Have Joe Gans and Tom Tracey ever fought each other?

Yes. Joe Gans and Tom Tracey met once on May 13, 1903, and Joe Gans won by TKO in round 9.

Who has the better record, Gans or Tracey?

Joe Gans is 160-12-21 and Tom Tracey is 1-7-2 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.

Do Gans and Tracey have any common opponents?

Joe Gans and Tom Tracey share 2 common opponents: Barbados Joe Walcott and Young Griffo. Joe Gans fared better against 2 of them.

How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Gans and Tracey?

This comparison is drawn from 194 bouts tracked for Joe Gans and 11 bouts tracked for Tom Tracey. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

Joe Gans vs Tom Tracey — Records, Stats & Common Opponents

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Joe Gans

Tom Tracey

Joe Gans (160-12-21) and Tom Tracey (1-7-2 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 2 common opponents.

Gans

160

Wins

Losses

Draws194 tracked bouts

Tracey

Tracked record

1–7–2

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 Tom Tracey have met 1 time; Gans leads 1–0.
Met	1903May 13	Series
Joe GansFighter A	WWon	1–0W–L
Tom TraceyFighter B	LLost	0–1W–L
Result	TKOR9Gans vs Tracey	1Meeting

Gans vs Tracey · May 13, 1903

The Numbers

Gans 4 · Tracey 1 of 5 measurable rows

GansEdge = longer wingTracey

Record^†: 160-12-21 (edge)1-7-2
Win %0–100%: 88.3% (edge)
20%
Wins by knockoutlevelmax 0: 0
0
KO ratenot comparable: 0%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)^‡0–100%: 63% (edge)
0%
Times stopped^‡max 5: 5
4 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0: 0
0
Bouts per year^§max 12.7: 12.7 (edge)
1.2
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″; Tom Tracey: No height on file
Reachnot held: Joe Gans: 71″; Tom Tracey: No reach on file
Agenot held: Joe Gans: Died aged 35; Tom Tracey: No date of birth
Stance: Joe Gans: Orthodox; Tom Tracey: Not recorded

Joe Gans left, Tom Tracey 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

101 by KO/TKO 63%39 on the cards 24%20 by another method or unrecorded 13%

Tom Tracey1 win · from 11 tracked bouts

1 on the cards 100%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Joe Gans 194, Tom Tracey 11 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

2 shared

2 shared · Gans better on 22 shared · Joe Gans better on 2

GansJoe Gans

Opponent

TraceyTom Tracey

Joe Gans
Draw, PTS
1904Sep 1904
WalcottBarbados Joe WalcottBarbados 96–31–27 · WelterweightGans betterJoe Gans better — 0–0–1 to 0–2–1
Tom Tracey
0–2–1 against
Draw, PTS
1897Dec 1897
Loss, NWS
1897Jun 1897
Loss, TKO
1894Apr 1894
Joe Gans
1–0–2 against
Win, TKO 8
1900Jul 1900
Draw, PTS
1897Sep 1897
Draw, PTS
1895Nov 1895
GriffoYoung GriffoAustralia 118–12–68 · Featherweight, LightweightGans betterJoe Gans better — 1–0–2 to 0–0
Tom Tracey
No contest, NC 1
1897Nov 1897

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

Tom Tracey last boxed on May 13, 1903 — 45,084 days ago. Tracey had won one in a row before losing by stoppage to Joe Gans.LLDWL

Lavigne Nov 1898O'Brien Sep 1899Smith Oct 1901Ferns Feb 1902Gans May 19031.2 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them

Have Joe Gans and Tom Tracey ever fought each other?: Yes. Joe Gans and Tom Tracey met once on May 13, 1903, and Joe Gans won by TKO in round 9.
Who has the better record, Gans or Tracey?: Joe Gans is 160-12-21 and Tom Tracey is 1-7-2 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.
Do Gans and Tracey have any common opponents?: Joe Gans and Tom Tracey share 2 common opponents: Barbados Joe Walcott and Young Griffo. Joe Gans fared better against 2 of them.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Gans and Tracey?: This comparison is drawn from 194 bouts tracked for Joe Gans and 11 bouts tracked for Tom Tracey. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

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