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Joe Gans vs Sammy Smith — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Joe Gans

Sammy Smith

Joe Gans (160-12-21) and Sammy Smith (4-3-4 across 11 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

Smith

Tracked record

4–3–4

counted from 11 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 Sammy Smith have met 1 time; Gans leads 1–0.

Joe Gans and Sammy Smith have met 1 time; Gans leads 1–0.
Met1904Jun 13Series
Joe GansFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Sammy SmithFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultTKOR41Meeting

The Numbers

Gans 4 · Smith 1 of 5 measurable rows
GansSmith
Record†
160-12-21 (edge)4-3-4
Win %0–100%
88.3% (edge)
54.5%
Wins by knockoutlevelmax 0
0
0
KO ratenot comparable
0%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
63% (edge)
0%
Times stopped‡max 5
5
1 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 12.7
12.7 (edge)
1.3
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 194
194
11

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

Joe Gans left, Sammy Smith 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%

Sammy Smith4 wins · from 11 tracked bouts

Sammy Smith: 4 tracked wins — 4 by another method or unrecorded (100%). Counted from 11 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

4 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, Sammy Smith 11 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · Smith better on 1

Gans

Opponent

Smith

  • Joe Gans

    Draw, NWS

    1906

    LewisSmith better

    Sammy Smith

    Win, NWS

    1905

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

Sammy Smith last boxed on Nov 12, 1910 — 42,344 days ago. Smith had won one in a row before losing to Young Erne.WWDWL

Lewis Aug 1905II Jun 1909Susskind Apr 1910Erne Nov 1910Erne Nov 19101.3 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Joe Gans and Sammy Smith ever fought each other?
Yes. Joe Gans and Sammy Smith met once on June 13, 1904, and Joe Gans won by TKO in round 4.
The meeting

WJun 13, 1904 · Gans · TKO R4

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Gans or Smith?
Joe Gans is 160-12-21 and Sammy Smith is 4-3-4 across the 11 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%

Smith4–3–454.5%

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

Harry LewisDW

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Gans and Smith?
This comparison is drawn from 194 bouts tracked for Joe Gans and 11 bouts tracked for Sammy Smith. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Gans194bouts

Smith11bouts

How They Win ↓

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