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.
Dave Holly (4-8-5 across 17 tracked bouts) and Joe Gans (157-12-22) 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.
Dave Holly vs Joe Gans — record, stats and common opponents compared
Head to Head
Joe Gans leads 3–0- Joe Gans wonGans vs HollyJul 23, 1906 · PTS
- DrawGans vs HollyJun 27, 1904 · NWS
- Joe Gans wonGans vs HollyDec 7, 1903 · NWS
- DrawGans vs HollyOct 23, 1903 · NWS
- Joe Gans wonGans vs HollyOct 14, 1902 · NWS
The Numbers
- 4-8-5
- Record
- 157-12-22 (edge)
- 38.2%
- Win %
- 88% (edge)
- 0
- Wins by knockout
- 100 (edge)
- —
- KO rate
- 63.69%
- 0%
- Stoppage rate (tracked wins)
- 63% (edge)
- 0 (edge)
- Times stopped
- 6
- 0
- Title reigns
- 0
- 4.3
- Bouts per year
- 10.4 (edge)
- 17
- Bouts tracked
- 195
One or both records are tracked, not career-verified.
Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.
Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.
Across each fighter's tracked career span.
Tale of the Tape
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- Height
- 5′7″ (169 cm)
- —
- Reach
- 71″ (180 cm)
- —
- Age
- 151
- —
- Stance
- Orthodox
- —
- Division
- Lightweight
- —
- Nationality
- United States
How They Win
Tracked bouts onlyDave Holly · 4 wins
KO/TKO
0
Decision
1
Other
3
Joe Gans · 160 wins
KO/TKO
101
Decision
39
Other
20
Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter (17 and 195 respectively), not from a career-complete method table.
Common Opponents
3 sharedDave Holly
LNWS · Oct 1906LNWS · Aug 1904WNWS · Nov 1903DNWS · May 1903Joe Gans
WNWS · Jun 1906WPTS · Mar 1904LNWS · Nov 1903Dave Holly
LNWS · Feb 1905DNWS · Nov 1904DPTS · Sep 1904WPTS · Apr 1904Joe Gans
LPTS · Dec 1903
Shared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name — two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.
Current Form
Dave Holly
LLLLL
L5 streak · last fought Oct 11, 1906
Joe Gans
LWLLW
L1 streak · last fought Aug 3, 1912
Common Questions
- 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.
- Who has the better record, Dave Holly or Joe Gans?
- Dave Holly is 4-8-5 across the 17 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Joe Gans is 157-12-22. Joe Gans has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
- Who has more knockouts, Dave Holly or Joe Gans?
- Dave Holly has 0 knockout wins and Joe Gans has 100. Joe Gans has more.
- Do Dave Holly and Joe 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.
- How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Dave Holly and Joe Gans?
- This comparison is drawn from 17 bouts tracked for Dave Holly and 195 bouts tracked for Joe Gans. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.