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Charles Rochette vs Joe Gans — record, stats and common opponents compared

Charles Rochette

🇺🇸LIGHTWEIGHT

Joe Gans

Charles Rochette (0-2 across 2 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 once. They share no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.

Rochette

Tracked record

0–2

counted from 2 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 1–0

Charles Rochette and Joe Gans have met 1 time; Gans leads 1–0.

Charles Rochette and Joe Gans have met 1 time; Gans leads 1–0.
Met1896Dec 14Series
Charles RochetteFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Joe GansFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultRTDR41Meeting

The Numbers

Rochette 1 · Gans 3 of 4 measurable rows
RochetteGans
Record†
0-2160-12-21 (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§max 12.7
0.4
12.7 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 194
2
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
Charles Rochette: No height on file
Joe Gans: 5′7″
Reachnot held
Charles Rochette: No reach on file
Joe Gans: 71″
Agenot held
Charles Rochette: No date of birth
Joe Gans: Died aged 35
Stance
Charles Rochette: Not recorded
Joe Gans: Orthodox

Charles Rochette 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
Charles Rochette0 wins · from 2 tracked bouts

Charles Rochette: no tracked wins in the 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Rochette 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 — Charles Rochette 2, 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

Charles Rochette last boxed on Dec 14, 1896 — 47,425 days ago. Rochette had lost two straight.LL

Lavigne Mar 1892Gans Dec 18960.4 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 Charles Rochette and Joe Gans ever fought each other?
Yes. Charles Rochette and Joe Gans met once on December 14, 1896, and Joe Gans won by RTD in round 4.
The meeting

LDec 14, 1896 · Gans · RTD R4

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Rochette or Gans?
Charles Rochette is 0-2 across the 2 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 %

Rochette0–20%

Gans160–12–2188.3%

The Numbers ↓
Do Rochette and Gans have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Charles Rochette and Joe Gans have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Rochette and Gans?
This comparison is drawn from 2 bouts tracked for Charles Rochette and 194 bouts tracked for Joe Gans. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Rochette2bouts

Gans194bouts

How They Win ↓

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