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Joe Rivers vs Panama Joe Gans — record, stats and common opponents compared

Joe Rivers

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Panama Joe Gans

Joe Rivers (2-5 across 7 tracked bouts) and Panama Joe Gans (92-31-11) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met 3 times. They share no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.

Rivers

Tracked record

2–5

counted from 7 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Gans

92

Wins

31

Losses

11

Draws136 tracked bouts

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

Rivers leads 2–1

Joe Rivers and Panama Joe Gans have met 3 times; Rivers leads 2–1.

Joe Rivers and Panama Joe Gans have met 3 times; Rivers leads 2–1.
Met1918Apr 301918May 211918Jun 11Series
Joe RiversFighter AWWonLLostWWon2–1W–L
Panama Joe GansFighter BLLostWWonLLost1–2W–L
ResultPTSPTSPTS3Meetings

The Numbers

Rivers 0 · Gans 4 of 4 measurable rows
RiversGans
Record†
2-592-31-11 (edge)
Win %0–100%
28.6%
72.8% (edge)
Wins by knockoutlevelmax 0
0
0
KO ratenot comparable
—0%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
0%
49% (edge)
Times stopped‡levelmax 1
1
1
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 10.2
0.5
10.2 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 136
7
136

† 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 Rivers: No height on file
Panama Joe Gans: 5′7″
Agenot held
Joe Rivers: No date of birth
Panama Joe Gans: Died aged 86
Stance
Joe Rivers: Not recorded
Panama Joe Gans: Orthodox

Joe Rivers left, Panama Joe Gans 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 Rivers2 wins · from 7 tracked bouts

Joe Rivers: 2 tracked wins — 2 on the cards (100%). Counted from 7 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

2 on the cards 100%

Panama Joe Gans92 wins · from 136 tracked bouts

Panama Joe Gans: 92 tracked wins — 45 by KO/TKO (49%), 28 on the cards (30%) and 19 by another method or unrecorded (21%). Counted from 136 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

45 by KO/TKO 49%28 on the cards 30%19 by another method or unrecorded 21%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Joe Rivers 7, Panama Joe Gans 136 — 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 Rivers last boxed on Jun 26, 1931 — 34,825 days ago. Rivers had lost four straight, after one straight win.WLLLL

Gans Jun 1918Delaney Aug 1921Canzoneri Aug 1927Bass Jan 1929Lynch Jun 19310.5 tracked bouts per year

Panama Joe Gans has lost the most recent, to Francisco Soler. Gans last boxed on Jun 10, 1928.LWLDL

Forgione May 1927Baldi Feb 1928Plata Mar 1928Villanueva Apr 1928Soler Jun 192810.2 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Joe Rivers and Panama Joe Gans ever fought each other?
Yes. Joe Rivers and Panama Joe Gans have met 3 times and Joe Rivers leads the series 2-1.
The 3 meetings

WJun 11, 1918 · Rivers · PTS

LMay 21, 1918 · Gans · PTS

WApr 30, 1918 · Rivers · PTS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Rivers or Gans?
Joe Rivers is 2-5 across the 7 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Panama Joe Gans is 92-31-11. Panama Joe Gans has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Rivers2–528.6%

Gans92–31–1172.8%

The Numbers ↓
Do Rivers and Gans have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Joe Rivers and Panama Joe Gans have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Rivers and Gans?
This comparison is drawn from 7 bouts tracked for Joe Rivers and 136 bouts tracked for Panama Joe Gans. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Rivers7bouts

Gans136bouts

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