Joe Gans

Joe Gans (actually: Joseph Gaines, born November 25, 1874 in Baltimore, Maryland; † August 10, 1910 ibid ) was an American boxer and world champion in the lightweight. He is a member of the International Boxing Hall of Fame since 1990. He was the second African-American world champion of modern boxing history after the Canadians Dixon.

What fascinated the Boxgemeinde of that time, was the almost scientific, meticulous precision with which he studied his opponents. He memorized even the smallest details in the fighting style, and then examined in the fight his blows mercilessly the weak points of the opponent. His fight record of 120 wins ( 85 by knockout ), eight defeats, nine draws and 18 "No decision " speaks for its systematics. About his time as a world champion fight the professionals. One party sees him in the years 1902 to 1904 and then again from 1906 to 1908 on the lightweight throne that is others from 1902 until 1908. Reasons for this apparently difficult question to be answered whether he between resigned his title in order against Joe Walcott to the welterweight title fight or whether he retained the title, as it was not used at all in this fight, which ended in a draw after 20 rounds, the title. Newspaper articles of the time doing here contradictory statements.

Boxe Generic career

For boxing, he came through the "Battle Royal ", a brutal form of struggle of the time in which several opponents in the ring at the same time smashing each other and the last one was still standing, was declared the winner. His superiority in one of these fights, which he won with 17, made the Manager Al Herford attention to him which in 1891 made ​​him a professional. Amazed Compared with today's young professionals that Joe Gans already in this young age o his second fight by K. lap 22 won! Also surprised the rapid succession of fights: for example, in 1903 he boxed 13 times. He made the last two fights this year on December 7th in Philadelphia and just one day later, after a nearly 500 -km-long railway journey, he lost in Boston against the heavier class boxer Sam Langford, against after 15 rounds by points.

The World Cup

Overall, Joe Gans played 19 world championship bouts. Until his first reaching for the lightweight title in 1900, he fought his way to an impressive record of 58 wins, three losses and six draws. In the first fight against the world champion Frank Erne from Switzerland, he suffered an eyelid injury that led to discontinuation. In the rematch in 1902 went Erne, whose fighting style was carefully studied, o in the first round of K. Towards the end of his career he fought three times with Battling Nelson for the championship. The first fight in Goldfield (Nevada ) in 1906, he won by disqualification in round 42, 1908, he lost the remaining two after he had defended the title four times in the meantime, each by knockout in the 17th and 23. lap. At that time he already felt the effect of the tuberculosis from which he died two years later.

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