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Italian Joe Gans vs Jack Delaney — record, stats and common opponents compared

Italian Joe Gans

🇨🇦LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT, HEAVYWEIGHT

Jack Delaney

Italian Joe Gans (2-9-1 across 12 tracked bouts) and Jack Delaney (73-11-2) 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.

Gans

Tracked record

2–9–1

counted from 12 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Delaney

73

Wins43 KO · 59%

11

Losses

2

Draws90 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

Delaney leads 1–0

Italian Joe Gans and Jack Delaney have met 1 time; Delaney leads 1–0.

Italian Joe Gans and Jack Delaney have met 1 time; Delaney leads 1–0.
Met1923Feb 20Series
Italian Joe GansFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Jack DelaneyFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultPTS1Meeting

The Numbers

Gans 1 · Delaney 5 of 6 measurable rows
GansDelaney
Record†
2-9-173-11-2 (edge)
Win %0–100%
20.8%
86% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 43
0
43 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—58.9%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
0%
57% (edge)
Times stopped‡max 3
0 (edge)
3
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 7.2
1
7.2 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 90
12
90

† 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

Agenot held
Italian Joe Gans: No date of birth
Jack Delaney: Died aged 48
Stance
Italian Joe Gans: Not recorded
Jack Delaney: Orthodox

Italian Joe Gans left, Jack Delaney right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Italian Joe Gans2 wins · from 12 tracked bouts

Italian Joe Gans: 2 tracked wins — 1 on the cards (50%) and 1 by another method or unrecorded (50%). Counted from 12 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 on the cards 50%1 by another method or unrecorded 50%

Jack Delaney75 wins · from 90 tracked bouts

Jack Delaney: 75 tracked wins — 43 by KO/TKO (57%), 28 on the cards (37%) and 4 by another method or unrecorded (5%). Counted from 90 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

43 by KO/TKO 57%28 on the cards 37%4 by another method or unrecorded 5%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Italian Joe Gans 12, Jack Delaney 90 — 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

Italian Joe Gans last boxed on Jan 4, 1926 — 36,817 days ago. Gans had lost two straight.LLDLL

Delaney Feb 1923Gans Sep 1923Estridge Jul 1925Latzo Sep 1925Latzo Jan 19261 tracked bouts per year

Jack Delaney has won four straight since losing by stoppage to Jack Sharkey. Delaney last boxed on Apr 21, 1932.LWWWW

Sharkey Apr 1928Tassi Sep 1928Johnson Mar 1932Willis Mar 1932Williams Apr 19327.2 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Italian Joe Gans and Jack Delaney ever fought each other?
Yes. Italian Joe Gans and Jack Delaney met once on February 20, 1923, and Jack Delaney won by PTS.
The meeting

LFeb 20, 1923 · Delaney · PTS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Gans or Delaney?
Italian Joe Gans is 2-9-1 across the 12 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Jack Delaney is 73-11-2. Jack Delaney has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Gans2–9–120.8%

Delaney73–11–286%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Gans or Delaney?
Italian Joe Gans has 0 knockout wins and Jack Delaney has 43. Jack Delaney has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Gans0

Delaney4358.9%

The Numbers ↓
Do Gans and Delaney have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Italian Joe Gans and Jack Delaney have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Gans and Delaney?
This comparison is drawn from 12 bouts tracked for Italian Joe Gans and 90 bouts tracked for Jack Delaney. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Gans12bouts

Delaney90bouts

How They Win ↓

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