James Smith

Career, Record, Stats
James Smith

James Smith (Bonecrusher) is a 71-year-old retired American professional boxer. He is a former heavyweight world champion. In a career spanning 17 years, 7 months, and 13 days, Smith amassed a record of 44-17-1, which includes 32 wins via KO, 1 of which was in a world-title fight.

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LEGEND

James Smith's Boxing Career

James Smith was born in Magnolia, North Carolina, U.S. on April 3, 1953. He made his professional debut at the age of 28 years on November 5, 1981 against James Broad. Smith lost to Broad via 4th round KO. Not a good start!

Smith got his first shot at a world title at the age of 31 after 15 professional fights. On November 9, 1984 Smith challenged Larry Holmes' IBF heavyweight title but lost via 12th round TKO.

He became a world champion on December 12, 1986 at the age of 33 years, after by defeating Tim Witherspoon, the then-reining WBA heavyweight champion, via 1st round KO. This was his 24th fight as a professional.

Smith's last fight was an 8th-round TKO loss to Larry Holmes at age 46, on June 18, 1999.

Some of James Smith's best fights have been against Tim Witherspoon, Mike Weaver, Frank Bruno, and José Ribalta. For a complete list of Smith's best fights and their details, refer to "Best fights of James Smith".

Smith has 17 losses on his record. For details about these losses refer to "James Smith Losses".

James Smith's Boxing Record

# Date Age Opponent Res Via
62
Jun 18, 1999 46 Larry Holmes Larry Holmes 49 66-6
loss
TKO
8
61
Nov 27, 1998 45 generic fighter pic Dave Slaughter
win
TKO
2
60
Jul 04, 1998 45 Joe Bugner Joe Bugner 48 66-13-1
loss
RTD
1
59
Feb 25, 1998 44 generic fighter pic Lynwood Jones
win
UD
8
58
Apr 11, 1996 43 generic fighter pic Troy Roberts
win
TKO
3
57
Aug 22, 1995 42 generic fighter pic Eli Dixon
win
TKO
3
56
Mar 25, 1995 41 generic fighter pic Bernd Friedrich
win
SD
10
55
Oct 07, 1994 41 Brian Nielsen Brian Nielsen 29 12-0
loss
TKO
5
54
Sep 17, 1994 41 Axel Schulz Axel Schulz 25 20-1-1
loss
UD
10
53
Jan 18, 1994 40 generic fighter pic Lionel Butler
loss
TKO
3
52
Dec 03, 1993 40 generic fighter pic Lester Jackson
win
UD
3
51
Dec 03, 1993 40 generic fighter pic Marshall Tillman
win
UD
3
50
Dec 03, 1993 40 generic fighter pic Daniel Dăncuță
loss
UD
3
49
Sep 14, 1993 40 generic fighter pic Elijah Tillery
win
TKO
6
48
Aug 07, 1993 40 generic fighter pic Andrew Stokes
win
UD
10
47
Jun 26, 1993 40 generic fighter pic Kevin Ford
win
TKO
9
46
Jun 01, 1993 40 generic fighter pic Donnell Wingfield
win
TKO
2
45
Feb 27, 1993 39 Michael Moorer Michael Moorer 25 30-0
loss
UD
10
44
Jun 26, 1992 39 Greg Page Greg Page 33 34-10
loss
UD
10
43
Apr 24, 1992 39 generic fighter pic Danny Wofford
win
TKO
8
42
Feb 15, 1992 38 generic fighter pic Mark Wills
win
UD
10
41
Dec 13, 1991 38 generic fighter pic Andre Crowder
win
KO
1
40
Nov 04, 1991 38 generic fighter pic Levi Billups
loss
UD
10
39
Sep 24, 1991 38 generic fighter pic Marshall Tillman
win
TKO
10
38
Sep 17, 1991 38 generic fighter pic Jeff Sims
win
KO
1
37
Aug 06, 1991 38 generic fighter pic Everett Martin
win
TKO
8
36
Jul 22, 1991 38 generic fighter pic Kimmuel Odum
win
TKO
3
35
Jun 28, 1991 38 generic fighter pic Terry Armstrong
win
KO
2
34
Apr 28, 1991 38 generic fighter pic Lawrence Carter
win
TKO
1
33
Apr 04, 1990 37 Mike Weaver Mike Weaver 38 34-14-1
win
UD
12
32
Feb 20, 1990 36 generic fighter pic Manoel de Almeida
win
RTD
6
31
Dec 14, 1989 36 generic fighter pic Mike Rouse
win
KO
7
30
Oct 21, 1989 36 generic fighter pic Jesse McGhee
win
TKO
2
29
Sep 29, 1989 36 generic fighter pic Calvin Jones
win
TKO
8
28
Jul 02, 1989 36 Donovan Ruddock Donovan Ruddock 25 21-1-1
loss
KO
7
27
Jul 30, 1988 35 generic fighter pic Mike Rouse
draw
TD
3
26
Aug 09, 1987 34 generic fighter pic Adílson Rodrigues
loss
SD
10
25
Mar 07, 1987 33 Mike Tyson Mike Tyson 20 28-0
loss
UD
12
24
Dec 12, 1986 33 Tim Witherspoon Tim Witherspoon 28 25-2
win
KO
1
23
Aug 23, 1986 33 generic fighter pic David Bey
win
UD
10
22
Jun 07, 1986 33 generic fighter pic Jesse Ferguson
win
MD
10
21
Apr 05, 1986 33 Mike Weaver Mike Weaver 34 28-11-1
win
TKO
1
20
Feb 23, 1986 32 Marvis Frazier Marvis Frazier 25 15-1
loss
UD
10
19
Jun 15, 1985 32 Tim Witherspoon Tim Witherspoon 27 20-2
loss
UD
12
18
Apr 29, 1985 32 José Ribalta José Ribalta 22 17-1-1
win
SD
10
17
Mar 15, 1985 31 Tony Tubbs Tony Tubbs 27 19-0
loss
UD
10
16
Nov 09, 1984 31 Larry Holmes Larry Holmes 35 45-0
loss
TKO
12
15
May 13, 1984 31 Frank Bruno Frank Bruno 22 21-0
win
KO
10
14
Feb 19, 1984 30 generic fighter pic Rahim Muhammad
win
TKO
5
13
Nov 04, 1983 30 generic fighter pic Leroy Boone
win
TKO
4
12
Aug 23, 1983 30 generic fighter pic Walter Santemore
win
TKO
4
11
Jun 14, 1983 30 generic fighter pic Eugene Cato
win
KO
4
10
May 10, 1983 30 generic fighter pic Lynwood Jones
win
TKO
2
9
Apr 23, 1983 30 generic fighter pic Lee Cohen
win
KO
1
8
Apr 02, 1983 29 generic fighter pic Nate Robinson
win
TKO
2
7
Dec 14, 1982 29 generic fighter pic Larry Givens
win
TKO
3
6
Oct 16, 1982 29 generic fighter pic Lonnie Chapman
win
KO
2
5
Sep 11, 1982 29 generic fighter pic Chris McDonald
win
MD
8
4
Jul 31, 1982 29 generic fighter pic Louis Alexander
win
KO
2
3
Apr 22, 1982 29 generic fighter pic Mike Cohen
win
KO
2
2
Jan 30, 1982 28 generic fighter pic Ricky Parkey
win
PTS
6
1
Nov 05, 1981 28 generic fighter pic James Broad
loss
KO
4
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