- Born
- Died
- Birth nameJoseph Gaines
- Nickname
- The Old Master
- Joe Gans was born on November 25, 1874 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. He was an actor, known for The Joe Gans-Battling Nelson Fight (1906), Gans-Nelson Fight (1908) and Gans-Herman Fight (1907). He died on August 10, 1910 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
- Upon his untimely passing of tuberculosis in 1910, he became the youngest (i.e. most recent born) world champion to die. Succeeding George Dixon though later that year the unenviable status passed to Stanley Ketchel.
- Professional boxer. Inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1990.
- World lightweight boxing champion, 1902-1904 & 1906-1908.
- Biography in: "The Boxing Register: International Boxing Hall of Fame Official Record Book". Third edition. pp. 108-109. Ithaca, NY: McBooks Press, 2002.
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