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Eddie Kennedy vs Joe Gans — record, stats and common opponents compared

Eddie Kennedy

🇺🇸LIGHTWEIGHT

Joe Gans

Eddie Kennedy (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 1 common opponent.

Kennedy

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

Eddie Kennedy and Joe Gans have met 1 time; Gans leads 1–0.

Eddie Kennedy and Joe Gans have met 1 time; Gans leads 1–0.
Met1903Oct 20Series
Eddie KennedyFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Joe GansFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultNWS1Meeting

The Numbers

Kennedy 1 · Gans 2 of 3 measurable rows
KennedyGans
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
0 (edge)
5
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§not comparable
—12.7
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
Eddie Kennedy: No height on file
Joe Gans: 5′7″
Reachnot held
Eddie Kennedy: No reach on file
Joe Gans: 71″
Agenot held
Eddie Kennedy: No date of birth
Joe Gans: Died aged 35
Stance
Eddie Kennedy: Not recorded
Joe Gans: Orthodox

Eddie Kennedy 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
Eddie Kennedy0 wins · from 2 tracked bouts

Eddie Kennedy: no tracked wins in the 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Kennedy 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 — Eddie Kennedy 2, Joe Gans 194 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · Gans better on 1

Kennedy

Opponent

Gans

  • Eddie Kennedy

    Loss, NWS

    1903

    BlackburnGans better

    Joe Gans

    2–1 against

    Win, NWS

    1906

    Win, PTS

    1904

    Loss, NWS

    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

Eddie Kennedy last boxed on Oct 20, 1903 — 44,928 days ago. Kennedy had lost two straight.LL

Blackburn Oct 1903Gans Oct 1903

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 Eddie Kennedy and Joe Gans ever fought each other?
Yes. Eddie Kennedy and Joe Gans met once on October 20, 1903, and Joe Gans won by NWS.
The meeting

LOct 20, 1903 · Gans · NWS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Kennedy or Gans?
Eddie Kennedy 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 %

Kennedy0–20%

Gans160–12–2188.3%

The Numbers ↓
Do Kennedy and Gans have any common opponents?
Eddie Kennedy and Joe Gans share 1 common opponent: Jack Blackburn. Joe Gans fared better against 1 of them.
Shared opponent

Jack BlackburnL2–1

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Kennedy and Gans?
This comparison is drawn from 2 bouts tracked for Eddie Kennedy and 194 bouts tracked for Joe Gans. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Kennedy2bouts

Gans194bouts

How They Win ↓

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