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Al Hostak vs Baby Joe Gans — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Al Hostak

Baby Joe Gans

Al Hostak (64-9-11) and Baby Joe Gans (2-13-1 across 16 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 1 common opponent.

Hostak

64

Wins41 KO · 64%

9

Losses

11

Draws84 tracked bouts

Gans

Tracked record

2–13–1

counted from 16 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Heads up: at least one of these records is a tracked record — the wins and losses Kill The Body has ingested so far, not an independently verified career total. Treat the comparison as a read on the bouts we hold, not a settled ledger.

Head to Head

Hostak leads 1–0

Al Hostak and Baby Joe Gans have met 1 time; Hostak leads 1–0.

Al Hostak and Baby Joe Gans have met 1 time; Hostak leads 1–0.
Met1935Dec 17Series
Al HostakFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Baby Joe GansFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultPTS1Meeting

The Numbers

Hostak 7 · Gans 0 of 7 measurable rows
HostakGans
Record†
64-9-11 (edge)2-13-1
Win %0–100%
82.7% (edge)
15.6%
Wins by knockoutmax 41
41 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
64.06%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
64% (edge)
0%
Times stopped‡max 4
3 (edge)
4
Title reignsmax 2
2 (edge)
0
Bouts per year§max 5
5 (edge)
1.7
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 84
84
16

† One or both records are tracked, not career-verified. · ‡ Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total. · § Across each fighter's tracked career span. · Bars are scaled per row — percentages on 0–100, counts against the larger of the two. Every figure is also printed as text.

Tale of the Tape

Heightnot held
Al Hostak: 6′0″
Baby Joe Gans: No height on file
Reachnot held
Al Hostak: 73″
Baby Joe Gans: No reach on file
Agenot held
Al Hostak: Died aged 90
Baby Joe Gans: No date of birth
Stance
Al Hostak: Orthodox
Baby Joe Gans: Not recorded

Al Hostak left, Baby Joe Gans right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Al Hostak64 wins · from 84 tracked bouts

Al Hostak: 64 tracked wins — 41 by KO/TKO (64%) and 23 on the cards (36%). Counted from 84 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

41 by KO/TKO 64%23 on the cards 36%

Baby Joe Gans2 wins · from 16 tracked bouts

Baby Joe Gans: 2 tracked wins — 2 on the cards (100%). Counted from 16 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

2 on the cards 100%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Al Hostak 84, Baby Joe Gans 16 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · Hostak better on 1

Hostak

Opponent

Gans

  • Al Hostak

    Win, KO 1

    1938

    SteeleHostak better

    Baby Joe Gans

    Loss, KO 3

    1935

Both sides are set at the same size on purpose. Kill The Body does not score a second-round knockout above a split decision — the edge counts losses first and wins as the tiebreak, and the rest is yours to argue. Shared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name, so two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.

Current Form

Oldest left · newest right

Al Hostak has won two straight since three bouts without a win. Hostak last boxed on Jan 7, 1949.DLDWW

Duke Oct 1947Snapp Mar 1948Perkins Nov 1948Perkins Dec 1948Snapp Jan 19495 tracked bouts per year

Baby Joe Gans last boxed on Dec 17, 1935 — 33,182 days ago. Gans had lost six straight.LLLLL

Steele Jan 1935Garcia Mar 1935Garcia Jul 1935Ross Sep 1935Hostak Dec 19351.7 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Al Hostak and Baby Joe Gans ever fought each other?
Yes. Al Hostak and Baby Joe Gans met once on December 17, 1935, and Al Hostak won by PTS.
The meeting

WDec 17, 1935 · Hostak · PTS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Hostak or Gans?
Al Hostak is 64-9-11 and Baby Joe Gans is 2-13-1 across the 16 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Al Hostak has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Hostak64–9–1182.7%

Gans2–13–115.6%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Hostak or Gans?
Al Hostak has 41 knockout wins and Baby Joe Gans has 0. Al Hostak has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Hostak4164.1%

Gans0

The Numbers ↓
Do Hostak and Gans have any common opponents?
Al Hostak and Baby Joe Gans share 1 common opponent: Freddie Steele. Al Hostak fared better against 1 of them.
Shared opponent

Freddie SteeleWL

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Hostak and Gans?
This comparison is drawn from 84 bouts tracked for Al Hostak and 16 bouts tracked for Baby Joe Gans. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Hostak84bouts

Gans16bouts

How They Win ↓

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