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Bobby Dobbs vs Joe Gans — record, stats and common opponents compared

Bobby Dobbs

🇺🇸LIGHTWEIGHT

Joe Gans

Bobby Dobbs (3-6-1 across 10 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 3 times. They share 1 common opponent.

Dobbs

Tracked record

3–6–1

counted from 10 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 2–1

Bobby Dobbs and Joe Gans have met 3 times; Gans leads 2–1.

Bobby Dobbs and Joe Gans have met 3 times; Gans leads 2–1.
Met1897Sep 271901May 311901Dec 13Series
Bobby DobbsFighter AWWonLLostLLost1–2W–L
Joe GansFighter BLLostWWonWWon2–1W–L
ResultPTSKOR7TKOR143Meetings

The Numbers

Dobbs 2 · Gans 4 of 6 measurable rows
DobbsGans
Record†
3-6-1160-12-21 (edge)
Win %0–100%
35%
88.3% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 1
1 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
—0%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
33%
63% (edge)
Times stopped‡max 5
3 (edge)
5
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 12.7
0.5
12.7 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 194
10
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
Bobby Dobbs: No height on file
Joe Gans: 5′7″
Reachnot held
Bobby Dobbs: No reach on file
Joe Gans: 71″
Agenot held
Bobby Dobbs: No date of birth
Joe Gans: Died aged 35
Stance
Bobby Dobbs: Not recorded
Joe Gans: Orthodox

Bobby Dobbs 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
Bobby Dobbs3 wins · from 10 tracked bouts

Bobby Dobbs: 3 tracked wins — 1 by KO/TKO (33%) and 2 on the cards (67%). Counted from 10 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 by KO/TKO 33%2 on the cards 67%

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 — Bobby Dobbs 10, Joe Gans 194 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · Gans better on 1

Dobbs

Opponent

Gans

  • Bobby Dobbs

    0–2 against

    Loss, KO 6

    1899

    Loss, NWS

    1897

    WalcottGans better

    Joe Gans

    Draw, PTS

    1904

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

Bobby Dobbs last boxed on Feb 3, 1912 — 41,896 days ago. Dobbs had lost five straight.LLLLL

Ferns Sep 1899Walcott Dec 1899Gans May 1901Gans Dec 1901Holberg Feb 19120.5 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 Bobby Dobbs and Joe Gans ever fought each other?
Yes. Bobby Dobbs and Joe Gans have met 3 times and Joe Gans leads the series 2-1.
The 3 meetings

LDec 13, 1901 · Gans · TKO R14

LMay 31, 1901 · Gans · KO R7

WSep 27, 1897 · Dobbs · PTS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Dobbs or Gans?
Bobby Dobbs is 3-6-1 across the 10 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 %

Dobbs3–6–135%

Gans160–12–2188.3%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Dobbs or Gans?
Bobby Dobbs has 1 knockout win and Joe Gans has 0. Bobby Dobbs has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Dobbs1

Gans0

The Numbers ↓
Do Dobbs and Gans have any common opponents?
Bobby Dobbs and Joe Gans share 1 common opponent: Barbados Joe Walcott. Joe Gans fared better against 1 of them.
Shared opponent

Barbados Joe WalcottLD

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Dobbs and Gans?
This comparison is drawn from 10 bouts tracked for Bobby Dobbs and 194 bouts tracked for Joe Gans. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Dobbs10bouts

Gans194bouts

How They Win ↓

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