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Joe Gans vs Steve Crosby — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Joe Gans

Steve Crosby

Joe Gans (160-12-21) and Steve Crosby (0-5-2 across 7 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met 5 times. They share 1 common opponent.

Gans

160

Wins

12

Losses

21

Draws194 tracked bouts

Crosby

Tracked record

0–5–2

counted from 7 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 4–0 with 1 draw

Joe Gans and Steve Crosby have met 5 times; Gans leads 4–0 with 1 draw.

Joe Gans and Steve Crosby have met 5 times; Gans leads 4–0 with 1 draw.
Met1898May 111899Nov 241901Aug 231901Sep 201903Mar 11Series
Joe GansFighter AWWonWWonDDrawWWonWWon4–0–1W–L–D
Steve CrosbyFighter BLLostLLostDDrawLLostLLost0–4–1W–L–D
ResultRTDR6PTSPTSTKOR12TKOR115Meetings

The Numbers

Gans 3 · Crosby 1 of 4 measurable rows
GansCrosby
Record†
160-12-21 (edge)0-5-2
Win %0–100%
88.3% (edge)
14.3%
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)
0.7
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 194
194
7

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

Joe Gans left, Steve Crosby 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%

Steve Crosby0 wins · from 7 tracked bouts

Steve Crosby: no tracked wins in the 7 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Crosby yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Joe Gans 194, Steve Crosby 7 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · Gans better on 1

Gans

Opponent

Crosby

  • Joe Gans

    2–1 against

    Win, NWS

    1906

    Win, PTS

    1904

    Loss, NWS

    1903

    BlackburnGans better

    Steve Crosby

    0–1–1 against

    Loss, NWS

    1908

    Draw, PTS

    1902

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

Steve Crosby last boxed on May 1, 1908 — 43,269 days ago. Crosby had lost two straight.DLDLL

Gans Aug 1901Gans Sep 1901Blackburn Apr 1902Gans Mar 1903Blackburn May 19080.7 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Joe Gans and Steve Crosby ever fought each other?
Yes. Joe Gans and Steve Crosby have met 5 times and Joe Gans leads the series 4-0 with 1 draw.
The 5 meetings

WMar 11, 1903 · Gans · TKO R11

WSep 20, 1901 · Gans · TKO R12

DAug 23, 1901 · Draw · PTS

WNov 24, 1899 · Gans · PTS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Gans or Crosby?
Joe Gans is 160-12-21 and Steve Crosby is 0-5-2 across the 7 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%

Crosby0–5–214.3%

The Numbers ↓
Do Gans and Crosby have any common opponents?
Joe Gans and Steve Crosby share 1 common opponent: Jack Blackburn. Joe Gans fared better against 1 of them.
Shared opponent

Jack Blackburn2–10–1–1

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Gans and Crosby?
This comparison is drawn from 194 bouts tracked for Joe Gans and 7 bouts tracked for Steve Crosby. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Gans194bouts

Crosby7bouts

How They Win ↓

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