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Buck Baynor vs Joe Gans — record, stats and common opponents compared

Buck Baynor

🇺🇸LIGHTWEIGHT

Joe Gans

Buck Baynor (0-1 across 1 tracked bout) and Joe Gans (160-12-21) 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.

Baynor

Tracked record

0–1

counted from 1 bout 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 1–0

Buck Baynor and Joe Gans have met 1 time; Gans leads 1–0.

Buck Baynor and Joe Gans have met 1 time; Gans leads 1–0.
Met1898Sep 27Series
Buck BaynorFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Joe GansFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultTKOR31Meeting

The Numbers

Baynor 1 · Gans 2 of 3 measurable rows
BaynorGans
Record†
0-1160-12-21 (edge)
Win %0–100%
0%
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§not comparable
—12.7
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 194
1
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
Buck Baynor: No height on file
Joe Gans: 5′7″
Reachnot held
Buck Baynor: No reach on file
Joe Gans: 71″
Agenot held
Buck Baynor: No date of birth
Joe Gans: Died aged 35
Stance
Buck Baynor: Not recorded
Joe Gans: Orthodox

Buck Baynor 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
Buck Baynor0 wins · from 1 tracked bout

Buck Baynor: no tracked wins in the 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Baynor 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 — Buck Baynor 1, Joe Gans 194 — 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

Buck Baynor last boxed on Sep 27, 1898 — 46,784 days ago. Baynor had lost the most recent, to Joe Gans.L

Gans Sep 1898

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 Buck Baynor and Joe Gans ever fought each other?
Yes. Buck Baynor and Joe Gans met once on September 27, 1898, and Joe Gans won by TKO in round 3.
The meeting

LSep 27, 1898 · Gans · TKO R3

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Baynor or Gans?
Buck Baynor is 0-1 across the 1 bout 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 %

Baynor0–10%

Gans160–12–2188.3%

The Numbers ↓
Do Baynor and Gans have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Buck Baynor and Joe Gans have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Baynor and Gans?
This comparison is drawn from 1 bout tracked for Buck Baynor and 194 bouts tracked for Joe Gans. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Baynor1bout

Gans194bouts

How They Win ↓

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