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Joe Gans vs Rudy Unholz — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Joe Gans

Rudy Unholz

Joe Gans (160-12-21) and Rudy Unholz (1-2 across 3 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

Unholz

Tracked record

1–2

counted from 3 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 Rudy Unholz have met 1 time; Gans leads 1–0.

Joe Gans and Rudy Unholz have met 1 time; Gans leads 1–0.
Met1908May 14Series
Joe GansFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Rudy UnholzFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultTKOR111Meeting

The Numbers

Gans 4 · Unholz 1 of 5 measurable rows
GansUnholz
Record†
160-12-21 (edge)1-2
Win %0–100%
88.3% (edge)
33.3%
Wins by knockoutlevelmax 0
0
0
KO ratenot comparable
0%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
63% (edge)
0%
Times stopped‡max 5
5
2 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 12.7
12.7 (edge)
0.5
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 194
194
3

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

Joe Gans left, Rudy Unholz 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%

Rudy Unholz1 win · from 3 tracked bouts

Rudy Unholz: 1 tracked win — 1 by another method or unrecorded (100%). Counted from 3 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 by another method or unrecorded 100%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Joe Gans 194, Rudy Unholz 3 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · Unholz better on 1

Gans

Opponent

Unholz

  • Joe Gans

    1–2 against

    Loss, KO 21

    1908

    Loss, KO 17

    1908

    Win, DQ

    1906

    NelsonUnholz better

    Rudy Unholz

    Win, NWS

    1908

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

Rudy Unholz last boxed on Jan 29, 1914 — 41,174 days ago. Unholz had lost two straight, after one straight win.WLL

Nelson Feb 1908Gans May 1908Wolgast Jan 19140.5 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Joe Gans and Rudy Unholz ever fought each other?
Yes. Joe Gans and Rudy Unholz met once on May 14, 1908, and Joe Gans won by TKO in round 11.
The meeting

WMay 14, 1908 · Gans · TKO R11

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Gans or Unholz?
Joe Gans is 160-12-21 and Rudy Unholz is 1-2 across the 3 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%

Unholz1–233.3%

The Numbers ↓
Do Gans and Unholz have any common opponents?
Joe Gans and Rudy Unholz share 1 common opponent: Battling Nelson. Rudy Unholz fared better against 1 of them.
Shared opponent

Battling Nelson1–2W

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Gans and Unholz?
This comparison is drawn from 194 bouts tracked for Joe Gans and 3 bouts tracked for Rudy Unholz. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Gans194bouts

Unholz3bouts

How They Win ↓

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