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Joe Gans vs Sam Bolen — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Joe Gans

Sam Bolen

Joe Gans (160-12-21) 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.

Gans

160

Wins

12

Losses

21

Draws194 tracked bouts

Bolen

Tracked record

0–4–2

counted from 6 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 Sam Bolen have met 1 time; Gans leads 1–0.

Joe Gans and Sam Bolen have met 1 time; Gans leads 1–0.
Met1904Apr 21Series
Joe GansFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Sam BolenFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultPTS1Meeting

The Numbers

Gans 3 · Bolen 1 of 4 measurable rows
GansBolen
Record†
160-12-21 (edge)0-4-2
Win %0–100%
88.3% (edge)
16.7%
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)
0.5
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 194
194
6

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

Joe Gans left, Sam Bolen 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%

Sam Bolen0 wins · from 6 tracked bouts

Sam Bolen: no tracked wins in the 6 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Bolen yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Joe Gans 194, Sam Bolen 6 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

2 shared

2 shared · Gans better on 1 · even on 1

Gans

Opponent

Bolen

  • Joe Gans

    2–1 against

    Win, NWS

    1906

    Win, PTS

    1904

    Loss, NWS

    1903

    BlackburnGans better

    Sam Bolen

    0–1–1 against

    Loss, NWS

    1904

    Draw, PTS

    1904

  • Joe Gans

    Draw, PTS

    1904

    WalcottEven

    Sam Bolen

    Draw, PTS

    1892

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

Sam Bolen last boxed on Dec 3, 1904 — 44,514 days ago. Bolen had lost two straight.LLDLL

Dixon Mar 1895Dixon Jul 1899Blackburn Jan 1904Gans Apr 1904Blackburn Dec 19040.5 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
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.
The meeting

WApr 21, 1904 · Gans · PTS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Gans or Bolen?
Joe Gans is 160-12-21 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.
Records · win %

Gans160–12–2188.3%

Bolen0–4–216.7%

The Numbers ↓
Do Gans and 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.
2 shared opponents

Jack Blackburn2–10–1–1

Barbados Joe WalcottDD

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Gans and Bolen?
This comparison is drawn from 194 bouts tracked for Joe Gans and 6 bouts tracked for Sam Bolen. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Gans194bouts

Bolen6bouts

How They Win ↓

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