Next up is Katie Taylor of Ireland fighting for the lightweight gold against Sofya Ochigava of Russia.
Gans was already ill when he defended his lightweight championship against Battling Nelson at Goldfield, Nevada, on September 3, 1906.
Another of them, Richar Abril, will be here on 6 March to defend his WBA World lightweight title against Derry Mathews on a BoxNation-televised show in Liverpool.
Britain has another opportunity to crown a world champion on Saturday night in Manchester as the undefeated Terry Flanagan competes for the vacant WBO lightweight title against American Jose Zepeda.
Tonight, at York Hall in Bethnal Green, 26-year-old Mancunian boxer John Murray defends his European lightweight title against a tough, ambitious little Spaniard, Karim El Ouzaghari.
PUNCH LINES Saturday's other four-round fights feature the Olympic silver medal-winner RICARDO WILLIAMS JR. in a lightweight bout against ANTHONY SIMPKINS.
Anthony Crolla will make the first defence of his WBA lightweight crown against the hard-hitting Venezuelan Ismael Barroso at the Manchester Arena on 7 May.
If you like the sport, make sure you catch Irish superstar Katie Taylor in the lightweight final against Sofya Ochigava of Russia at 4.45pm too.
The 28-year-old turned professional in April 2013 and won his first 12 fights, including a WBC lightweight eliminator against his fellow Hull fighter Tommy Coyle.
