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

Lefty Michaels

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Panama Joe Gans

Lefty Michaels (0-1 across 1 tracked bout) 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.

Michaels

Tracked record

0–1

counted from 1 bout 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

Lefty Michaels and Panama Joe Gans have met 1 time; Gans leads 1–0.

Lefty Michaels and Panama Joe Gans have met 1 time; Gans leads 1–0.
Met1924Nov 30Series
Lefty MichaelsFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Panama Joe GansFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultTKOR41Meeting

The Numbers

Michaels 0 · Gans 2 of 2 measurable rows
MichaelsGans
Record†
0-192-31-11 (edge)
Win %0–100%
0%
72.8% (edge)
Wins by knockoutlevelmax 0
0
0
KO ratenot comparable
—0%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—49%
Times stopped‡levelmax 1
1
1
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§not comparable
—10.2
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 136
1
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
Lefty Michaels: No height on file
Panama Joe Gans: 5′7″
Agenot held
Lefty Michaels: No date of birth
Panama Joe Gans: Died aged 86
Stance
Lefty Michaels: Not recorded
Panama Joe Gans: Orthodox

Lefty Michaels 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
Lefty Michaels0 wins · from 1 tracked bout

Lefty Michaels: no tracked wins in the 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Michaels yet.

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 — Lefty Michaels 1, 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

Lefty Michaels last boxed on Nov 30, 1924 — 37,216 days ago. Michaels had lost the most recent, to Panama Joe Gans.L

Gans Nov 1924

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 Lefty Michaels and Panama Joe Gans ever fought each other?
Yes. Lefty Michaels and Panama Joe Gans met once on November 30, 1924, and Panama Joe Gans won by TKO in round 4.
The meeting

LNov 30, 1924 · Gans · TKO R4

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Michaels or Gans?
Lefty Michaels is 0-1 across the 1 bout 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 %

Michaels0–10%

Gans92–31–1172.8%

The Numbers ↓
Do Michaels and Gans have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Lefty Michaels and Panama Joe Gans have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Michaels and Gans?
This comparison is drawn from 1 bout tracked for Lefty Michaels and 136 bouts tracked for Panama Joe Gans. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Michaels1bout

Gans136bouts

How They Win ↓

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