On September 9, 1908, a 33-year-old Joe Gans (156-11-22, 100 KOs) and Battling Nelson met in the ring for the 3rd time, in a lightweight bout.
Gans came in to the fight on a 1-fight losing streak with a 51% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 2 months and 5 days.
Joe Gans lost to Battling Nelson via KO in the 21st round, and adds a loss to his record at 156-12-22.
On July 4, 1908, a 33-year-old Joe Gans (156-10-22, 100 KOs) and Battling Nelson met in the ring for the 2nd time, in a lightweight bout.
Gans came in to the fight on a 8-fight win streak with a 51% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 1 month and 20 days.
Joe Gans lost to Battling Nelson via KO in the 17th round, and adds a loss to his record at 156-11-22.
On May 18, 1906, a 31-year-old Joe Gans (148-9-20, 95 KOs) and Willie Lewis met in the ring.
Gans came in to the fight on a 2-fight win streak with a 52% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 2 months and 1 day.
Joe Gans lost to Willie Lewis via newspaper decision in the 6-round fight, and adds a loss to his record at 148-10-20.
On December 8, 1903, a 29-year-old Joe Gans (134-8-17, 88 KOs) and a 17-year-old Canadian boxer Sam Langford (16-1-7, 8 KOs) met in the ring.
Gans came in to the fight on a 1-fight win streak with a 53% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 1 day. Langford was on a 6-fight win streak with a 30% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 10 days.
Sam Langford defeated Joe Gans via points decision in the 15-round fight. Langford improves his record to 17-1-7, while Gans adds a loss to his record at 134-9-17.
On November 2, 1903, a 28-year-old Joe Gans (133-7-17, 88 KOs) and Jack Blackburn met in the ring.
Gans came in to the fight after a draw in his last fight with a 54% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 10 days.
Joe Gans lost to Jack Blackburn via newspaper decision in the 6-round fight, and adds a loss to his record at 133-8-17.
On December 13, 1900, a 26-year-old Joe Gans (94-6-14, 59 KOs) and Terry McGovern met in the ring.
Gans came in to the fight on a 6-fight win streak with a 49% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 27 days.
Joe Gans lost to Terry McGovern via KO in the 2nd round, and adds a loss to his record at 94-7-14.
On March 23, 1900, a 25-year-old Joe Gans (81-5-13, 48 KOs) and Frank Erne met in the ring in a lightweight bout.
Gans came in to the fight on a 1-fight win streak with a 46% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 1 month and 14 days.
Joe Gans lost to Frank Erne via TKO in the 12th round, and adds a loss to his record at 81-6-13.
On April 14, 1899, a 24-year-old Joe Gans (72-4-10, 45 KOs) and George McFadden met in the ring.
Gans came in to the fight on a 24-fight win streak with a 49% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 2 months and 8 days.
Joe Gans lost to George McFadden via KO in the 23rd round, and adds a loss to his record at 72-5-10.
On September 27, 1897, a 22-year-old Joe Gans (48-3-9, 29 KOs) and Bobby Dobbs met in the ring in a lightweight bout.
Gans came in to the fight after a draw in his last fight with a 44% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 6 days.
Joe Gans lost to Bobby Dobbs via points decision in the 20-round lightweight fight, and adds a loss to his record at 48-4-9.
On October 6, 1896, a 21-year-old Joe Gans (37-2-8, 20 KOs) and Dal Hawkins met in the ring.
Gans came in to the fight on a 1-fight win streak with a 38% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 8 days.
Joe Gans lost to Dal Hawkins via points decision in the 15-round fight, and adds a loss to his record at 37-3-8.
On April 13, 1895, a 20-year-old Joe Gans (22-1-4, 10 KOs) and Johnny Van Heest met in the ring.
Gans came in to the fight on a 3-fight win streak with a 31% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 12 days.
Joe Gans lost to Johnny Van Heest via points decision in the 9-round fight, and adds a loss to his record at 22-2-4.
On June 27, 1894, a 19-year-old Joe Gans (4-0, 2 KOs) and Paul Johnson met in the ring.
Gans came in to the fight on a 4-fight win streak with a 28% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 1 day.
Joe Gans lost to Paul Johnson via points decision in the 5-round fight, and adds a loss to his record at 4-1.