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.
Joe Gans (157-12-22) and Sam Bolen (0-4-2 across 6 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 2 common opponents.
Joe Gans vs Sam Bolen — record, stats and common opponents compared
Head to Head
Joe Gans leads 1–0- Joe Gans wonGans vs BolenApr 21, 1904 · PTS
The Numbers
- 157-12-22 (edge)
- Record
- 0-4-2
- 88% (edge)
- Win %
- 16.7%
- 100 (edge)
- Wins by knockout
- 0
- 63.69%
- KO rate
- —
- 63%
- Stoppage rate (tracked wins)
- —
- 6
- Times stopped
- 1 (edge)
- 0
- Title reigns
- 0
- 10.4 (edge)
- Bouts per year
- 0.5
- 195
- Bouts tracked
- 6
One or both records are tracked, not career-verified.
Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.
Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.
Across each fighter's tracked career span.
Tale of the Tape
- 5′7″ (169 cm)
- Height
- —
- 71″ (180 cm)
- Reach
- —
- 151
- Age
- —
- Orthodox
- Stance
- —
- Lightweight
- Division
- —
- United States
- Nationality
- —
How They Win
Tracked bouts onlyJoe Gans · 160 wins
KO/TKO
101
Decision
39
Other
20
Sam Bolen · 0 wins
No tracked wins yet.
Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter (195 and 6 respectively), not from a career-complete method table.
Common Opponents
2 sharedJoe Gans
WNWS · Jun 1906WPTS · Mar 1904LNWS · Nov 1903Sam Bolen
LNWS · Dec 1904DPTS · Jan 1904
Shared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name — two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.
Current Form
Joe Gans
LWLLW
L1 streak · last fought Aug 3, 1912
Sam Bolen
LLDLL
L2 streak · last fought Dec 3, 1904
Common Questions
- Have Joe Gans and Sam Bolen ever fought each other?
- Yes. Joe Gans and Sam Bolen met once on April 21, 1904, and Joe Gans won by PTS.
- Who has the better record, Joe Gans or Sam Bolen?
- Joe Gans is 157-12-22 and Sam Bolen is 0-4-2 across the 6 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.
- Who has more knockouts, Joe Gans or Sam Bolen?
- Joe Gans has 100 knockout wins and Sam Bolen has 0. Joe Gans has more.
- Do Joe Gans and Sam Bolen have any common opponents?
- Joe Gans and Sam Bolen share 2 common opponents: Jack Blackburn and Barbados Joe Walcott. Joe Gans fared better against 1 of them.
- How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Joe Gans and Sam Bolen?
- This comparison is drawn from 195 bouts tracked for Joe Gans and 6 bouts tracked for Sam Bolen. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.