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Joe Gans vs Whitey Lester — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Joe Gans

Whitey Lester

Joe Gans (160-12-21) and Whitey Lester (0-1 across 1 tracked bout) 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

Lester

Tracked record

0–1

counted from 1 bout 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 Whitey Lester have met 1 time; Gans leads 1–0.

Joe Gans and Whitey Lester have met 1 time; Gans leads 1–0.
Met1900Jul 12Series
Joe GansFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Whitey LesterFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultKOR41Meeting

The Numbers

Gans 2 · Lester 1 of 3 measurable rows
GansLester
Record†
160-12-21 (edge)0-1
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
1 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§not comparable
12.7—
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 194
194
1

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

Joe Gans left, Whitey Lester 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%

Whitey Lester0 wins · from 1 tracked bout

Whitey Lester: no tracked wins in the 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Lester yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Joe Gans 194, Whitey Lester 1 — 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

Whitey Lester last boxed on Jul 12, 1900 — 46,129 days ago. Lester had lost the most recent, to Joe Gans.L

Gans Jul 1900

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Joe Gans and Whitey Lester ever fought each other?
Yes. Joe Gans and Whitey Lester met once on July 12, 1900, and Joe Gans won by KO in round 4.
The meeting

WJul 12, 1900 · Gans · KO R4

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Gans or Lester?
Joe Gans is 160-12-21 and Whitey Lester is 0-1 across the 1 bout 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%

Lester0–10%

The Numbers ↓
Do Gans and Lester have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Joe Gans and Whitey Lester have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Gans and Lester?
This comparison is drawn from 194 bouts tracked for Joe Gans and 1 bout tracked for Whitey Lester. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Gans194bouts

Lester1bout

How They Win ↓

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