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Jimmy 'Spider' Kelly vs Joe Gans — record, stats and common opponents compared

Jimmy 'Spider' Kelly

🇺🇸LIGHTWEIGHT

Joe Gans

Jimmy 'Spider' Kelly (0-2 across 2 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 2 times. They share no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.

Kelly

Tracked record

0–2

counted from 2 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 2–0

Jimmy 'Spider' Kelly and Joe Gans have met 2 times; Gans leads 2–0.

Jimmy 'Spider' Kelly and Joe Gans have met 2 times; Gans leads 2–0.
Met1899Oct 31900Oct 19Series
Jimmy 'Spider' KellyFighter ALLostLLost0–2W–L
Joe GansFighter BWWonWWon2–0W–L
ResultPTSTKOR82Meetings

The Numbers

Kelly 1 · Gans 3 of 4 measurable rows
KellyGans
Record†
0-2160-12-21 (edge)
Win %0–100%
0%
88.3% (edge)
Wins by knockoutlevelmax 0
0
0
KO ratenot comparable
—0%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—63%
Times stopped‡max 5
1 (edge)
5
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 12.7
1.9
12.7 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 194
2
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
Jimmy 'Spider' Kelly: No height on file
Joe Gans: 5′7″
Reachnot held
Jimmy 'Spider' Kelly: No reach on file
Joe Gans: 71″
Agenot held
Jimmy 'Spider' Kelly: No date of birth
Joe Gans: Died aged 35
Stance
Jimmy 'Spider' Kelly: Not recorded
Joe Gans: Orthodox

Jimmy 'Spider' Kelly 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
Jimmy 'Spider' Kelly0 wins · from 2 tracked bouts

Jimmy 'Spider' Kelly: no tracked wins in the 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Kelly 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 — Jimmy 'Spider' Kelly 2, Joe Gans 194 — 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

Jimmy 'Spider' Kelly last boxed on Oct 19, 1900 — 46,035 days ago. Kelly had lost two straight.LL

Gans Oct 1899Gans Oct 19001.9 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 Jimmy 'Spider' Kelly and Joe Gans ever fought each other?
Yes. Jimmy 'Spider' Kelly and Joe Gans have met 2 times and Joe Gans leads the series 2-0.
The 2 meetings

LOct 19, 1900 · Gans · TKO R8

LOct 3, 1899 · Gans · PTS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Kelly or Gans?
Jimmy 'Spider' Kelly is 0-2 across the 2 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 %

Kelly0–20%

Gans160–12–2188.3%

The Numbers ↓
Do Kelly and Gans have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Jimmy 'Spider' Kelly and Joe Gans have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Kelly and Gans?
This comparison is drawn from 2 bouts tracked for Jimmy 'Spider' Kelly and 194 bouts tracked for Joe Gans. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Kelly2bouts

Gans194bouts

How They Win ↓

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