Joe Gans

33 KOs

00 KOs

0Draws

Last six: W-W-W

Career

division

Lightweight

status

inactive

bouts

rounds

KO %

100%

KO wins

KO losses

career

1901–1904

debut

1901-07-15

last fight

1904-06-03

Profile

birth name

Joseph Gant

alias

Old Master

trainer

Jerry Marshall/Jack McCue

sex

stance

orthodox

height

5′ 7″ / 170cm

reach

71″ / 180cm

nationality

United States

origin

Baltimore, Maryland, United States

city / state / zip

Baltimore, Maryland

dob

1874-11-25

death

1910-08-10

Latest news

Marin history: Champion boxer Joe Gans? ties to San Rafael

2020-06-08 · Marin Independent Journal

Baltimore Boxing Legend Joe Gans' Powerful Legacy Spans Generations

2019-11-15 · Press Box

Top 10 fighters who became boxing trainers

2017-11-06 · Boxing News Online

A great lightweight and welterweight, Blackburn fought both Joe Gans and Sam Langford before finding fame while training Joe Louis. John David Jackson. A two-weight world champion while fighting, Jackson went on to work wonders with Sergey Kovalev, …

The Longest Fight

2012-08-08 · Boxing.com

The fight game can be physically cruel, but history can be cruel in a different way. Joe Gans was one of the greatest pugilists of all time and the first African-American champion. He was once a legend and a national celebrity?he was known as The Old…

The Longest Fight: In The Ring With Joe Gans, Boxing's First African American ...

2012-07-09 · Sacramento Bee

PRNewswire/ -- Joe Gans was the first African American champion of the world?smart, trim, handsome, with a revered right hook. He was the first black man in Baltimore to own a car, and the saloon he owned was the first place in the city where blacks…