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 Ted "Kid" Lewis (232-46-23) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 2 common opponents.
Italian Joe Gans vs Ted "Kid" Lewis — record, stats and common opponents compared
Head to Head
Ted "Kid" Lewis leads 1–0- Ted "Kid" Lewis wonLewis vs GansSep 15, 1917 · NWS
The Numbers
- 2-9-1
- Record
- 232-46-23 (edge)
- 20.8%
- Win %
- 80.9% (edge)
- 0
- Wins by knockout
- 77 (edge)
- —
- KO rate
- 33.19%
- 0%
- Stoppage rate (tracked wins)
- 33% (edge)
- 0 (edge)
- Times stopped
- 7
- 0
- Title reigns
- 0
- 1
- Bouts per year
- 15 (edge)
- 12
- Bouts tracked
- 304
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
- Light Heavyweight
- —
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
How They Win
Tracked bouts onlyItalian Joe Gans · 2 wins
KO/TKO
0
Decision
1
Other
1
Ted "Kid" Lewis · 232 wins
KO/TKO
77
Decision
111
Other
44
Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter (12 and 304 respectively), not from a career-complete method table.
Common Opponents
2 sharedItalian Joe Gans
LNWS · Sep 1917LNWS · May 1917Ted "Kid" Lewis
LNWS · Sep 1920LNWS · Sep 1919LPTS · Aug 1917WNWS · Aug 1917WNWS · May 1917Italian Joe Gans
LNWS · Jun 1913Ted "Kid" Lewis
WPTS · Jun 1916LPTS · Nov 1915WPTS · Aug 1915
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
Ted "Kid" Lewis
WLLDW
W1 streak · last fought Dec 13, 1929
Common Questions
- Have Italian Joe Gans and Ted "Kid" Lewis ever fought each other?
- Yes. Italian Joe Gans and Ted "Kid" Lewis met once on September 15, 1917, and Ted "Kid" Lewis won by NWS.
- Who has the better record, Italian Joe Gans or Ted "Kid" Lewis?
- Italian Joe Gans is 2-9-1 across the 12 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Ted "Kid" Lewis is 232-46-23. Ted "Kid" Lewis 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 Ted "Kid" Lewis?
- Italian Joe Gans has 0 knockout wins and Ted "Kid" Lewis has 77. Ted "Kid" Lewis has more.
- Do Italian Joe Gans and Ted "Kid" Lewis have any common opponents?
- Italian Joe Gans and Ted "Kid" Lewis share 2 common opponents: Mike O'Dowd and Mike Glover. Neither fighter fared better across the shared opponents overall.
- How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Italian Joe Gans and Ted "Kid" Lewis?
- This comparison is drawn from 12 bouts tracked for Italian Joe Gans and 304 bouts tracked for Ted "Kid" Lewis. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.