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

Billy Shea

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Panama Joe Gans

Billy Shea (0-3 across 3 tracked bouts) and Panama Joe Gans (92-31-11) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.

Shea

Tracked record

0–3

counted from 3 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Gans

92

Wins

31

Losses

11

Draws136 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 1–0

Billy Shea and Panama Joe Gans have met 1 time; Gans leads 1–0.

Billy Shea and Panama Joe Gans have met 1 time; Gans leads 1–0.
Met1915Feb 6Series
Billy SheaFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Panama Joe GansFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultPTS1Meeting

The Numbers

Shea 0 · Gans 3 of 3 measurable rows
SheaGans
Record†
0-392-31-11 (edge)
Win %0–100%
0%
72.8% (edge)
Wins by knockoutlevelmax 0
0
0
KO ratenot comparable
—0%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—49%
Times stopped‡levelmax 1
1
1
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 10.2
0.1
10.2 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 136
3
136

† 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 Shea: No height on file
Panama Joe Gans: 5′7″
Agenot held
Billy Shea: No date of birth
Panama Joe Gans: Died aged 86
Stance
Billy Shea: Not recorded
Panama Joe Gans: Orthodox

Billy Shea left, Panama 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 Shea0 wins · from 3 tracked bouts

Billy Shea: no tracked wins in the 3 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Shea yet.

Panama Joe Gans92 wins · from 136 tracked bouts

Panama Joe Gans: 92 tracked wins — 45 by KO/TKO (49%), 28 on the cards (30%) and 19 by another method or unrecorded (21%). Counted from 136 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

45 by KO/TKO 49%28 on the cards 30%19 by another method or unrecorded 21%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Billy Shea 3, Panama Joe Gans 136 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

No opponents in common across the bouts Kill The Body has tracked for these two.

Current Form

Oldest left · newest right

Billy Shea last boxed on Dec 10, 1948 — 28,448 days ago. Shea had lost three straight.LLL

McCoy Jan 1911Gans Feb 1915DeMarco Dec 19480.1 tracked bouts per year

Panama Joe Gans has lost the most recent, to Francisco Soler. Gans last boxed on Jun 10, 1928.LWLDL

Forgione May 1927Baldi Feb 1928Plata Mar 1928Villanueva Apr 1928Soler Jun 192810.2 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Billy Shea and Panama Joe Gans ever fought each other?
Yes. Billy Shea and Panama Joe Gans met once on February 6, 1915, and Panama Joe Gans won by PTS.
The meeting

LFeb 6, 1915 · Gans · PTS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Shea or Gans?
Billy Shea is 0-3 across the 3 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Panama Joe Gans is 92-31-11. Panama Joe Gans has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Shea0–30%

Gans92–31–1172.8%

The Numbers ↓
Do Shea and Gans have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Billy Shea and Panama Joe Gans have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Shea and Gans?
This comparison is drawn from 3 bouts tracked for Billy Shea and 136 bouts tracked for Panama Joe Gans. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Shea3bouts

Gans136bouts

How They Win ↓

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