Have Billy Stift and George Gardiner ever fought each other?

Yes. Billy Stift and George Gardiner have met 2 times and George Gardiner leads the series 2-0.

Who has the better record, Stift or Gardiner?

Billy Stift is 2-16-3 across the 21 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and George Gardiner is 44-11-9. George Gardiner has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.

Do Stift and Gardiner have any common opponents?

Billy Stift and George Gardiner share 5 common opponents: Jack Root, Marvin Hart and Jack Johnson (and 2 others). George Gardiner fared better against 3 of them.

How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Stift and Gardiner?

This comparison is drawn from 21 bouts tracked for Billy Stift and 68 bouts tracked for George Gardiner. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

Billy Stift vs George Gardiner — Records, Stats & Common Opponents

Billy Stift

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George Gardiner

Billy Stift (2-16-3 across 21 tracked bouts) and George Gardiner (44-11-9) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met 2 times. They share 5 common opponents.

Stift

Tracked record

2–16–3

counted from 21 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Gardiner

Wins

Losses

Draws68 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

Gardiner leads 2–0

Billy Stift and George Gardiner have met 2 times; Gardiner leads 2–0.
Met	1902Dec 11	1905Jun 19	Series
Billy StiftFighter A	LLost	LLost	0–2W–L
George GardinerFighter B	WWon	WWon	2–0W–L
Result	UDGardiner vs Stift	KOR5Gardiner vs Stift	2Meetings

The Numbers

Stift 0 · Gardiner 5 of 5 measurable rows

StiftEdge = longer wingGardiner

Record^†: 2-16-344-11-9 (edge)
Win %0–100%: 16.7%
75.8% (edge)
Wins by knockoutlevelmax 0: 0
0
KO ratenot comparable: —0%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)^‡0–100%: 0%
70% (edge)
Times stopped^‡max 8: 8
7 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0: 0
0
Bouts per year^§max 6.3: 2.8
6.3 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 68: 21
68

† 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: Billy Stift: No date of birth; George Gardiner: Died aged 77
Stance: Billy Stift: Not recorded; George Gardiner: Orthodox

Billy Stift left, George Gardiner 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 Stift2 wins · from 21 tracked bouts

1 on the cards 50%1 by another method or unrecorded 50%

George Gardiner43 wins · from 68 tracked bouts

30 by KO/TKO 70%9 on the cards 21%4 by another method or unrecorded 9%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Billy Stift 21, George Gardiner 68 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

5 shared

5 shared · Stift better on 1 · Gardiner better on 3 · even on 15 shared · Billy Stift better on 1 · George Gardiner better on 3 · even on 1

StiftBilly Stift

Opponent

GardinerGeorge Gardiner

Billy Stift
0–3 against
Loss, KO 2
1902Apr 1902
Loss, PTS
1899Sep 1899
Loss, DQ 7
1899Feb 1899
RootJack RootUnited States 47–3–3 · Light Heavyweight, HeavyweightGardiner betterGeorge Gardiner better — 2–2–1 to 0–3
George Gardiner
2–2–1 against
Loss, PTS
1904May 1904
Draw, PTS
1904Feb 1904
Win, TKO 12
1903Jul 1903
Win, TKO 17
1902Aug 1902
Loss, DQ 7
1902Jan 1902
Billy Stift
0–2 against
Loss, PTS
1902Aug 1902
Loss, KO 3
1902Jan 1902
HartMarvin HartUnited States 28–7–4 · HeavyweightGardiner betterGeorge Gardiner better — 1–0–1 to 0–2
George Gardiner
1–0–1 against
Draw, PTS
1904Jan 1904
Win, PTS
1903May 1903
Billy Stift
Draw, PTS
1901Apr 1901
JohnsonJack JohnsonUnited States 69–11–10 · HeavyweightStift betterBilly Stift better — 0–0–1 to 0–1
George Gardiner
Loss, PTS
1902Oct 1902
Billy Stift
Loss, PTS
1902Mar 1902
WalcottBarbados Joe WalcottBarbados 96–31–27 · WelterweightGardiner betterGeorge Gardiner better — 1–1 to 0–1
George Gardiner
1–1 against
Win, PTS
1902Apr 1902
Loss, PTS
1901Sep 1901
Billy Stift
1–0–1 against
Win, PTS
1901Nov 1901
Draw, PTS
1899Jun 1899
ByersGeorge ByersCanada 20–8–21 · Light Heavyweight, HeavyweightEvenEven — 1–0–1 both
George Gardiner
1–0–1 against
No contest, NC
1900May 1900
Win, DQ 14
1900Feb 1900
Draw, NWS
1900Feb 1900

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 Stift last boxed on Jun 19, 1905 — 44,317 days ago. Stift had lost 11 straight.LLLLL

Gardiner Dec 1902Ryan Jan 1903O'Brien Sep 1904Ryan Dec 1904Gardiner Jun 19052.8 tracked bouts per year

George Gardiner drew the most recent tracked bout with John Willie. Gardiner last boxed on Sep 5, 1908.LDLLD

Chiariglione Apr 1907Mustain Oct 1907Mustain Jan 1908Ross May 1908Willie Sep 19086.3 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them

Have Billy Stift and George Gardiner ever fought each other?: Yes. Billy Stift and George Gardiner have met 2 times and George Gardiner leads the series 2-0.
Who has the better record, Stift or Gardiner?: Billy Stift is 2-16-3 across the 21 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and George Gardiner is 44-11-9. George Gardiner has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Do Stift and Gardiner have any common opponents?: Billy Stift and George Gardiner share 5 common opponents: Jack Root, Marvin Hart and Jack Johnson (and 2 others). George Gardiner fared better against 3 of them.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Stift and Gardiner?: This comparison is drawn from 21 bouts tracked for Billy Stift and 68 bouts tracked for George Gardiner. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

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