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Baby Joe Gans vs Barney Ross — record, stats and common opponents compared

Baby Joe Gans

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Barney Ross

Baby Joe Gans (2-13-1 across 16 tracked bouts) and Barney Ross (74-4-3) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 1 common opponent.

Gans

Tracked record

2–13–1

counted from 16 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Ross

74

Wins22 KO · 30%

4

Losses

3

Draws81 tracked bouts

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

Ross leads 1–0

Baby Joe Gans and Barney Ross have met 1 time; Ross leads 1–0.

Baby Joe Gans and Barney Ross have met 1 time; Ross leads 1–0.
Met1935Sep 6Series
Baby Joe GansFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Barney RossFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultKOR21Meeting

The Numbers

Gans 0 · Ross 7 of 7 measurable rows
GansRoss
Record†
2-13-174-4-3 (edge)
Win %0–100%
15.6%
93.2% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 22
0
22 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—29.73%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
0%
30% (edge)
Times stopped‡max 4
4
0 (edge)
Title reignsmax 6
0
6 (edge)
Bouts per year§max 9.3
1.7
9.3 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 81
16
81

† 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
Baby Joe Gans: No height on file
Barney Ross: 5′7″
Reachnot held
Baby Joe Gans: No reach on file
Barney Ross: 67″
Agenot held
Baby Joe Gans: No date of birth
Barney Ross: Died aged 57
Stance
Baby Joe Gans: Not recorded
Barney Ross: Orthodox

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

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
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%

Barney Ross74 wins · from 81 tracked bouts

Barney Ross: 74 tracked wins — 22 by KO/TKO (30%), 50 on the cards (68%) and 2 by another method or unrecorded (3%). Counted from 81 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

22 by KO/TKO 30%50 on the cards 68%2 by another method or unrecorded 3%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Baby Joe Gans 16, Barney Ross 81 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · Ross better on 1

Gans

Opponent

Ross

  • Baby Joe Gans

    0–3 against

    Loss, KO 3

    1935

    Loss, KO 1

    1935

    Loss, PTS

    1933

    GarciaRoss better

    Barney Ross

    3–0 against

    Win, UD

    1937

    Win, UD

    1935

    Win, PTS

    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

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

Barney Ross had won four in a row before losing a decision to Henry Armstrong. Ross last boxed on May 31, 1938.WWWWL

Manfredo Aug 1937Garcia Sep 1937Schaft Apr 1938Venner Apr 1938Armstrong May 19389.3 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Baby Joe Gans and Barney Ross ever fought each other?
Yes. Baby Joe Gans and Barney Ross met once on September 6, 1935, and Barney Ross won by KO in round 2.
The meeting

LSep 6, 1935 · Ross · KO R2

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Gans or Ross?
Baby Joe Gans is 2-13-1 across the 16 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Barney Ross is 74-4-3. Barney Ross has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Gans2–13–115.6%

Ross74–4–393.2%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Gans or Ross?
Baby Joe Gans has 0 knockout wins and Barney Ross has 22. Barney Ross has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Gans0

Ross2229.7%

The Numbers ↓
Do Gans and Ross have any common opponents?
Baby Joe Gans and Barney Ross share 1 common opponent: Ceferino Garcia. Barney Ross fared better against 1 of them.
Shared opponent

Ceferino GarciaLW

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Gans and Ross?
This comparison is drawn from 16 bouts tracked for Baby Joe Gans and 81 bouts tracked for Barney Ross. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Gans16bouts

Ross81bouts

How They Win ↓

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