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Joe Gans vs Kid McPartland — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Joe Gans

Kid McPartland

Joe Gans (160-12-21) and Kid McPartland (0-3-2 across 5 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met 3 times. They share 1 common opponent.

Gans

160

Wins

12

Losses

21

Draws194 tracked bouts

McPartland

Tracked record

0–3–2

counted from 5 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 with 1 draw

Joe Gans and Kid McPartland have met 3 times; Gans leads 2–0 with 1 draw.

Joe Gans and Kid McPartland have met 3 times; Gans leads 2–0 with 1 draw.
Met1898Nov 41899Dec 221902Oct 13Series
Joe GansFighter AWWonDDrawWWon2–0–1W–L–D
Kid McPartlandFighter BLLostDDrawLLost0–2–1W–L–D
ResultPTSPTSKOR53Meetings

The Numbers

Gans 3 · McPartland 1 of 4 measurable rows
GansMcPartland
Record†
160-12-21 (edge)0-3-2
Win %0–100%
88.3% (edge)
20%
Wins by knockoutlevelmax 0
0
0
KO ratenot comparable
0%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
63%—
Times stopped‡max 5
5
1 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 12.7
12.7 (edge)
0.9
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 194
194
5

† 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″
Kid McPartland: No height on file
Reachnot held
Joe Gans: 71″
Kid McPartland: No reach on file
Agenot held
Joe Gans: Died aged 35
Kid McPartland: No date of birth
Stance
Joe Gans: Orthodox
Kid McPartland: Not recorded

Joe Gans left, Kid McPartland 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%

Kid McPartland0 wins · from 5 tracked bouts

Kid McPartland: no tracked wins in the 5 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for McPartland yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Joe Gans 194, Kid McPartland 5 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · even on 1

Gans

Opponent

McPartland

  • Joe Gans

    Draw, PTS

    1904

    WalcottEven

    Kid McPartland

    Draw, PTS

    1898

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

Kid McPartland last boxed on Oct 13, 1902 — 45,299 days ago. McPartland had lost the most recent, to Joe Gans.LDLDL

Lavigne Feb 1897Walcott Apr 1898Gans Nov 1898Gans Dec 1899Gans Oct 19020.9 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Joe Gans and Kid McPartland ever fought each other?
Yes. Joe Gans and Kid McPartland have met 3 times and Joe Gans leads the series 2-0 with 1 draw.
The 3 meetings

WOct 13, 1902 · Gans · KO R5

DDec 22, 1899 · Draw · PTS

WNov 4, 1898 · Gans · PTS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Gans or McPartland?
Joe Gans is 160-12-21 and Kid McPartland is 0-3-2 across the 5 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%

McPartland0–3–220%

The Numbers ↓
Do Gans and McPartland have any common opponents?
Joe Gans and Kid McPartland share 1 common opponent: Barbados Joe Walcott. Neither fighter fared better across the shared opponents overall.
Shared opponent

Barbados Joe WalcottDD

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Gans and McPartland?
This comparison is drawn from 194 bouts tracked for Joe Gans and 5 bouts tracked for Kid McPartland. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Gans194bouts

McPartland5bouts

How They Win ↓

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