Joe Gans
71″ reach · +7.58% reach advantage · 96th percentile
Joe Gans has a reach of 71″ against a height of 66″ — a reach advantage of +7.58%, exceptional for lightweight boxing and the 96th percentile of the 120 compared here.
Reach in context
Reach advantage
+7.58%
71″ reach on a 66″ frame
Compared against 120 lightweight boxing fighters. Median 3.02%.
| Reach | 71″ (180.3 cm) | 72nd pct |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 66″ (167.6 cm) | 25th pct |
| Stance | Orthodox | |
| Division | Lightweight Boxing | |
| Peak era | 1900s | |
| Country | United States |
Record
Boxing record
157–12
197 bouts on record
Finish rate
64%
of wins ended inside the distance — lightweight boxing median 51%, 71st percentile
The career, bout by bout
176 recorded bouts from 1893 to 1909. Every incumbent shows this as a table you have to read; here it is as a shape you can see.
Career span
17y
1893–1909
Longest unbeaten run
36
without a loss — draws do not break it
Busiest year
1895
24 bouts
Recorded bouts
176
175 with a date
Fights
| Year | Result | Opponent | Method | Rd |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1909 | W | Jabez White | — | 10 |
| 1908 | L | Battling Nelson | KO/TKO | 21 |
| 1908 | W | Rudy Unholz | KO/TKO | 11 |
| 1908 | W | Frank 'Spike' Robson | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 1908 | W | Bob Blackburn | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 1907 | W | George Memsic | Decision | 20 |
| 1907 | W | Jimmy Britt | KO/TKO | 6 |
| 1907 | W | Kid Herman | KO/TKO | 8 |
| 1906 | W | Battling Nelson | DQ | 42 |
| 1906 | W | Dave Holly | Decision | 20 |
| 1906 | W | Jack Blackburn | — | 6 |
| 1906 | D | Harry Lewis | Draw | 6 |
| 1906 | L | Willie Lewis | — | 6 |
| 1906 | W | Mike "Twin" Sullivan | KO/TKO | 10 |
| 1906 | W | Mike 'Twin' Sullivan | KO/TKO | 15 |
| 1905 | D | Mike 'Twin' Sullivan | Decision | 15 |
| 1905 | W | Rufe Turner | — | 6 |
| 1904 | W | Jimmy Britt | DQ | 5 |
| 1904 | D | Barbados Joe Walcott | Decision | 20 |
| 1904 | D | Dave Holly | Draw | 6 |
| 1904 | W | Sammy Smith | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 1904 | W | Kid Griffo | KO/TKO | 7 |
| 1904 | W | Jewey Cook | KO/TKO | 7 |
| 1904 | W | Sam Bolen | Decision | 15 |
| 1904 | W | Gus Gardner | Decision | 10 |
| 1904 | W | Jack Blackburn | Decision | 15 |
| 1904 | W | Mike Ward | KO/TKO | 10 |
| 1904 | W | Joe Grim | Decision | 10 |
| 1904 | W | Clarence Connors | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1904 | W | Willie Fitzgerald | Decision | 10 |
| 1903 | L | Sam Langford | Decision | 15 |
| 1903 | W | Dave Holly | — | 6 |
| 1903 | L | Jack Blackburn | — | 6 |
| 1903 | W | Eddie Kennedy | — | 6 |
| 1903 | W | Joe Grim | — | 6 |
| 1903 | W | Buddy King | KO/TKO | 5 |
| 1903 | W | Willie Fitzgerald | KO/TKO | 10 |
| 1903 | W | Tom Tracey | KO/TKO | 9 |
| 1903 | W | Jack Bennett | KO/TKO | 5 |
| 1903 | W | Steve Crosby | KO/TKO | 11 |
| 1903 | W | Gus Gardner | DQ | 11 |
| 1902 | D | Charley Siegar | Decision | 10 |
| 1902 | W | Howard Wilson | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 1902 | W | Dave Holly | — | 10 |
| 1902 | W | Kid McPartland | KO/TKO | 5 |
| 1902 | W | Jack Bennett | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1902 | W | Gus Gardner | KO/TKO | 5 |
| 1902 | W | Rufe Turner | KO/TKO | 15 |
| 1902 | W | George 'Elbows' McFadden | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 1902 | W | St. Mary's County Bully | DQ | 3 |
| 1902 | W | Charles Boyer | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1902 | W | Edward Snowden | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1902 | W | Joe Burke | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1902 | W | Frank Erne | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1902 | W | Jack Ryan | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 1902 | W | Eddie Connolly | DQ | 5 |
| 1902 | W | Tom Broderick | KO/TKO | 6 |
| 1901 | W | Joe Youngs | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 1901 | W | Bobby Dobbs | KO/TKO | 14 |
| 1901 | W | Billy Moore | KO/TKO | 3 |
Showing the 60 most recent of 176 recorded bouts.
23 of these opponents have their own page here.
Closest in build
lightweight boxing fighters with the nearest reach advantage.
- Emanuel Navarrete+7.46% 72″ reach · 95th pct
- Abdullah Mason+7.24% 74″ reach · 94th pct
- Cassius Baloyi+7.14% 75″ reach · 93rd pct
- Robert Easter Jr.+7.04% 76″ reach · 93rd pct
- Arash Usmanee+8.67% 74″ reach · 97th pct
- Vicente Escobedo+8.86% 74″ reach · 98th pct
- Young Griffo+6.21% 68″ reach · 91st pct
- Sugar Ramos+6.21% 68″ reach · 91st pct
How this is worked out
- Measurements and records are read from the fighter's English Wikipedia infobox; the fight list is parsed from the article's own results table.
- Reach advantage is (reach − height) ÷ height as a percentage, so fighters of different sizes compare directly.
- Percentiles rank this fighter among the 120 lightweight boxing fighters in the dataset — chosen because it is the most specific group of at least 30 that this fighter belongs to.
Reach advantage = (reach − height) ÷ height × 100
Source: Joe Gans on English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), as of 2026-07-07. Percentiles and derived figures computed here.