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Al Kober vs Battling Shaw — record, stats and common opponents compared

Al Kober

🇲🇽LIGHTWEIGHT

Battling Shaw

Al Kober (1-1 across 2 tracked bouts) and Battling Shaw (79-29-9) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.

Kober

Tracked record

1–1

counted from 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Shaw

79

Wins32 KO · 41%

29

Losses

9

Draws119 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

Kober leads 1–0

Al Kober and Battling Shaw have met 1 time; Kober leads 1–0.

Al Kober and Battling Shaw have met 1 time; Kober leads 1–0.
Met1928Oct 11Series
Al KoberFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Battling ShawFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultTKOR61Meeting

The Numbers

Kober 2 · Shaw 4 of 6 measurable rows
KoberShaw
Record†
1-179-29-9 (edge)
Win %0–100%
50%
71.4% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 32
1
32 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—40.51%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
100% (edge)
41%
Times stopped‡max 7
1 (edge)
7
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 12.8
0.9
12.8 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 119
2
119

† 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 Kober: No height on file
Battling Shaw: 5′7″
Agenot held
Al Kober: No date of birth
Battling Shaw: Died aged 83
Stance
Al Kober: Not recorded
Battling Shaw: Orthodox

Al Kober left, Battling Shaw 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 Kober1 win · from 2 tracked bouts

Al Kober: 1 tracked win — 1 by KO/TKO (100%). Counted from 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 by KO/TKO 100%

Battling Shaw79 wins · from 119 tracked bouts

Battling Shaw: 79 tracked wins — 32 by KO/TKO (41%), 35 on the cards (44%) and 12 by another method or unrecorded (15%). Counted from 119 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

32 by KO/TKO 41%35 on the cards 44%12 by another method or unrecorded 15%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Al Kober 2, Battling Shaw 119 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

No opponents in common across the bouts Kill The Body has tracked for these two.

Current Form

Oldest left · newest right

Al Kober last boxed on Feb 9, 1931 — 34,962 days ago. Kober had won one in a row before losing by stoppage to Tommy Freeman.WL

Shaw Oct 1928Freeman Feb 19310.9 tracked bouts per year

Battling Shaw has lost seven straight. Shaw last boxed on Oct 1, 1936.LLLLL

Snipes Sep 1934Mexico Jul 1935Mack Nov 1935Saldana Apr 1936Velasco Oct 193612.8 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Al Kober and Battling Shaw ever fought each other?
Yes. Al Kober and Battling Shaw met once on October 11, 1928, and Al Kober won by TKO in round 6.
The meeting

WOct 11, 1928 · Kober · TKO R6

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Kober or Shaw?
Al Kober is 1-1 across the 2 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Battling Shaw is 79-29-9. Battling Shaw has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Kober1–150%

Shaw79–29–971.4%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Kober or Shaw?
Al Kober has 1 knockout win and Battling Shaw has 32. Battling Shaw has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Kober1

Shaw3240.5%

The Numbers ↓
Do Kober and Shaw have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Al Kober and Battling Shaw have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Kober and Shaw?
This comparison is drawn from 2 bouts tracked for Al Kober and 119 bouts tracked for Battling Shaw. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Kober2bouts

Shaw119bouts

How They Win ↓

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