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Panama Joe Gans vs Young Harry Wills — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Panama Joe Gans

Young Harry Wills

Panama Joe Gans (92-31-11) and Young Harry Wills (0-3 across 3 tracked bouts) 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.

Gans

92

Wins

31

Losses

11

Draws136 tracked bouts

Wills

Tracked record

0–3

counted from 3 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

Gans leads 1–0

Panama Joe Gans and Young Harry Wills have met 1 time; Gans leads 1–0.

Panama Joe Gans and Young Harry Wills have met 1 time; Gans leads 1–0.
Met1925Feb 14Series
Panama Joe GansFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Young Harry WillsFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultKOR71Meeting

The Numbers

Gans 4 · Wills 0 of 4 measurable rows
GansWills
Record†
92-31-11 (edge)0-3
Win %0–100%
72.8% (edge)
0%
Wins by knockoutlevelmax 0
0
0
KO ratenot comparable
0%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
49%—
Times stopped‡max 3
1 (edge)
3
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 10.2
10.2 (edge)
0.1
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 136
136
3

† 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 Harry Wills: No height on file
Agenot held
Panama Joe Gans: Died aged 86
Young Harry Wills: No date of birth
Stance
Panama Joe Gans: Orthodox
Young Harry Wills: Not recorded

Panama Joe Gans left, Young Harry Wills 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 Harry Wills0 wins · from 3 tracked bouts

Young Harry Wills: no tracked wins in the 3 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Wills yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Panama Joe Gans 136, Young Harry Wills 3 — 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 Harry Wills last boxed on Jan 22, 1951 — 27,669 days ago. Wills had lost three straight.LLL

Gans Feb 1925Hardwick Feb 1932Bivins Jan 19510.1 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Panama Joe Gans and Young Harry Wills ever fought each other?
Yes. Panama Joe Gans and Young Harry Wills met once on February 14, 1925, and Panama Joe Gans won by KO in round 7.
The meeting

WFeb 14, 1925 · Gans · KO R7

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Gans or Wills?
Panama Joe Gans is 92-31-11 and Young Harry Wills is 0-3 across the 3 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%

Wills0–30%

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

Gans136bouts

Wills3bouts

How They Win ↓

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