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Joe Knight vs Whitey Gorsline — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Joe Knight

Whitey Gorsline

Joe Knight (125-19-18) and Whitey Gorsline (0-1-1 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.

Knight

125

Wins66 KO · 53%

19

Losses

18

Draws164 tracked bouts

Gorsline

Tracked record

0–1–1

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

Series level 0–0 with 1 draw

Joe Knight and Whitey Gorsline have met 1 time; Series level 0–0 with 1 draw.

Joe Knight and Whitey Gorsline have met 1 time; Series level 0–0 with 1 draw.
Met1931Feb 25Series
Joe KnightFighter ADDraw0–0–1W–L–D
Whitey GorslineFighter BDDraw0–0–1W–L–D
ResultPTS1Meeting

The Numbers

Knight 5 · Gorsline 0 of 5 measurable rows
KnightGorsline
Record†
125-19-18 (edge)0-1-1
Win %0–100%
82.7% (edge)
25%
Wins by knockoutmax 66
66 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
52.8%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
53%—
Times stopped‡max 1
0 (edge)
1
Title reignsmax 1
1 (edge)
0
Bouts per year§not comparable
15.6—
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 164
164
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 Knight: 6′0″
Whitey Gorsline: No height on file
Reachnot held
Joe Knight: 74″
Whitey Gorsline: No reach on file
Agenot held
Joe Knight: Died aged 67
Whitey Gorsline: No date of birth
Stance
Joe Knight: Southpaw
Whitey Gorsline: Not recorded

Joe Knight left, Whitey Gorsline 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 Knight125 wins · from 164 tracked bouts

Joe Knight: 125 tracked wins — 66 by KO/TKO (53%), 58 on the cards (46%) and 1 by another method or unrecorded (1%). Counted from 164 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

66 by KO/TKO 53%58 on the cards 46%1 by another method or unrecorded 1%

Whitey Gorsline0 wins · from 2 tracked bouts

Whitey Gorsline: no tracked wins in the 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Gorsline yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Joe Knight 164, Whitey Gorsline 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 Knight has won four straight since losing a decision to Melio Bettina. Knight last boxed on Apr 19, 1938.LWWWW

Bettina Jun 1937Anderson Mar 1938Boyle Mar 1938McDuff Apr 1938Gideon Apr 193815.6 tracked bouts per year

Whitey Gorsline last boxed on Feb 25, 1931 — 34,941 days ago. Gorsline had drawn the most recent tracked bout with Joe Knight.LD

Stribling Nov 1930Knight Feb 1931

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Joe Knight and Whitey Gorsline ever fought each other?
Yes. Joe Knight and Whitey Gorsline met once on February 25, 1931, and the bout was a draw by PTS.
The meeting

DFeb 25, 1931 · Draw · PTS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Knight or Gorsline?
Joe Knight is 125-19-18 and Whitey Gorsline is 0-1-1 across the 2 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Joe Knight has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Knight125–19–1882.7%

Gorsline0–1–125%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Knight or Gorsline?
Joe Knight has 66 knockout wins and Whitey Gorsline has 0. Joe Knight has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Knight6652.8%

Gorsline0

The Numbers ↓
Do Knight and Gorsline have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Joe Knight and Whitey Gorsline have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Knight and Gorsline?
This comparison is drawn from 164 bouts tracked for Joe Knight and 2 bouts tracked for Whitey Gorsline. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Knight164bouts

Gorsline2bouts

How They Win ↓

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