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Joe Gans vs Mike Ward — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Joe Gans

Mike Ward

Joe Gans (160-12-21) and Mike Ward (0-3-1 across 4 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 1 common opponent.

Gans

160

Wins

12

Losses

21

Draws194 tracked bouts

Ward

Tracked record

0–3–1

counted from 4 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 1–0

Joe Gans and Mike Ward have met 1 time; Gans leads 1–0.

Joe Gans and Mike Ward have met 1 time; Gans leads 1–0.
Met1904Feb 2Series
Joe GansFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Mike WardFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultTKO1Meeting

The Numbers

Gans 3 · Ward 1 of 4 measurable rows
GansWard
Record†
160-12-21 (edge)0-3-1
Win %0–100%
88.3% (edge)
12.5%
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)
0.3
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 194
194
4

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

Joe Gans left, Mike Ward 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%

Mike Ward0 wins · from 4 tracked bouts

Mike Ward: no tracked wins in the 4 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Ward yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Joe Gans 194, Mike Ward 4 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · Gans better on 1

Gans

Opponent

Ward

  • Joe Gans

    Draw, NWS

    1906

    LewisGans better

    Mike Ward

    Loss, KO

    1906

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

Mike Ward last boxed on Oct 26, 1916 — 40,170 days ago. Ward had lost two straight.LDLL

Gans Feb 1904Klaus Feb 1906Lewis Nov 1906Welsh Oct 19160.3 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Joe Gans and Mike Ward ever fought each other?
Yes. Joe Gans and Mike Ward met once on February 2, 1904, and Joe Gans won by TKO.
The meeting

WFeb 2, 1904 · Gans · TKO

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Gans or Ward?
Joe Gans is 160-12-21 and Mike Ward is 0-3-1 across the 4 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%

Ward0–3–112.5%

The Numbers ↓
Do Gans and Ward have any common opponents?
Joe Gans and Mike Ward share 1 common opponent: Harry Lewis. Joe Gans fared better against 1 of them.
Shared opponent

Harry LewisDL

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Gans and Ward?
This comparison is drawn from 194 bouts tracked for Joe Gans and 4 bouts tracked for Mike Ward. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Gans194bouts

Ward4bouts

How They Win ↓

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