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Italian Joe Gans vs Ted "Kid" Lewis — record, stats and common opponents compared

Italian Joe Gans

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Ted "Kid" Lewis

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.

Gans

Tracked record

2–9–1

counted from 12 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Lewis

232

Wins77 KO · 33%

46

Losses

23

Draws301 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

Lewis leads 1–0

Italian Joe Gans and Ted "Kid" Lewis have met 1 time; Lewis leads 1–0.

Italian Joe Gans and Ted "Kid" Lewis have met 1 time; Lewis leads 1–0.
Met1917Sep 15Series
Italian Joe GansFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Ted "Kid" LewisFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultNWS1Meeting

The Numbers

Gans 1 · Lewis 6 of 7 measurable rows
GansLewis
Record†
2-9-1232-46-23 (edge)
Win %0–100%
20.8%
80.9% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 77
0
77 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—33.19%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
0%
33% (edge)
Times stopped‡max 6
0 (edge)
6
Title reignsmax 14
0
14 (edge)
Bouts per year§max 14.8
1
14.8 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 301
12
301

† 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
Ted "Kid" Lewis: Died aged 75

Italian Joe Gans left, Ted "Kid" Lewis right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored: younger is not better.

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%

Ted "Kid" Lewis232 wins · from 301 tracked bouts

Ted "Kid" Lewis: 232 tracked wins — 76 by KO/TKO (33%), 112 on the cards (48%) and 44 by another method or unrecorded (19%). Counted from 301 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

76 by KO/TKO 33%112 on the cards 48%44 by another method or unrecorded 19%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Italian Joe Gans 12, Ted "Kid" Lewis 301 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

2 shared

2 shared · Gans better on 1 · Lewis better on 1

Gans

Opponent

Lewis

  • Italian Joe Gans

    0–2 against

    Loss, NWS

    1917

    Loss, NWS

    1917

    O'DowdGans better

    Ted "Kid" Lewis

    2–3 against

    Loss, NWS

    1920

    Loss, NWS

    1919

    Loss, PTS

    1917

    Win, NWS

    1917

    Win, NWS

    1917

  • Italian Joe Gans

    Loss, NWS

    1913

    GloverLewis better

    Ted "Kid" Lewis

    2–1 against

    Win, PTS

    1916

    Loss, PTS

    1915

    Win, PTS

    1915

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

Italian Joe Gans last boxed on Jan 4, 1926 — 36,818 days ago. Gans had lost two straight.LLDLL

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

Ted "Kid" Lewis has won once since three bouts without a win. Lewis last boxed on Dec 13, 1929.WDLLW

Storbeck Dec 1927Squires Jan 1928Rosenbloom Jul 1928Belanger Dec 1928Basham Dec 192914.8 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
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.
The meeting

LSep 15, 1917 · Lewis · NWS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Gans or 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.
Records · win %

Gans2–9–120.8%

Lewis232–46–2380.9%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Gans or Lewis?
Italian Joe Gans has 0 knockout wins and Ted "Kid" Lewis has 77. Ted "Kid" Lewis has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Gans0

Lewis7733.2%

The Numbers ↓
Do Gans and 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.
2 shared opponents

Mike O'DowdL2–3

Mike GloverL2–1

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Gans and Lewis?
This comparison is drawn from 12 bouts tracked for Italian Joe Gans and 301 bouts tracked for Ted "Kid" Lewis. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Gans12bouts

Lewis301bouts

How They Win ↓

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