"Panama" Joe Gans

Born: Cyril Quinton, Nov. 14 1896;
Barbadoes, British West Indies
DIED :

HEIGHT: 5-7 WEIGHT: 147-160 lbs RACE: Black

MANAGER : Leo. P. Flynn

While based in Panama prior to 1917, Gans won the Lightweight Championship of Panama and the Middleweight Championship of South and Central America. He later won the "Colored Middleweight Championship."


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1914
---    Young Steadman                                             KO  1
---    Kid Murray                                                 KO  6
---    Mike O'Connor                                              KO  4
---    Kid Graves                                                 KO  6
---    Slammer Jordan                                             KO  3
---    Battling Terry                                             KO  9
---    Kid Bailey                                                 W 15

1915
Feb 15 Billy Shea                   Colon, Pan                     W 15
Feb 20 Kid Coldhurst                Colon, Pan                    KO  6
Mar 15 Kid Bain                     Colon, Pan                     D 15
Jun  6 Sailor Richards              Colon, Pan                    LF  1
Jul  3 Sam Rufus                    Panama City, Pan               D  6
Sep 11 Young Johnson                Panama City, Pan              NC  8
Oct 10 Young Sam Langford           Panama City, Pan               W 15
Oct 17 Sam Rufus                    Panama City, Pan               W 15
Nov 14 Mickey Harrison              Colon, Pan                    KO 18
Nov 25 Young Sam McVea              Panama City, Pan              KO 10

1916
Jan 11 Young Sam Langford           Panama City, Pan               W 20
Feb 12 Young Sam Langford           Panama City, Pan              KO 12
Apr 15 Jerry Parquet                Panama City, Pan              TK  5
May 17 Willie Rothwell              Panama City, Pan              TK  4
Jun 11 Mickey Harrison              Panama City, Pan              TK  4
Jul 16 Kid Bain                     Panama City, Pan              LF 12
Oct 15 Young Sam Langford           Colon, Pan                     W 20
Nov 11 Jim Briggs                   Panama City, Pan               W 15
Nov 30 Benny McGovern               Panama City, Pan              KO  3
Dec 12 Abe the Newsboy              Panama City, Pan               W 20

1917
Jan 12 Jim Briggs                   Panama City, Pan               W 15
Mar 12 Benny McGovern               Panama City, Pan              LF  6
Mar 17 Young Sam Langford           Panama City, Pan              KO  5
Jun 25 Tommy Madden                 New York, NY                  ND 10
---    Willie Davis                 New York, NY                  ND 10
Jul 31 Zulu Kid                     New York, NY                  ND 10
Aug 20 Young Battling Nelson        New York, NY                  ND 10
Aug 24 Walter Mohr                  Brooklyn, NY                  ND 10
---    Kid Allen                    Brooklyn, NY                  ND 10
Sep  4 George "Kid" Alberts         Bethlehem, Pa                 KO  6
Sep  7 George Ashe                  New York, NY                  ND 10
Sep 17 "KO" Lew Williams            Brooklyn, NY                  WF  8
Oct 19 Walter Mohr                  Brooklyn, NY                  ND 10
Oct 26 Young Battling Nelson        New York, NY                  ND 10
Oct 29 Walter Mohr                  Brooklyn, NY                  ND 10
Nov  3 Fred Dyer                    New York, NY                  ND 10

1918
---    Kid Wiley                                                   W 12
Mar 15 George Robinson              Boston, Ma                     L 12
Apr  2 Kid Green                    Boston, Ma                     W  6
Apr 23 Battling Thomas              Boston, Ma                     D  6
Apr 29 Battling Thomas              Boston, Ma                     W  8
Apr 30 Joe Rivers                   Boston, Ma                     L  8
May 21 Joe Rivers                   Boston, Ma                     W  8
Jun  7 Battling Thomas              Boston, Ma                     W 10
Jun 11 Joe Rivers                   Boston, Ma                     L  8

1919
Jan 27 Bobby Gleason                Atlantic City, NJ             ND  8
Mar  3 Jamaica Kid                  Philadelphia, Pa              ND  6
Mar  7 Harry Robinson               Baltimore, Md                  W 10
Jun 21 Britt Simms                  Baltimore, Md                  W 10
Jul  8 Jeff Smith                   Atlantic City, NJ             ND  8
Sep 29 Eddie Trembley               Bridgeport, Ct                 W 12
Sep 30 Al Wise                      Syracuse, NY                  TK  8
Oct 23 "Wild" Burt Kenny            Atlantic City, NJ             ND  8
Dec 16 Paul Dixon                   Syracuse, NY                  ND 10

1920
Feb 27 Morris Tasco                 Baltimore, Md                 KO  5
Mar  1 Eddie Trembley               New Bedford, Ma                W 12
May 11 Jamaica Kid                  Norfolk, Va                    D 10
May 24 Young Fisher                 Rochester, NY                 KO  5
May 28 Young Sam Langford           Detroit, Mi                   KO  9
Jun 15 Young Fisher                 Syracuse, NY                  ND 10
Jul  4 Speedy Miller                Detroit, Mi                   KO  3
Jul  6 Battling Thomas              Syracuse, NY                  ND 10
Jul 10 Frank Carbone                Syracuse, NY                  ND 10
Jul 26 Frank Carbone                Rochester, NY                 ND 10
Jul 30 Kid Patillo                  Philadelphia, Pa              TK  4
Oct  8 George Robinson              New York, NY                   W 12
     (Won World Colored Middleweight Championship)
Oct 19 "Cowboy" Lew Williams        New York, NY                  KO  4
Oct 22 Morris Tasco                 Detroit, Mi                   KO  3
Nov 26 George Christian             New York, NY                  KO  3
Dec  3 Jim Hosic                    Detroit, Mi                   KO  3
Dec 13 Young Jackson                Auburn, NY                    KO  3
Dec 29 Sailor Darden                New York, NY                   W 10

1921
May 27 Jackie Clark                 Allentown, Pa                 ND 10
May 30 Kid Black                    Memphis, Tn                    W  8
Jun  6 Kid Alberts                  Detroit, Mi                   TK 10
Jun 24 George Robinson              Syracuse, NY                   W 15
Jul  4 Jack Stone                   Atlantic City, NJ             KO  4
Aug 15 Carl Hertz                   Jersey City, NJ               KO  6
Aug 27 Alec Gibbons                 New York, NY                   W 12
Sep  5 Mike McTigue                 Jersey City, NJ               ND 12
Sep 13 Sailor Darden                Rochester, NY                  W 10
Oct  5 Sailor Darden                Syracuse, NY                   W 15
Oct 12 Jock Malone                  Boston, Ma                     L 10
Oct 21 Nero Chink                   New York, NY                   W 12
Oct 24 Young Herman Miller          Harrisburg, Pa                 W 10
Nov 28 Joe Borrell                  Trenton, NJ                   TK  9
Dec  6 "Allentown" Joe Gans         Harrison, NJ                  KO  6
Dec 12 Kid Patillo                  Columbus, Oh                  KO  2
Dec 15 Theodore "Tiger" Flowers     Atlanta, Ga                   KO  5
Dec 26 Jerry Hayes                  Philadelphia, Pa              KO  2
Dec 28 Young Sam Langford           Detroit, Mi                   KO  9

1922
Feb 13 Charley Rogers               Detroit, Mi                   TK  8
Mar 31 Young Dennis                 Springfield, Oh               KO  4
Apr  7 Indian Horner                Lima, Oh                       W 10
Apr 10 Jamaica Kid                  Detroit, Mi                   ND 10
May 22 Nero Chink                   Havana, Cu                     W 12
Jul  4 Frankie Denny                San Francisco, Ca              W  4
Jul 12 Frank Barrieau               Oakland, Ca                    W  4
Jul 24 Jack Blackburn               Indianapolis, In              TK  4
Oct 27 Andy "Kid" Palmer            New York, NY                  LF  6
Nov  6 Joe Libby                    Atlantic City, NJ             ND  8
Nov 17 Al Wise                      Syracuse, NY                  TK  7
Nov 18 Marty Cross                  New York, NY                   W 12
Dec  1 Young Fisher                 Syracuse, NY                   D 12
Dec 14 Young Fisher                 Syracuse, NY                   L 12

1923
Jan  6 Andy "Kid" Palmer            New York, NY                   W 12
Jan 31 Andy "Kid" Palmer            New York, NY                   L 12
Feb  6 "Italian" Joe Gans           New York, NY                   L 12
Feb 17 Jimmy O'Gatty                New York, NY                  KO  5
Mar 19 Mike Dempsey                 Rochester, NY                  W 15
Mar 31 "Cowboy" Lee Williams        New York, NY                  KO  9
May 14 Whitey Black                 Detroit, Mi                   ND 10
     (Retained World Colored Middleweight Championship)
May 25 Theodore "Tiger" Flowers     Toledo, Oh                    ND 12
     (Retained World Colored Middleweight Championship)
Jun 30 Willie Walker                New York, NY                  KO  9
     (Retained World Colored Middleweight Championship)
Aug  1 Lou Bogash                   New York, NY                   L 10
Sep 15 "Italian" Joe Gans           New York, NY                   W 12
Oct 22 Whitey Black                 Rochester, NY                 KO  8
Nov  9 Jock Malone                  St. Paul, Mn                  ND 10
Dec 12 Danny Fagan                  New York, NY                  KO  8
Dec 17 Morrie Schlaifer             Omaha, Ne                     ND 10

1924
Apr 26 Jack Palmer                  New York, NY                  KO  8
May  9 George West                  Brooklyn, NY                   W 10
Jun 16 Tillie "Kid" Herman          Chicago, Il                   ND 10
Jun 26 Larry Estridge               New York, NY                   L 10
     (Lost World Colored Middleweight Championship)
Aug 11 Larry Estridge               New York, NY                   L 10
     (For World Colored Middleweight Championship)
Nov 30 Lefty Michaels               Colon, Pan                    TK  4

1925
Feb 14 Young Harry Wills            Panama City, Pan              KO  7
Feb 23 Eliseo Cantano               Barbados, BWI                 KO  2
Aug  1 George Levine                New York, NY                   L 12
Oct 12 Harry Martone                Jersey City, NJ               ND 12

1926
Mar  7 Kid Charol                   Havana, Cu                     L 12
Mar 27 Martin Perez                 Havana, Cu                    KO  6
May 22 Willie Ptomey                New York, NY                   D 10

1927
Jan 3	Homer Robertson		    Lowell, Ma                     L 12

1928
Feb 10 Frank Baldi                  San Juan, PR                  KO  6
Mar  2 Rafael Plata                 San Juan, PR                   L 10
Apr 29 Alejandro Villanueva         San Juan, Pr                   D 10
Jun 10 Francisco Soler              Mayaguez, PR                   L 10
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