H&G All-Time Index public fighter card
James Smith
Heavyweight · United States
James Smith ranks #919 in the H&G All-Time Index at Heavyweight, with a 71.44 All-Time Index score and a 44-17-1 professional record. His career span on this page is 1981-1999.
- All-time rank
- #919
- H&G All-Time Index
- 71.440-100 ranking index. This is the number that orders the list.
- Career record
- 44-17-1Professional wins, losses and draws.
- Active years
- 1981-1999
- Data Confidence
- HighDeep career evidence and a tighter peak-rating band in this release. Close ranks still need boxing judgement.
Career story
How James Smith's rating rose and fell year by year, with his peak marked.
Yearly peak-form Elo rating points. This curve is separate from the 0-100 ranking index.
Show the year-by-year numbers
| Year | Peak-form Elo rating |
|---|---|
| 1981 | 1,703 |
| 1982 | 1,745 |
| 1983 | 1,763 |
| 1984 | 1,769 |
| 1985 | 1,765 |
| 1986 | 1,780 |
| 1987 | 1,772 |
| 1988 | 1,757 |
| 1989 | 1,763 |
| 1990 | 1,763 |
| 1991 | 1,752 |
| 1992 | 1,731 |
| 1993 | 1,715 |
| 1994 | 1,698 |
| 1995 | 1,692 |
| 1996 | 1,687 |
| 1998 | 1,671 |
| 1999 | 1,660 |
Why this ranking
James Smith ranks #919 with a 71.44 score on the 60-100 H&G All-Time Index; that sits in the lower range of this visible index scale, but still means inclusion among the 1,000 ranked fighters. His standout win in our data is over Frank Bruno in 1984, who reached a 1,951 Peak-form Elo, one of the stronger opponents on his record. He also fought Lynwood Jones 2 times, going 2-0-0 across that series. The strongest model lifts are dominance over contemporaries (around the typical top-1000 fighter) and quality of opponents beaten (around the typical top-1000 fighter). Peak-form Elo is 1,780 (±176), separate from the 60-100 career Index.
What lifts or lowers this ranking
Bars show each weighted signal's relative size. Gold lifts the placement; grey holds it back.
Same-era separation left after the shared peak and sustained rating signal is removed.
How much the record is helped by wins over contemporaneous title-level opponents.
How much repeat elite-year presence supports the all-time case.
A narrow signal for lineal, explicit undisputed or major multi-belt class control in this release data; it is not a full title history.
How much major title evidence supports the rating.
Collapsed signal from peak rating, sustained rating and same-era separation.
Compare and explore
Put James Smith next to any other ranked fighter, or open the tools built on the same rating data.
Top fights
The highest-ranked fighters James Smith actually faced, biggest names first. Each one opens the head-to-head tool with the pair filled in.
- Larry Holmes#22 · Index 92 · 1984, 1999
- Mike Tyson#35 · Index 91 · 1987
- Michael Moorer#107 · Index 83 · 1993
- Tim Witherspoon#383 · Index 77 · 1985, 1986
- Frank Bruno#454 · Index 76 · 1984
- Brian Nielsen#506 · Index 75 · 1994
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- Donovan Ruddock#650 · Index 74 · 1989
- Greg Page#694 · Index 73 · 1992
- Joe Bugner#715 · Index 73 · 1998
- Marvis Frazier#730 · Index 73 · 1986
- Adilson Rodrigues#801 · Index 72 · 1987
- Tony Tubbs#817 · Index 72 · 1985
Ranked-vs-ranked bouts from the pinned fight archive, ordered by opponent ranking. An objective record of who they shared a ring with.
Great rivals he never fought
Ranked fighters who shared a recognised division and whose competitive careers overlapped, with no bout between them on record. Each name opens the head-to-head tool with the pair filled in.
- Evander Holyfield#11 · Heavyweight · 16 overlapping years (1984-1999)
- Lennox Lewis#15 · Heavyweight · 11 overlapping years (1989-1999)
- Michael Spinks#36 · Heavyweight · 8 overlapping years (1981-1988)
- George Foreman#50 · Heavyweight · 17 overlapping years (1981-1997)
- Riddick Bowe#51 · Heavyweight · 11 overlapping years (1989-1999)
- James Toney#99 · Heavyweight · 12 overlapping years (1988-1999)
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- Johnny Nelson#127 · Heavyweight · 14 overlapping years (1986-1999)
- Chris Byrd#274 · Heavyweight · 7 overlapping years (1993-1999)
- Nikolai Valuev#288 · Heavyweight · 7 overlapping years (1993-1999)
- Buster Douglas#317 · Heavyweight · 19 overlapping years (1981-1999)
- Henry Akinwande#355 · Heavyweight · 11 overlapping years (1989-1999)
- Francesco Damiani#413 · Heavyweight · 9 overlapping years (1985-1993)
Shared recognised division, overlapping competitive years, no recorded bout between them. A measured pattern only.
About this rating
Rankings: H&G All-Time Index v2.0.0. Reflects fights up to , the most recent on record. The ratings are fixed to that point, so fights after it are not yet included.
The rating itself is built from the 62 bouts we hold full data for from 1981 to 1999, which is why this count differs from the professional record above.
For the data-minded
Peak-form Elo rating: 1,780 (peak dated 1986-08-01). This best-point rating sits on its own scale and is not directly comparable with the 0-100 index.
The peak estimate carries an uncertainty band of about ±176 Elo, so read close comparisons with care.