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Panama Joe Gans vs Young Battling Nelson — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Panama Joe Gans

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Young Battling Nelson

Panama Joe Gans (92-31-11) and Young Battling Nelson (1-1 across 2 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met 2 times. They share no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.

Gans

92

Wins

31

Losses

11

Draws136 tracked bouts

Nelson

Tracked record

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 1–1

Panama Joe Gans and Young Battling Nelson have met 2 times; Series level 1–1.

Panama Joe Gans and Young Battling Nelson have met 2 times; Series level 1–1.
Met1917Aug 201917Oct 26Series
Panama Joe GansFighter AWWonLLost1–1W–L
Young Battling NelsonFighter BLLostWWon1–1W–L
ResultNWSNWS2Meetings

The Numbers

Gans 3 · Nelson 1 of 4 measurable rows
GansNelson
Record†
92-31-11 (edge)1-1
Win %0–100%
72.8% (edge)
50%
Wins by knockoutlevelmax 0
0
0
KO ratenot comparable
0%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
49% (edge)
0%
Times stopped‡max 1
1
0 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§not comparable
10.2—
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 136
136
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
Panama Joe Gans: 5′7″
Young Battling Nelson: No height on file
Agenot held
Panama Joe Gans: Died aged 86
Young Battling Nelson: No date of birth
Stance
Panama Joe Gans: Orthodox
Young Battling Nelson: Not recorded

Panama Joe Gans left, Young Battling Nelson right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
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%

Young Battling Nelson1 win · from 2 tracked bouts

Young Battling Nelson: 1 tracked win — 1 by another method or unrecorded (100%). Counted from 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 by another method or unrecorded 100%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Panama Joe Gans 136, Young Battling Nelson 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

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

Young Battling Nelson last boxed on Oct 26, 1917 — 39,818 days ago. Nelson had won once since losing to Panama Joe Gans.LW

Gans Aug 1917Gans Oct 1917

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Panama Joe Gans and Young Battling Nelson ever fought each other?
Yes. Panama Joe Gans and Young Battling Nelson have met 2 times and the series is level at 1-1.
The 2 meetings

LOct 26, 1917 · Nelson · NWS

WAug 20, 1917 · Gans · NWS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Gans or Nelson?
Panama Joe Gans is 92-31-11 and Young Battling Nelson is 1-1 across the 2 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Panama Joe Gans has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Gans92–31–1172.8%

Nelson1–150%

The Numbers ↓
Do Gans and Nelson have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Panama Joe Gans and Young Battling Nelson have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Gans and Nelson?
This comparison is drawn from 136 bouts tracked for Panama Joe Gans and 2 bouts tracked for Young Battling Nelson. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Gans136bouts

Nelson2bouts

How They Win ↓

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