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Baby Joe Gans vs Freddie Steele — record, stats and common opponents compared

Baby Joe Gans

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Freddie Steele

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.

Gans

Tracked record

2–13–1

counted from 16 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Steele

125

Wins60 KO · 48%

5

Losses

11

Draws140 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

Steele leads 1–0

Baby Joe Gans and Freddie Steele have met 1 time; Steele leads 1–0.

Baby Joe Gans and Freddie Steele have met 1 time; Steele leads 1–0.
Met1935Jan 24Series
Baby Joe GansFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Freddie SteeleFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultKOR31Meeting

The Numbers

Gans 0 · Steele 7 of 7 measurable rows
GansSteele
Record†
2-13-1125-5-11 (edge)
Win %0–100%
15.6%
92.6% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 60
0
60 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—48%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
0%
47% (edge)
Times stopped‡max 4
4
3 (edge)
Title reignsmax 2
0
2 (edge)
Bouts per year§max 9.6
1.7
9.6 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 140
16
140

† 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

Agenot held
Baby Joe Gans: No date of birth
Freddie Steele: Died aged 71
Stance
Baby Joe Gans: Not recorded
Freddie Steele: Orthodox

Baby Joe Gans left, Freddie Steele 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%

Freddie Steele123 wins · from 140 tracked bouts

Freddie Steele: 123 tracked wins — 58 by KO/TKO (47%) and 65 on the cards (53%). Counted from 140 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

58 by KO/TKO 47%65 on the cards 53%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Baby Joe Gans 16, Freddie Steele 140 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

4 shared

4 shared · Steele better on 3 · even on 1

Gans

Opponent

Steele

  • Baby Joe Gans

    Loss, PTS

    1935

    HostakEven

    Freddie Steele

    Loss, KO 1

    1938

  • Baby Joe Gans

    Loss, PTS

    1927

    DundeeSteele better

    Freddie Steele

    Win, TKO 3

    1935

  • Baby Joe Gans

    0–3 against

    Loss, KO 3

    1935

    Loss, KO 1

    1935

    Loss, PTS

    1933

    GarciaSteele better

    Freddie Steele

    2–0 against

    Win, KO 2

    1932

    Win, KO 2

    1932

  • Baby Joe Gans

    1–1 against

    Win, PTS

    1934

    Loss, PTS

    1928

    GlickSteele better

    Freddie Steele

    2–0 against

    Win, KO 1

    1934

    Win, PTS

    1933

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 — 33,183 days ago. Gans had lost six straight.LLLLL

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

Freddie Steele has lost two straight, after three straight wins. Steele last boxed on May 23, 1941.WWWLL

Turner Feb 1938Barth Feb 1938Krieger Jun 1938Hostak Jul 1938Casino May 19419.6 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
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.
The meeting

LJan 24, 1935 · Steele · KO R3

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Gans or 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.
Records · win %

Gans2–13–115.6%

Steele125–5–1192.6%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Gans or Steele?
Baby Joe Gans has 0 knockout wins and Freddie Steele has 60. Freddie Steele has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Gans0

Steele6048%

The Numbers ↓
Do Gans and 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.
4 shared opponents

Al HostakLL

Vince DundeeLW

Ceferino GarciaLW

Joe Glick1–1W

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Gans and 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.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Gans16bouts

Steele140bouts

How They Win ↓

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