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Joe Gans vs Tom Broderick — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Joe Gans

Tom Broderick

Joe Gans (160-12-21) and Tom Broderick (0-2 across 2 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.

Gans

160

Wins

12

Losses

21

Draws194 tracked bouts

Broderick

Tracked record

0–2

counted from 2 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 Tom Broderick have met 1 time; Gans leads 1–0.

Joe Gans and Tom Broderick have met 1 time; Gans leads 1–0.
Met1902Jan 3Series
Joe GansFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Tom BroderickFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultKOR61Meeting

The Numbers

Gans 3 · Broderick 1 of 4 measurable rows
GansBroderick
Record†
160-12-21 (edge)0-2
Win %0–100%
88.3% (edge)
0%
Wins by knockoutlevelmax 0
0
0
KO ratenot comparable
0%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
63%—
Times stopped‡max 5
5
2 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 12.7
12.7 (edge)
0.4
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 194
194
2

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

Joe Gans left, Tom Broderick 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%

Tom Broderick0 wins · from 2 tracked bouts

Tom Broderick: no tracked wins in the 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Broderick yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Joe Gans 194, Tom Broderick 2 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

No opponents in common across the bouts Kill The Body has tracked for these two.

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

Tom Broderick last boxed on Oct 29, 1906 — 43,826 days ago. Broderick had lost two straight.LL

Gans Jan 1902Klaus Oct 19060.4 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Joe Gans and Tom Broderick ever fought each other?
Yes. Joe Gans and Tom Broderick met once on January 3, 1902, and Joe Gans won by KO in round 6.
The meeting

WJan 3, 1902 · Gans · KO R6

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Gans or Broderick?
Joe Gans is 160-12-21 and Tom Broderick is 0-2 across the 2 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%

Broderick0–20%

The Numbers ↓
Do Gans and Broderick have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Joe Gans and Tom Broderick have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Gans and Broderick?
This comparison is drawn from 194 bouts tracked for Joe Gans and 2 bouts tracked for Tom Broderick. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Gans194bouts

Broderick2bouts

How They Win ↓

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