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Billy Ernst vs Joe Gans — record, stats and common opponents compared

Billy Ernst

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Joe Gans

Billy Ernst (0-2-2 across 4 tracked bouts) and Joe Gans (160-12-21) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met 2 times. They share 1 common opponent.

Ernst

Tracked record

0–2–2

counted from 4 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Gans

160

Wins

12

Losses

21

Draws194 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

Gans leads 2–0

Billy Ernst and Joe Gans have met 2 times; Gans leads 2–0.

Billy Ernst and Joe Gans have met 2 times; Gans leads 2–0.
Met1898Aug 81899Feb 6Series
Billy ErnstFighter ALLostLLost0–2W–L
Joe GansFighter BWWonWWon2–0W–L
ResultKOR11DQR102Meetings

The Numbers

Ernst 1 · Gans 3 of 4 measurable rows
ErnstGans
Record†
0-2-2160-12-21 (edge)
Win %0–100%
25%
88.3% (edge)
Wins by knockoutlevelmax 0
0
0
KO ratenot comparable
—0%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—63%
Times stopped‡max 5
1 (edge)
5
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 12.7
1.5
12.7 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 194
4
194

† 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
Billy Ernst: No height on file
Joe Gans: 5′7″
Reachnot held
Billy Ernst: No reach on file
Joe Gans: 71″
Agenot held
Billy Ernst: No date of birth
Joe Gans: Died aged 35
Stance
Billy Ernst: Not recorded
Joe Gans: Orthodox

Billy Ernst left, 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
Billy Ernst0 wins · from 4 tracked bouts

Billy Ernst: no tracked wins in the 4 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Ernst yet.

Joe Gans160 wins · from 194 tracked bouts

Joe Gans: 160 tracked wins — 101 by KO/TKO (63%), 39 on the cards (24%) and 20 by another method or unrecorded (13%). Counted from 194 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

101 by KO/TKO 63%39 on the cards 24%20 by another method or unrecorded 13%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Billy Ernst 4, Joe Gans 194 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · Gans better on 1

Ernst

Opponent

Gans

  • Billy Ernst

    0–0–2 against

    Draw, PTS

    1896

    Draw, PTS

    1896

    GriffoGans better

    Joe Gans

    1–0–2 against

    Win, TKO 8

    1900

    Draw, PTS

    1897

    Draw, PTS

    1895

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

Billy Ernst last boxed on Feb 6, 1899 — 46,647 days ago. Ernst had lost two straight.DDLL

Griffo Jun 1896Griffo Jul 1896Gans Aug 1898Gans Feb 18991.5 tracked bouts per year

Joe Gans has won once since back-to-back stoppage losses to Battling Nelson. Gans last boxed on Mar 12, 1909.WWLLW

Robson Apr 1908Unholz May 1908Nelson Jul 1908Nelson Sep 1908White Mar 190912.7 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Billy Ernst and Joe Gans ever fought each other?
Yes. Billy Ernst and Joe Gans have met 2 times and Joe Gans leads the series 2-0.
The 2 meetings

LFeb 6, 1899 · Gans · DQ R10

LAug 8, 1898 · Gans · KO R11

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Ernst or Gans?
Billy Ernst is 0-2-2 across the 4 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Joe Gans is 160-12-21. Joe Gans has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Ernst0–2–225%

Gans160–12–2188.3%

The Numbers ↓
Do Ernst and Gans have any common opponents?
Billy Ernst and Joe Gans share 1 common opponent: Young Griffo. Joe Gans fared better against 1 of them.
Shared opponent

Young GriffoD1–0–2

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Ernst and Gans?
This comparison is drawn from 4 bouts tracked for Billy Ernst and 194 bouts tracked for Joe Gans. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Ernst4bouts

Gans194bouts

How They Win ↓

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