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.
Italian Joe Gans (2-9-1 across 12 tracked bouts) and Mike O'Dowd (93-16-7) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met 2 times. They share 3 common opponents.
Italian Joe Gans vs Mike O'Dowd — record, stats and common opponents compared
Head to Head
Mike O'Dowd leads 2–0- Mike O'Dowd wonO'Dowd vs GansSep 6, 1917 · NWS
- Mike O'Dowd wonO'Dowd vs GansMay 17, 1917 · NWS
The Numbers
- 2-9-1
- Record
- 93-16-7 (edge)
- 20.8%
- Win %
- 83.2% (edge)
- 0
- Wins by knockout
- 39 (edge)
- —
- KO rate
- 41.94%
- 0%
- Stoppage rate (tracked wins)
- 44% (edge)
- 0 (edge)
- Times stopped
- 2
- 0
- Title reigns
- 0
- 1
- Bouts per year
- 3.3 (edge)
- 12
- Bouts tracked
- 117
One or both records are tracked, not career-verified.
Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.
Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.
Across each fighter's tracked career span.
Tale of the Tape
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- Age
- 131
- —
- Division
- Middleweight
- —
- Nationality
- American
How They Win
Tracked bouts onlyItalian Joe Gans · 2 wins
KO/TKO
0
Decision
1
Other
1
Mike O'Dowd · 93 wins
KO/TKO
41
Decision
11
Other
41
Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter (12 and 117 respectively), not from a career-complete method table.
Common Opponents
3 sharedItalian Joe Gans
LNWS · Sep 1917Mike O'Dowd
WNWS · Sep 1920WNWS · Sep 1919WPTS · Aug 1917LNWS · Aug 1917LNWS · May 1917
Shared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name — two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.
Current Form
Italian Joe Gans
LLDLL
L2 streak · last fought Jan 4, 1926
Mike O'Dowd
LLWLW
L2 streak · last fought Nov 15, 1948
Common Questions
- Have Italian Joe Gans and Mike O'Dowd ever fought each other?
- Yes. Italian Joe Gans and Mike O'Dowd have met 2 times and Mike O'Dowd leads the series 2-0.
- Who has the better record, Italian Joe Gans or Mike O'Dowd?
- Italian Joe Gans is 2-9-1 across the 12 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Mike O'Dowd is 93-16-7. Mike O'Dowd has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
- Who has more knockouts, Italian Joe Gans or Mike O'Dowd?
- Italian Joe Gans has 0 knockout wins and Mike O'Dowd has 39. Mike O'Dowd has more.
- Do Italian Joe Gans and Mike O'Dowd have any common opponents?
- Italian Joe Gans and Mike O'Dowd share 3 common opponents: Ted "Kid" Lewis, Al McCoy and Young Erne. Neither fighter fared better across the shared opponents overall.
- How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Italian Joe Gans and Mike O'Dowd?
- This comparison is drawn from 12 bouts tracked for Italian Joe Gans and 117 bouts tracked for Mike O'Dowd. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.