5-8 · Ryan 32-0-8
NC
Jimmy Mann
4 · Atlantic City, New Jersey, 🇺🇸
Smith 14-5-8 · Mann —
W
Ed Vaughn
TKO 4/4 · Front Street Theater, Baltimore, 🇺🇸
Smith 13-5-8 · Vaughn —
W
Young Hagen
TKO 4 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 🇺🇸
Smith 12-5-8 · Hagen —
D
PTS 15/15 · Music Hall, Boston, 🇺🇸
Smith 12-5-7 · Walcott 31-1-2
NC
3 · Lynn, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸
Smith 12-5-7 · Maher 1-3-0
W
Harry Gallagher
4 · Caledonian A.C., Philadelphia, 🇺🇸
Smith 11-5-7 · Gallagher —
D
Jack Powers
PTS 6/6 · Saint John, New Brunswick, 🇨🇦
Smith 11-5-6 · Powers —
D
Dick O'Brien
PTS 10/10 · Lafayette A.C., Boston, 🇺🇸
Smith 11-5-5 · O'Brien —
L
Mayo
KO · Pentwater, Michigan, 🇺🇸
Smith 11-4-5 · Mayo —
L
For world welterweight title PTS 20/20 · Twin City A.C., Minneapolis, 🇺🇸
Smith 11-3-5 · Ryan 26-0-8
W
Eddie Butler
TKO 2 · Spring Valley, Illinois, 🇺🇸
Smith 10-3-5 · Butler —
W
Fletcher Robbins
TKO 4 · Streator, California, 🇺🇸
Smith 9-3-5 · Robbins —
D
PTS 6/6 · Casino, Boston, 🇺🇸
Smith 9-3-4 · Ryan 22-0-7
W
PTS 6/6 · 2nd Regiment Armory, Chicago, 🇺🇸
Smith 8-3-4 · McCarthy —
D
PTS 6/6 · Coney Island A.C., Brooklyn, 🇺🇸
Smith 8-3-3 · Ryan 21-0-5
D
PTS 6/6 · Coney Island A.C., Brooklyn, 🇺🇸
Smith 8-3-2 · Ryan 21-0-4
W
Tom Williams
Retained world welterweight title claim KO 2 · Coney Island A.C., Brooklyn, 🇺🇸
Smith 7-3-2 · Williams —
L
KO 12 · San Francisco, California, 🇺🇸
Smith 7-2-2 · Childs 5-1-0
W
Won world welterweight title KO 14 · Wigwam Theatre, San Francisco, 🇺🇸
Smith 6-2-2 · Needham —
W
Billy (Shadow) Maber
KO 26 · Pastime A.C., Portland, 🇺🇸
Smith 5-2-2 · Maber —
W
Charles Gleason
TKO 4/20 · Pastime A.C., Portland, 🇺🇸
Smith 4-2-2 · Gleason —
D
Tommy West
PTS 10/10 · Pastime A.C., Portland, 🇺🇸
Smith 4-2-1 · West —
W
Billy Armstrong
KO 14 · Occidental A.C., San Francisco, 🇺🇸
Smith 3-2-1 · Armstrong —
W
Frank Kelly
KO 37 · New Wigwam, San Francisco, 🇺🇸
Smith 2-2-1 · Kelly —
L
Frank Purcell
PTS 10/10 · California A.C., San Francisco, 🇺🇸
Smith 2-1-1 · Purcell —
W
Billy Kelly
PTS 5/4 · California A.C., San Francisco, 🇺🇸
Smith 1-1-1 · Kelly —
W
Frank Tebeau
TKO 5 · Canada
Smith 0-1-1 · Tebeau —
D
Ed Harvey
PTS 10/10 · Saint John, New Brunswick, 🇨🇦
Smith 0-1-0 · Harvey —
L
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 Mysterious Billy Smith's record? Mysterious Billy Smith's professional record is 38-31-28, 5 NC with 24 knockouts.
Who did Mysterious Billy Smith fight last? Mysterious Billy Smith last fought Jack Root on Dec 29, 1915 and lost by TKO in round 6 of 6. Sources Boxerbook ID 9135 · permanent link boxerbook.com/id/9135 . 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.
