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	Willie SMITH
	Featherweight Male (William Smith) (William Alexander Smith) South Africa, Johannesburg, Gauteng Born: July 4, 1904, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa (some sources report: July 19) Died: December 20, 1955, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa (died of a heart attack) Height: Weight: 53,500 kg Stance: Orthodox 1924 Paris, France, Olympic Games bantamweight gold medal

Amateur Results


1924
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
Paris, France, Olympic Games gold medal, 53.500 kg
+ July 16	Harry Wolff	Paris, France	WPTS 3
+ July 18	Jacques Lemouton (FRA)	Paris, France	WPTS 3
+ July 19	Jean Ces (FRA)	Paris, France	WPTS 3
+ July 20	Salvatore Tripoli (USA)	Paris, France	WPTS 3

Professional record


1925
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
= June 20	Scotty Fraser	Johannesburg, South Africa	Draw 8
+ Aug. 1	Clarence Walker	Johannesburg, South Africa	W 10
+ Sept. 26	Scotty Fraser	Johannesburg, South Africa	TKO 13
South African Bantamweight Title
+ Oct. 10	Sammy Lee	Johannesburg, South Africa	TKO 5
+ Dec. 12	Young Johnny Brown	Johannesburg, South Africa	W 20

1926
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Feb. 13	Taffy Jones	Johannesburg, South Africa	TKO 12
+ Apr. 10	Jim McKenzie	Johannesburg, South Africa	W 20
+ May 15	Jim McKenzie	Johannesburg, South Africa	W 20
+ July 17	Kid Socks	Johannesburg, South Africa	W 20
+ Dec. 18	Arthur Webb	Johannesburg, South Africa	W 15

1927
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Jan. 29	Johnny Brown	Johannesburg, South Africa	W 15
+ Feb. 5	Rein Kokke	Johannesburg, South Africa	TKO 4
+ Mar. 5	Ralph Minshull	Johannesburg, South Africa	W 10
+ June 4	Ernie Jarvis	Johannesburg, South Africa	W 15
+ Oct. 6	Teddy Baldock	Kensington, Great Britain	W 15
British version of World Bantamweight Title
- Dec. 7	Dominick Petrone	Cleveland, United States	L 10

1928
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ May 5	Young Johnny Brown	Johannesburg, South Africa	W 15
= May 31	Pierre Pothier	Johannesburg, South Africa	Draw 15
+ Aug. 4	Sammy Tucker	Johannesburg, South Africa	WDQ 9
+ Oct. 6	Mickey Doyle	Johannesburg, South Africa	W 15

1929
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Jan. 12	Archie Cowan	Sydney, Australia	TKO 8
- Feb. 9	Fidel LaBarba	Sydney, Australia	L 15
- Mar. 16	Fidel LaBarba	Sydney, Australia	TKO by 12
- Apr. 13	Jack Roberts	Sydney, Australia	KO by 5
- July 8	Wilbur Cohen	Roanoke, United States	L 8
+ Nov. 30	Dolf du Plessis	Durban, South Africa	W 15
vacant South African Featherweight Title

1930
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Mar. 5	George Kid Nicholson	Cape Town, South Africa	W 15
- May 22	Dick Corbett	Kensington, Great Britain	L 15
vacant British Empire Bantamweight Title
+ Dec. 1	Johnny Bosman	Cape Town, South Africa	W 15
South African Featherweight Title

1931
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Mar. 21	George Purchase	Johannesburg, South Africa	W 15
+ Apr. 18	Sammy Shack	Johannesburg, South Africa	W 15
- June 6	Dick Corbett	Johannesburg, South Africa	L 15
+ June 27	Dick Corbett	Johannesburg, South Africa	W 15
+ July 15	Ginger Jones	Kitwe, Zambia	W 15
- Aug. 29	Cecil (Kid) Como	Durban, South Africa	TKO by 8
+ Sept. 5	Cecil (Kid) Como	Bulawayo, Zimbabwe	W 15
+ Sept. 19	Cecil (Kid) Como	Kitwe, Zambia	W 15
+ Oct. 3	Benny Sharkey	Johannesburg, South Africa	W 12

1932
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- May 14	Phineas John	Johannesburg, South Africa	L 12
+ June 4	Cecil (Kid) Como	Durban, South Africa	W 12
South African Featherweight Title
- July 30	Len McLoughlin	Durban, South Africa	L 12
South African Featherweight Title
- Oct. 1	Len McLoughlin	Bloemfontein, South Africa	L 12
South African Featherweight Title

1933
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Dec. 26	Piet Swanepoel	Johannesburg, South Africa	W 6

1934
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Jan. 13	Dave Burger	Johannesburg, South Africa	W 6
+ Feb. 3	Gerry Stone	Johannesburg, South Africa	W 6
= Feb. 17	Len McLoughlin	Johannesburg, South Africa	Draw 8
+ Apr. 7	Giuliano Secchi	Johannesburg, South Africa	W 8
+ May 5	Len McLoughlin	Johannesburg, South Africa	W 12
South African Featherweight Title
+ July 28	Giuliano Secchi	Pietermaritzburg, South Africa	W 10

1935
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Oct. 12	JN Babe Smith	Johannesburg, South Africa	W 12
South African Featherweight Title

1936
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Feb. 29	Ernst Wohrer	Johannesburg, South Africa	W 12
+ Aug. 29	Maurice Holtzer	Johannesburg, South Africa	W 12
- Oct. 10	Freddie Miller	Johannesburg, South Africa	KO by 6
- Nov. 21	Freddie Miller	Durban, South Africa	KO by 6
- Dec. 26	Johnny McGRORY	Johannesburg, South Africa	L 12
vacant British Empire Featherweight Title

1937
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
= Apr. 2	Giuliano Secchi	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Draw 10

Summary

Total bouts: 56, Won: 38 (5 inside the limit), Lost: 14 (5 inside the limit), Draw: 4, NC: 0, ND: 0

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