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Howard Wilson vs Joe Gans — record, stats and common opponents compared

Howard Wilson

🇺🇸LIGHTWEIGHT

Joe Gans

Howard Wilson (0-4-2 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 5 times. They share 1 common opponent.

Wilson

Tracked record

0–4–2

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 with 2 draws

Howard Wilson and Joe Gans have met 5 times; Gans leads 3–0 with 2 draws.

Howard Wilson and Joe Gans have met 5 times; Gans leads 3–0 with 2 draws.
Met1895Mar 181895May 91895May 281897Apr 31902Dec 19Series
Howard WilsonFighter ADDrawDDrawLLostLLostLLost0–3–2W–L–D
Joe GansFighter BDDrawDDrawWWonWWonWWon3–0–2W–L–D
ResultPTSPTSPTSKOR9TKOR35Meetings

The Numbers

Wilson 1 · Gans 3 of 4 measurable rows
WilsonGans
Record†
0-4-2160-12-21 (edge)
Win %0–100%
16.7%
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
0.7
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
Howard Wilson: No height on file
Joe Gans: 5′7″
Reachnot held
Howard Wilson: No reach on file
Joe Gans: 71″
Agenot held
Howard Wilson: No date of birth
Joe Gans: Died aged 35
Stance
Howard Wilson: Not recorded
Joe Gans: Orthodox

Howard Wilson 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
Howard Wilson0 wins · from 6 tracked bouts

Howard Wilson: no tracked wins in the 6 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

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

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · Gans better on 1

Wilson

Opponent

Gans

  • Howard Wilson

    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

Howard Wilson last boxed on Sep 1, 1903 — 44,973 days ago. Wilson had lost four straight.DLLLL

Gans May 1895Gans May 1895Gans Apr 1897Gans Dec 1902Blackburn Sep 19030.7 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 Howard Wilson and Joe Gans ever fought each other?
Yes. Howard Wilson and Joe Gans have met 5 times and Joe Gans leads the series 3-0 with 2 draws.
The 5 meetings

LDec 19, 1902 · Gans · TKO R3

LApr 3, 1897 · Gans · KO R9

LMay 28, 1895 · Gans · PTS

DMay 9, 1895 · Draw · PTS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Wilson or Gans?
Howard Wilson is 0-4-2 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 %

Wilson0–4–216.7%

Gans160–12–2188.3%

The Numbers ↓
Do Wilson and Gans have any common opponents?
Howard Wilson 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 Wilson and Gans?
This comparison is drawn from 6 bouts tracked for Howard Wilson and 194 bouts tracked for Joe Gans. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Wilson6bouts

Gans194bouts

How They Win ↓

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