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Gus Gardner vs Joe Gans — record, stats and common opponents compared

Gus Gardner

🇺🇸LIGHTWEIGHT

Joe Gans

Gus Gardner (0-6 across 6 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 3 times. They share 2 common opponents.

Gardner

Tracked record

0–6

counted from 6 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 3–0

Gus Gardner and Joe Gans have met 3 times; Gans leads 3–0.

Gus Gardner and Joe Gans have met 3 times; Gans leads 3–0.
Met1902Sep 171903Jan 11904Mar 28Series
Gus GardnerFighter ALLostLLostLLost0–3W–L
Joe GansFighter BWWonWWonWWon3–0W–L
ResultKOR5DQR11PTS3Meetings

The Numbers

Gardner 1 · Gans 3 of 4 measurable rows
GardnerGans
Record†
0-6160-12-21 (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
2 (edge)
5
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 12.7
1.5
12.7 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 194
6
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
Gus Gardner: No height on file
Joe Gans: 5′7″
Reachnot held
Gus Gardner: No reach on file
Joe Gans: 71″
Agenot held
Gus Gardner: No date of birth
Joe Gans: Died aged 35
Stance
Gus Gardner: Not recorded
Joe Gans: Orthodox

Gus Gardner 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
Gus Gardner0 wins · from 6 tracked bouts

Gus Gardner: no tracked wins in the 6 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Gardner 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 — Gus Gardner 6, Joe Gans 194 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

2 shared

2 shared · Gans better on 2

Gardner

Opponent

Gans

  • Gus Gardner

    Loss, TKO 10

    1904

    SullivanGans better

    Joe Gans

    2–0–1 against

    Win, TKO 10

    1906

    Win, KO 15

    1906

    Draw, PTS

    1905

  • Gus Gardner

    Loss, PTS

    1902

    ErneGans better

    Joe Gans

    1–1 against

    Win, KO 1

    1902

    Loss, TKO 12

    1900

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

Gus Gardner last boxed on Feb 12, 1906 — 44,079 days ago. Gardner had lost six straight.LLLLL

Gans Sep 1902Gans Jan 1903Gans Mar 1904Sullivan May 1904Ferns Feb 19061.5 tracked bouts per year

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 Gus Gardner and Joe Gans ever fought each other?
Yes. Gus Gardner and Joe Gans have met 3 times and Joe Gans leads the series 3-0.
The 3 meetings

LMar 28, 1904 · Gans · PTS

LJan 1, 1903 · Gans · DQ R11

LSep 17, 1902 · Gans · KO R5

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Gardner or Gans?
Gus Gardner is 0-6 across the 6 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 %

Gardner0–60%

Gans160–12–2188.3%

The Numbers ↓
Do Gardner and Gans have any common opponents?
Gus Gardner and Joe Gans share 2 common opponents: Mike Twin Sullivan and Frank Erne. Joe Gans fared better against 2 of them.
2 shared opponents

Mike Twin SullivanL2–0–1

Frank ErneL1–1

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Gardner and Gans?
This comparison is drawn from 6 bouts tracked for Gus Gardner and 194 bouts tracked for Joe Gans. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Gardner6bouts

Gans194bouts

How They Win ↓

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