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

Kid Black

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Panama Joe Gans

Kid Black (2-11 across 13 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 once. They share no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.

Black

Tracked record

2–11

counted from 13 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

Gans leads 1–0

Kid Black and Panama Joe Gans have met 1 time; Gans leads 1–0.

Kid Black and Panama Joe Gans have met 1 time; Gans leads 1–0.
Met1921May 30Series
Kid BlackFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Panama Joe GansFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultPTS1Meeting

The Numbers

Black 0 · Gans 5 of 5 measurable rows
BlackGans
Record†
2-1192-31-11 (edge)
Win %0–100%
15.4%
72.8% (edge)
Wins by knockoutlevelmax 0
0
0
KO ratenot comparable
—0%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
0%
49% (edge)
Times stopped‡max 3
3
1 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 10.2
0.6
10.2 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 136
13
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
Kid Black: No height on file
Panama Joe Gans: 5′7″
Agenot held
Kid Black: No date of birth
Panama Joe Gans: Died aged 86
Stance
Kid Black: Not recorded
Panama Joe Gans: Orthodox

Kid Black 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
Kid Black2 wins · from 13 tracked bouts

Kid Black: 2 tracked wins — 2 by another method or unrecorded (100%). Counted from 13 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

2 by another method or unrecorded 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 — Kid Black 13, 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

Kid Black last boxed on May 30, 1921 — 38,498 days ago. Black had won one in a row before losing a decision to Panama Joe Gans.LLLWL

Chaney Dec 1911Fleming Apr 1912Fleming Dec 1912Leonard Jan 1914Gans May 19210.6 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 Kid Black and Panama Joe Gans ever fought each other?
Yes. Kid Black and Panama Joe Gans met once on May 30, 1921, and Panama Joe Gans won by PTS.
The meeting

LMay 30, 1921 · Gans · PTS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Black or Gans?
Kid Black is 2-11 across the 13 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 %

Black2–1115.4%

Gans92–31–1172.8%

The Numbers ↓
Do Black and Gans have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Kid Black and Panama Joe Gans have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Black and Gans?
This comparison is drawn from 13 bouts tracked for Kid Black and 136 bouts tracked for Panama Joe Gans. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Black13bouts

Gans136bouts

How They Win ↓

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