Joe Gans [SEP] place of birth
Joe Gans
Joe Gans (born Joseph Gant; November 25, 1874 – August 10, 1910) was an American professional boxer. Gans was rated the greatest Lightweight boxer of all-time by boxing historian and "Ring Magazine" founder, Nat Fleischer. Known as the "Old Master", he became the first African-American World Boxing Champion of the 20th century, reigning continuously as World Lightweight Champion from 1902-1908. He was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1990.
Career.
knockout. Gans had promised to forfeit his Middleweight Championship bout if he lost the fight.
On May 30, 1923, Panama Joe defeated well known competitor Willie Walker in New York in a ninth-round knockout.
Taking the World Colored Middleweight Championship, October 1920 Important defenses of the Colored Middleweight Championship of the World Win over Italian Joe Gans, September 1923.
On September 15, 1923, Panama Joe Gans defeated quality competitor Italian Joe Gans before a crowd that packed the Commonwealth Sporting Club in New York in an important