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

Marty Cross

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Panama Joe Gans

Marty Cross (0-3 across 3 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.

Cross

Tracked record

0–3

counted from 3 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

Marty Cross and Panama Joe Gans have met 1 time; Gans leads 1–0.

Marty Cross and Panama Joe Gans have met 1 time; Gans leads 1–0.
Met1922Nov 18Series
Marty CrossFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Panama Joe GansFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultPTS1Meeting

The Numbers

Cross 1 · Gans 3 of 4 measurable rows
CrossGans
Record†
0-392-31-11 (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‡max 1
0 (edge)
1
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 10.2
0.6
10.2 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 136
3
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
Marty Cross: No height on file
Panama Joe Gans: 5′7″
Agenot held
Marty Cross: No date of birth
Panama Joe Gans: Died aged 86
Stance
Marty Cross: Not recorded
Panama Joe Gans: Orthodox

Marty Cross 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
Marty Cross0 wins · from 3 tracked bouts

Marty Cross: no tracked wins in the 3 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Cross 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 — Marty Cross 3, 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

Marty Cross last boxed on Nov 18, 1922 — 37,958 days ago. Cross had lost three straight.LLL

Britton Sep 1917Britton Feb 1918Gans Nov 19220.6 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 Marty Cross and Panama Joe Gans ever fought each other?
Yes. Marty Cross and Panama Joe Gans met once on November 18, 1922, and Panama Joe Gans won by PTS.
The meeting

LNov 18, 1922 · Gans · PTS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Cross or Gans?
Marty Cross is 0-3 across the 3 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 %

Cross0–30%

Gans92–31–1172.8%

The Numbers ↓
Do Cross and Gans have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Marty Cross and Panama Joe Gans have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Cross and Gans?
This comparison is drawn from 3 bouts tracked for Marty Cross and 136 bouts tracked for Panama Joe Gans. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Cross3bouts

Gans136bouts

How They Win ↓

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