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Joe Gans vs Kentucky Rosebud — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Joe Gans

Kentucky Rosebud

Joe Gans (160-12-21) and Kentucky Rosebud (0-10-3 across 14 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met 2 times. They share 1 common opponent.

Gans

160

Wins

12

Losses

21

Draws194 tracked bouts

Rosebud

Tracked record

0–10–3

counted from 14 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

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 Gans and Kentucky Rosebud have met 2 times; Gans leads 2–0.

Joe Gans and Kentucky Rosebud have met 2 times; Gans leads 2–0.
Met1895Apr 11895Apr 25Series
Joe GansFighter AWWonWWon2–0W–L
Kentucky RosebudFighter BLLostLLost0–2W–L
ResultNWSTKO2Meetings

The Numbers

Gans 3 · Rosebud 1 of 4 measurable rows
GansRosebud
Record†
160-12-21 (edge)0-10-3
Win %0–100%
88.3% (edge)
11.5%
Wins by knockoutlevelmax 0
0
0
KO ratenot comparable
0%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
63%—
Times stopped‡max 5
5
3 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 12.7
12.7 (edge)
1.3
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 194
194
14

† 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 Gans: 5′7″
Kentucky Rosebud: No height on file
Reachnot held
Joe Gans: 71″
Kentucky Rosebud: No reach on file
Agenot held
Joe Gans: Died aged 35
Kentucky Rosebud: No date of birth
Stance
Joe Gans: Orthodox
Kentucky Rosebud: Not recorded

Joe Gans left, Kentucky Rosebud 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 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%

Kentucky Rosebud0 wins · from 14 tracked bouts

Kentucky Rosebud: no tracked wins in the 14 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Rosebud yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Joe Gans 194, Kentucky Rosebud 14 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · Gans better on 1

Gans

Opponent

Rosebud

  • Joe Gans

    1–0–2 against

    Win, TKO 8

    1900

    Draw, PTS

    1897

    Draw, PTS

    1895

    GriffoGans better

    Kentucky Rosebud

    Loss, NWS

    1894

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

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

Kentucky Rosebud last boxed on Aug 2, 1897 — 47,195 days ago. Rosebud had lost the most recent, to Frank Childs.LLLDL

Gans Apr 1895Gans Apr 1895Dixon May 1896Dixon Jun 1897Childs Aug 18971.3 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Joe Gans and Kentucky Rosebud ever fought each other?
Yes. Joe Gans and Kentucky Rosebud have met 2 times and Joe Gans leads the series 2-0.
The 2 meetings

WApr 25, 1895 · Gans · TKO

WApr 1, 1895 · Gans · NWS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Gans or Rosebud?
Joe Gans is 160-12-21 and Kentucky Rosebud is 0-10-3 across the 14 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Joe Gans has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Gans160–12–2188.3%

Rosebud0–10–311.5%

The Numbers ↓
Do Gans and Rosebud have any common opponents?
Joe Gans and Kentucky Rosebud share 1 common opponent: Young Griffo. Joe Gans fared better against 1 of them.
Shared opponent

Young Griffo1–0–2L

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Gans and Rosebud?
This comparison is drawn from 194 bouts tracked for Joe Gans and 14 bouts tracked for Kentucky Rosebud. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Gans194bouts

Rosebud14bouts

How They Win ↓

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