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Dave Holly vs Joe Gans — record, stats and common opponents compared

Dave Holly

🇺🇸LIGHTWEIGHT

Joe Gans

Dave Holly (4-8-5 across 17 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 5 times. They share 3 common opponents.

Holly

Tracked record

4–8–5

counted from 17 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 3–0 with 2 draws

Dave Holly and Joe Gans have met 5 times; Gans leads 3–0 with 2 draws.

Dave Holly and Joe Gans have met 5 times; Gans leads 3–0 with 2 draws.
Met1902Oct 141903Oct 231903Dec 71904Jun 271906Jul 23Series
Dave HollyFighter ALLostDDrawLLostDDrawLLost0–3–2W–L–D
Joe GansFighter BWWonDDrawWWonDDrawWWon3–0–2W–L–D
ResultNWSNWSNWSNWSPTS5Meetings

The Numbers

Holly 1 · Gans 4 of 5 measurable rows
HollyGans
Record†
4-8-5160-12-21 (edge)
Win %0–100%
38.2%
88.3% (edge)
Wins by knockoutlevelmax 0
0
0
KO ratenot comparable
—0%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
0%
63% (edge)
Times stopped‡max 5
0 (edge)
5
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 12.7
4.3
12.7 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 194
17
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
Dave Holly: No height on file
Joe Gans: 5′7″
Reachnot held
Dave Holly: No reach on file
Joe Gans: 71″
Agenot held
Dave Holly: No date of birth
Joe Gans: Died aged 35
Stance
Dave Holly: Not recorded
Joe Gans: Orthodox

Dave Holly 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
Dave Holly4 wins · from 17 tracked bouts

Dave Holly: 4 tracked wins — 1 on the cards (25%) and 3 by another method or unrecorded (75%). Counted from 17 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 on the cards 25%3 by another method or unrecorded 75%

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 — Dave Holly 17, Joe Gans 194 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

3 shared

3 shared · Holly better on 1 · Gans better on 2

Holly

Opponent

Gans

  • Dave Holly

    1–2–1 against

    Loss, NWS

    1906

    Loss, NWS

    1904

    Win, NWS

    1903

    Draw, NWS

    1903

    BlackburnGans better

    Joe Gans

    2–1 against

    Win, NWS

    1906

    Win, PTS

    1904

    Loss, NWS

    1903

  • Dave Holly

    1–1 against

    Loss, DQ

    1906

    Win, NWS

    1904

    WalcottGans better

    Joe Gans

    Draw, PTS

    1904

  • Dave Holly

    1–1–2 against

    Loss, NWS

    1905

    Draw, NWS

    1904

    Draw, PTS

    1904

    Win, PTS

    1904

    LangfordHolly better

    Joe Gans

    Loss, PTS

    1903

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

Dave Holly last boxed on Oct 11, 1906 — 43,837 days ago. Holly had lost five straight.LLLLL

Kid Nov 1904Langford Feb 1905Walcott Jan 1906Gans Jul 1906Blackburn Oct 19064.3 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 Dave Holly and Joe Gans ever fought each other?
Yes. Dave Holly and Joe Gans have met 5 times and Joe Gans leads the series 3-0 with 2 draws.
The 5 meetings

LJul 23, 1906 · Gans · PTS

DJun 27, 1904 · Draw · NWS

LDec 7, 1903 · Gans · NWS

DOct 23, 1903 · Draw · NWS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Holly or Gans?
Dave Holly is 4-8-5 across the 17 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 %

Holly4–8–538.2%

Gans160–12–2188.3%

The Numbers ↓
Do Holly and Gans have any common opponents?
Dave Holly and Joe Gans share 3 common opponents: Jack Blackburn, Barbados Joe Walcott and Sam Langford. Joe Gans fared better against 2 of them.
3 shared opponents

Jack Blackburn1–2–12–1

Barbados Joe Walcott1–1D

Sam Langford1–1–2L

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Holly and Gans?
This comparison is drawn from 17 bouts tracked for Dave Holly and 194 bouts tracked for Joe Gans. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Holly17bouts

Gans194bouts

How They Win ↓

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