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

George Willis

🇺🇸LIGHTWEIGHT

Joe Gans

George Willis (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.

Willis

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

George Willis and Joe Gans have met 1 time; Gans leads 1–0.
Met1895May 14Series
George WillisFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Joe GansFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultKOR41Meeting

The Numbers

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

George Willis 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 Willis0 wins · from 1 tracked bout

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

No tracked wins for Willis 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 Willis 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 Willis last boxed on May 14, 1895 — 48,012 days ago. Willis had lost the most recent, to Joe Gans.L

Gans May 1895

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 Willis and Joe Gans ever fought each other?
Yes. George Willis and Joe Gans met once on May 14, 1895, and Joe Gans won by KO in round 4.
The meeting

LMay 14, 1895 · Gans · KO R4

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

Willis0–10%

Gans160–12–2188.3%

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

Willis1bout

Gans194bouts

How They Win ↓

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