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Al Gainer vs Dave Shade — record, stats and common opponents compared

Al Gainer

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Dave Shade

Al Gainer (7-9-2 across 18 tracked bouts) and Dave Shade (156-29-62) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met 2 times. They share 1 common opponent.

Gainer

Tracked record

7–9–2

counted from 18 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Shade

156

Wins17 KO · 11%

29

Losses

62

Draws251 tracked bouts

Heads up: at least one of these records is a tracked record — the wins and losses Kill The Body has ingested so far, not an independently verified career total. Treat the comparison as a read on the bouts we hold, not a settled ledger.

Head to Head

Series level 1–1

Al Gainer and Dave Shade have met 2 times; Series level 1–1.

Al Gainer and Dave Shade have met 2 times; Series level 1–1.
Met1931Nov 51935Jan 21Series
Al GainerFighter ALLostWWon1–1W–L
Dave ShadeFighter BWWonLLost1–1W–L
ResultPTSUD2Meetings

The Numbers

Gainer 2 · Shade 4 of 6 measurable rows
GainerShade
Record†
7-9-2156-29-62 (edge)
Win %0–100%
44.4%
75.7% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 17
1
17 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—10.9%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
14% (edge)
12%
Times stopped‡max 2
0 (edge)
2
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 14.2
2.3
14.2 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 251
18
251

† One or both records are tracked, not career-verified. · ‡ Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total. · § Across each fighter's tracked career span. · Bars are scaled per row — percentages on 0–100, counts against the larger of the two. Every figure is also printed as text.

Tale of the Tape

Agenot held
Al Gainer: No date of birth
Dave Shade: Died aged 81
Stance
Al Gainer: Not recorded
Dave Shade: Orthodox

Al Gainer left, Dave Shade right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Al Gainer7 wins · from 18 tracked bouts

Al Gainer: 7 tracked wins — 1 by KO/TKO (14%) and 6 on the cards (86%). Counted from 18 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 by KO/TKO 14%6 on the cards 86%

Dave Shade156 wins · from 251 tracked bouts

Dave Shade: 156 tracked wins — 18 by KO/TKO (12%), 112 on the cards (72%) and 26 by another method or unrecorded (17%). Counted from 251 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

18 by KO/TKO 12%112 on the cards 72%26 by another method or unrecorded 17%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Al Gainer 18, Dave Shade 251 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · Gainer better on 1

Gainer

Opponent

Shade

  • Al Gainer

    0–1–1 against

    Loss, PTS

    1934

    Draw, PTS

    1934

    RosenbloomGainer better

    Dave Shade

    0–2 against

    Loss, PTS

    1926

    Loss, UD

    1926

Both sides are set at the same size on purpose. Kill The Body does not score a second-round knockout above a split decision — the edge counts losses first and wins as the tiebreak, and the rest is yours to argue. Shared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name, so two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.

Current Form

Oldest left · newest right

Al Gainer last boxed on Jul 17, 1939 — 31,869 days ago. Gainer had lost three straight, after two straight wins.WWLLL

Knight Jun 1936Galento Jun 1936Lewis Jul 1936Lewis Oct 1938Yarosz Jul 19392.3 tracked bouts per year

Dave Shade has won once since losses to Al Gainer and Johnny Rossi. Shade last boxed on Dec 2, 1935.WWLLW

Kaminski Nov 1934Turner Jan 1935Gainer Jan 1935Rossi Mar 1935Sykes Dec 193514.2 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Al Gainer and Dave Shade ever fought each other?
Yes. Al Gainer and Dave Shade have met 2 times and the series is level at 1-1.
The 2 meetings

WJan 21, 1935 · Gainer · UD

LNov 5, 1931 · Shade · PTS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Gainer or Shade?
Al Gainer is 7-9-2 across the 18 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Dave Shade is 156-29-62. Dave Shade has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Gainer7–9–244.4%

Shade156–29–6275.7%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Gainer or Shade?
Al Gainer has 1 knockout win and Dave Shade has 17. Dave Shade has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Gainer1

Shade1710.9%

The Numbers ↓
Do Gainer and Shade have any common opponents?
Al Gainer and Dave Shade share 1 common opponent: Maxie Rosenbloom. Al Gainer fared better against 1 of them.
Shared opponent

Maxie Rosenbloom0–1–1L

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Gainer and Shade?
This comparison is drawn from 18 bouts tracked for Al Gainer and 251 bouts tracked for Dave Shade. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Gainer18bouts

Shade251bouts

How They Win ↓

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