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Clarence Connors vs Joe Gans — record, stats and common opponents compared

Clarence Connors

🇺🇸LIGHTWEIGHT

Joe Gans

Clarence Connors (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.

Connors

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

Clarence Connors and Joe Gans have met 1 time; Gans leads 1–0.

Clarence Connors and Joe Gans have met 1 time; Gans leads 1–0.
Met1904Jan 19Series
Clarence ConnorsFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Joe GansFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultTKOR21Meeting

The Numbers

Connors 1 · Gans 2 of 3 measurable rows
ConnorsGans
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
Clarence Connors: No height on file
Joe Gans: 5′7″
Reachnot held
Clarence Connors: No reach on file
Joe Gans: 71″
Agenot held
Clarence Connors: No date of birth
Joe Gans: Died aged 35
Stance
Clarence Connors: Not recorded
Joe Gans: Orthodox

Clarence Connors 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
Clarence Connors0 wins · from 1 tracked bout

Clarence Connors: no tracked wins in the 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Connors 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 — Clarence Connors 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

Clarence Connors last boxed on Jan 19, 1904 — 44,836 days ago. Connors had lost the most recent, to Joe Gans.L

Gans Jan 1904

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 Clarence Connors and Joe Gans ever fought each other?
Yes. Clarence Connors and Joe Gans met once on January 19, 1904, and Joe Gans won by TKO in round 2.
The meeting

LJan 19, 1904 · Gans · TKO R2

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Connors or Gans?
Clarence Connors 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 %

Connors0–10%

Gans160–12–2188.3%

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

Connors1bout

Gans194bouts

How They Win ↓

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