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Joe Elliott vs Joe Gans — record, stats and common opponents compared

Joe Elliott

🇺🇸LIGHTWEIGHT

Joe Gans

Joe Elliott (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.

Elliott

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

Joe Elliott and Joe Gans have met 2 times; Gans leads 2–0.

Joe Elliott and Joe Gans have met 2 times; Gans leads 2–0.
Met1895Oct 211896Jan 17Series
Joe ElliottFighter ALLostLLost0–2W–L
Joe GansFighter BWWonWWon2–0W–L
ResultKOR9KOR72Meetings

The Numbers

Elliott 1 · Gans 2 of 3 measurable rows
ElliottGans
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
2 (edge)
5
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§not comparable
—12.7
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
Joe Elliott: No height on file
Joe Gans: 5′7″
Reachnot held
Joe Elliott: No reach on file
Joe Gans: 71″
Agenot held
Joe Elliott: No date of birth
Joe Gans: Died aged 35
Stance
Joe Elliott: Not recorded
Joe Gans: Orthodox

Joe Elliott 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
Joe Elliott0 wins · from 2 tracked bouts

Joe Elliott: no tracked wins in the 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Elliott 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 — Joe Elliott 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

Joe Elliott last boxed on Jan 17, 1896 — 47,765 days ago. Elliott had lost two straight.LL

Gans Oct 1895Gans Jan 1896

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 Joe Elliott and Joe Gans ever fought each other?
Yes. Joe Elliott and Joe Gans have met 2 times and Joe Gans leads the series 2-0.
The 2 meetings

LJan 17, 1896 · Gans · KO R7

LOct 21, 1895 · Gans · KO R9

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Elliott or Gans?
Joe Elliott 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 %

Elliott0–20%

Gans160–12–2188.3%

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

Elliott2bouts

Gans194bouts

How They Win ↓

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