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.
Eddie Kennedy (0-2 across 2 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 once. They share 1 common opponent.
Eddie Kennedy vs Joe Gans — record, stats and common opponents compared
Head to Head
Joe Gans leads 1–0- Joe Gans wonGans vs KennedyOct 20, 1903 · NWS
The Numbers
- 0-2
- Record
- 157-12-22 (edge)
- 0%
- Win %
- 88% (edge)
- 0
- Wins by knockout
- 100 (edge)
- —
- KO rate
- 63.69%
- —
- Stoppage rate (tracked wins)
- 63%
- 0 (edge)
- Times stopped
- 6
- 0
- Title reigns
- 0
- —
- Bouts per year
- 10.4
- 2
- 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
- —
- Height
- 5′7″ (169 cm)
- —
- Reach
- 71″ (180 cm)
- —
- Age
- 151
- —
- Stance
- Orthodox
- —
- Division
- Lightweight
- —
- Nationality
- United States
How They Win
Tracked bouts onlyEddie Kennedy · 0 wins
No tracked wins yet.
Joe Gans · 160 wins
KO/TKO
101
Decision
39
Other
20
Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter (2 and 195 respectively), not from a career-complete method table.
Common Opponents
1 sharedShared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name — two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.
Current Form
Eddie Kennedy
LL
L2 streak · last fought Oct 20, 1903
Joe Gans
LWLLW
L1 streak · last fought Aug 3, 1912
Common Questions
- 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.
- Who has the better record, Eddie Kennedy or Joe Gans?
- Eddie Kennedy is 0-2 across the 2 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, Eddie Kennedy or Joe Gans?
- Eddie Kennedy has 0 knockout wins and Joe Gans has 100. Joe Gans has more.
- Do Eddie Kennedy and Joe Gans have any common opponents?
- Eddie Kennedy and Joe Gans share 1 common opponent: Jack Blackburn. Joe Gans fared better against 1 of them.
- How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Eddie Kennedy and Joe Gans?
- This comparison is drawn from 2 bouts tracked for Eddie Kennedy and 195 bouts tracked for Joe Gans. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.