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George Thomas vs Joe Gans — record, stats and common opponents compared

George Thomas

🇺🇸LIGHTWEIGHT

Joe Gans

George Thomas (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.

Thomas

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

George Thomas and Joe Gans have met 1 time; Gans leads 1–0.

George Thomas and Joe Gans have met 1 time; Gans leads 1–0.
Met1897Aug 24Series
George ThomasFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Joe GansFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultTKO1Meeting

The Numbers

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

George Thomas 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
George Thomas0 wins · from 1 tracked bout

George Thomas: no tracked wins in the 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Thomas 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 — George Thomas 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

George Thomas last boxed on Aug 24, 1897 — 47,179 days ago. Thomas had lost the most recent, to Joe Gans.L

Gans Aug 1897

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 George Thomas and Joe Gans ever fought each other?
Yes. George Thomas and Joe Gans met once on August 24, 1897, and Joe Gans won by TKO.
The meeting

LAug 24, 1897 · Gans · TKO

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Thomas or Gans?
George Thomas 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 %

Thomas0–10%

Gans160–12–2188.3%

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

Thomas1bout

Gans194bouts

How They Win ↓

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