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    Joe Gans (born Joseph Gant; November 25, 1874 – August 10, 1910) was an American professional boxer. Gans was rated the greatest lightweight boxer of...
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  • Carrasco, Joel Casamayor, Al "Bummy" Davis, Oscar De La Hoya, Roberto Durán, Joe Gans, Artur Grigorian, Benny Leonard, Ray Mancini, Floyd Mayweather Jr., Juan...
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    1904, Britt challenged World Lightweight Champion Joe Gans. The San Francisco Call said that "Gans was outboxed, outfought, and outgamed" by Britt. Britt...
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    and Welterweight Champion Joe Gans three times, but never winning a bout. Griffo's 18 November 1895 bout with Gans in Gan's home of Baltimore, Maryland...
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    force behind his blows, weakening the lightweight Gans in several points in the bout. After the tenth, Gans became the superior boxer, avoiding the blows...
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  • to the body of Gans. In a twelve-round newspaper decision by the Pittsburgh Post on December 6, 1921, Gans defeated Allentown Joe Gans at McGuigan Arena...
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    Langford. Boxing later on June 9, 1906, Blackburn lost to Gans in a six-round bout decided in Gans' favor by newspaper decision at the National Athletic Club...
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  • Look up Gans in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Gans is a Dutch and German noun meaning "goose". It is also a surname. Notable people with the surname...
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    World Title in 1892, Barbados Joe Walcott, first black to win the World Welterweight title on December 18, 1901, Joe Gans, the first black to win the World...
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    the first Canadian-born boxing champion. On May 12, 1902, lightweight Joe Gans became the first black American to be boxing champion. Despite the public's...
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    against the reigning world lightweight champion Joe Gans on September 3, 1906, in Goldfield, Nevada. Gans dropped Nelson repeatedly during the bout, but...
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    to the town. Written by Gans, Sandra Vo-Anh, and Will Schneider, the film is an adaptation of the video game Silent Hill 2. Gans said in September 2022...
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    other high-profile opponents for Grim, among them Barbados Joe Walcott, Jack Blackburn, Joe Gans, Dixie Kid, Philadelphia Jack O'Brien, Battling Levinsky...
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  • Wayback Machine playbill.com, March 25, 2010 Gans, Andrew."Larry Kramer's 'The Normal Heart', Starring Joe Mantello, Opens on Broadway April 27" Archived...
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    close bout against the incomparable lightweight Joe Gans on March 23, 1900. According to BoxRec, Gans had asked the fight to be stopped in the ninth round...
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  • Víctor Galíndez Esteban Gallard Julio Gamboa Yuriorkis Gamboa Scott Gammer Joe Gans Víctor Galíndez Alejandro García Alex Garcia Danny García Julio César García...
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    Reeves 108 Peter Maher (boxer) 107 Sandy Saddler 103 Henry Armstrong 101 Joe Gans 100 Jimmy Wilde 98 Jorge Castro (boxer) 90 Tiger Jack Fox 89 Jock McAvoy...
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  • decision victory to win his first world title. Farmer's great uncle is Joe Gans who was the first ever native born black American to ever win a world title...
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    prestige to take part in more respectable boxing matches. Jack Johnson, Joe Gans, and Beau Jack are three successful boxers who started out in battles royal...
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    fought Joe Gans for the World Lightweight Championship in Baltimore, but lost by TKO in the 14th round. One month later on December 31 he fought Gans again...
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    November 16, 1928, in one of his most well attended bouts, Glick met Baby Joe Gans in Madison Square Garden in New York before a crowd of nearly 19,000. The...
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    a 15-round decision. Gans' title was not on the line, however. The two would later become good friends. Langford considered Gans the pound-for-pound greatest...
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    Champion Joe Gans in Philadelphia at the National Athletic Club. Both boxers connected with serious blows in different rounds, though Gans was able to...
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  • Universal 3 July 1899 12 May 1902 Frank Erne Universal 12 May 1902 4 July 1908 Joe Gans Universal 4 July 1908 22 February 1910 Oscar "Battling" Nelson Universal...
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    the music business in 1907, when world champion boxer Joe Gans hired him to play the piano at Gans's Goldfield Hotel, the first "black and tan club" in Baltimore...
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  • title bout. The Gordon Sisters Boxing 1901 Documentary Silent film The Joe Gans – Battling Nelson Fight 1906 Archival Footage Silent footage of most of...
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    Square Garden, New York City, New York, U.S. 54 Win 45–5–1 (3) Allentown Joe Gans SD 10 Jan 19, 1925 South Main Street Armory, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania...
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    title. 31 October — Joe Gans meets Jimmy Britt in San Francisco to defend the World Lightweight Championship. Britt knocks Gans down four times but,...
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    the minor leagues Events Joe Gans wins the World Lightweight Championship by knocking out Frank Erne in the first round. Gans successfully defends the...
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  • himself, during his career he met three of the division's greatest fighters, Joe Gans, who he defeated (K.O. 23rd round), Frank Erne, who he lost to in a 25...
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