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Al Gainer vs Joe Knight — record, stats and common opponents compared

Al Gainer

🇺🇸UNITED STATES

Joe Knight

Al Gainer (7-9-2 across 18 tracked bouts) and Joe Knight (125-19-18) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 1 common opponent.

Gainer

Tracked record

7–9–2

counted from 18 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Knight

125

Wins66 KO · 53%

19

Losses

18

Draws164 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

Gainer leads 1–0

Al Gainer and Joe Knight have met 1 time; Gainer leads 1–0.

Al Gainer and Joe Knight have met 1 time; Gainer leads 1–0.
Met1936Jun 1Series
Al GainerFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Joe KnightFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultPTS1Meeting

The Numbers

Gainer 0 · Knight 6 of 6 measurable rows
GainerKnight
Record†
7-9-2125-19-18 (edge)
Win %0–100%
44.4%
82.7% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 66
1
66 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—52.8%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
14%
53% (edge)
Times stopped‡levelmax 0
0
0
Title reignsmax 1
0
1 (edge)
Bouts per year§max 15.6
2.3
15.6 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 164
18
164

† 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

Heightnot held
Al Gainer: No height on file
Joe Knight: 6′0″
Reachnot held
Al Gainer: No reach on file
Joe Knight: 74″
Agenot held
Al Gainer: No date of birth
Joe Knight: Died aged 67
Stance
Al Gainer: Not recorded
Joe Knight: Southpaw

Al Gainer left, Joe Knight 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%

Joe Knight125 wins · from 164 tracked bouts

Joe Knight: 125 tracked wins — 66 by KO/TKO (53%), 58 on the cards (46%) and 1 by another method or unrecorded (1%). Counted from 164 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

66 by KO/TKO 53%58 on the cards 46%1 by another method or unrecorded 1%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Al Gainer 18, Joe Knight 164 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · Knight better on 1

Gainer

Opponent

Knight

  • Al Gainer

    0–1–1 against

    Loss, PTS

    1934

    Draw, PTS

    1934

    RosenbloomKnight better

    Joe Knight

    1–0–1 against

    Draw, PTS

    1934

    Win, PTS

    1932

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 — 31,871 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

Joe Knight has won four straight since losing a decision to Melio Bettina. Knight last boxed on Apr 19, 1938.LWWWW

Bettina Jun 1937Anderson Mar 1938Boyle Mar 1938McDuff Apr 1938Gideon Apr 193815.6 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Al Gainer and Joe Knight ever fought each other?
Yes. Al Gainer and Joe Knight met once on June 1, 1936, and Al Gainer won by PTS.
The meeting

WJun 1, 1936 · Gainer · PTS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Gainer or Knight?
Al Gainer is 7-9-2 across the 18 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Joe Knight is 125-19-18. Joe Knight 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%

Knight125–19–1882.7%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Gainer or Knight?
Al Gainer has 1 knockout win and Joe Knight has 66. Joe Knight has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Gainer1

Knight6652.8%

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

Maxie Rosenbloom0–1–11–0–1

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Gainer and Knight?
This comparison is drawn from 18 bouts tracked for Al Gainer and 164 bouts tracked for Joe Knight. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Gainer18bouts

Knight164bouts

How They Win ↓

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