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.
Baby Joe Gans (2-13-1 across 16 tracked bouts) and Freddie Steele (125-5-11) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 4 common opponents.
Baby Joe Gans vs Freddie Steele — record, stats and common opponents compared
Head to Head
Freddie Steele leads 1–0- Freddie Steele wonSteele vs GansJan 24, 1935 · KO · R3
The Numbers
- 2-13-1
- Record
- 125-5-11 (edge)
- 15.6%
- Win %
- 92.6% (edge)
- 0
- Wins by knockout
- 60 (edge)
- —
- KO rate
- 48%
- 0%
- Stoppage rate (tracked wins)
- 47% (edge)
- 4
- Times stopped
- 3 (edge)
- 0
- Title reigns
- 2 (edge)
- 1.7
- Bouts per year
- 9.6 (edge)
- 16
- Bouts tracked
- 140
One or both records are tracked, not career-verified.
Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.
Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.
Across each fighter's tracked career span.
Tale of the Tape
- —
- Age
- 113
- —
- Stance
- Orthodox
- —
- Division
- Middleweight
- —
- Nationality
- American
How They Win
Tracked bouts onlyBaby Joe Gans · 2 wins
KO/TKO
0
Decision
2
Other
0
Freddie Steele · 123 wins
KO/TKO
58
Decision
65
Other
0
Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter (16 and 140 respectively), not from a career-complete method table.
Common Opponents
4 sharedBaby Joe Gans
LKO R3 · Jul 1935LKO R1 · Mar 1935LPTS · Dec 1933Freddie Steele
WKO R2 · Sep 1932WKO R2 · May 1932
Shared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name — two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.
Current Form
Baby Joe Gans
LLLLL
L6 streak · last fought Dec 17, 1935
Freddie Steele
LLWWW
L2 streak · last fought May 23, 1941
Common Questions
- Have Baby Joe Gans and Freddie Steele ever fought each other?
- Yes. Baby Joe Gans and Freddie Steele met once on January 24, 1935, and Freddie Steele won by KO in round 3.
- Who has the better record, Baby Joe Gans or Freddie Steele?
- Baby Joe Gans is 2-13-1 across the 16 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Freddie Steele is 125-5-11. Freddie Steele has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
- Who has more knockouts, Baby Joe Gans or Freddie Steele?
- Baby Joe Gans has 0 knockout wins and Freddie Steele has 60. Freddie Steele has more.
- Do Baby Joe Gans and Freddie Steele have any common opponents?
- Baby Joe Gans and Freddie Steele share 4 common opponents: Al Hostak, Vince Dundee and Ceferino Garcia (and 1 other). Freddie Steele fared better against 3 of them.
- How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Baby Joe Gans and Freddie Steele?
- This comparison is drawn from 16 bouts tracked for Baby Joe Gans and 140 bouts tracked for Freddie Steele. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.