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.
Allentown Joe Gans (1-8 across 9 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 once. They share 2 common opponents.
Allentown Joe Gans vs Dave Shade — record, stats and common opponents compared
Head to Head
Dave Shade leads 1–0- Dave Shade wonShade vs GansApr 28, 1924 · PTS
The Numbers
- 1-8
- Record
- 156-29-62 (edge)
- 11.1%
- Win %
- 75.7% (edge)
- 0
- Wins by knockout
- 17 (edge)
- —
- KO rate
- 10.9%
- 0%
- Stoppage rate (tracked wins)
- 12% (edge)
- 0 (edge)
- Times stopped
- 2
- 0
- Title reigns
- 0
- 1.6
- Bouts per year
- 14.2 (edge)
- 9
- Bouts tracked
- 251
One or both records are tracked, not career-verified.
Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.
Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.
Across each fighter's tracked career span.
Tale of the Tape
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- Age
- 124
- —
- Stance
- Orthodox
- —
- Nationality
- United States
How They Win
Tracked bouts onlyAllentown Joe Gans · 1 wins
Dave Shade · 156 wins
Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter (9 and 251 respectively), not from a career-complete method table.
Common Opponents
2 sharedShared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name — two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.
Current Form
Allentown Joe Gans
L7 streak · last fought Aug 23, 1927
Dave Shade
W1 streak · last fought Dec 2, 1935
Common Questions
- Have Allentown Joe Gans and Dave Shade ever fought each other?
- Yes. Allentown Joe Gans and Dave Shade met once on April 28, 1924, and Dave Shade won by PTS.
- Who has the better record, Allentown Joe Gans or Dave Shade?
- Allentown Joe Gans is 1-8 across the 9 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.
- Who has more knockouts, Allentown Joe Gans or Dave Shade?
- Allentown Joe Gans has 0 knockout wins and Dave Shade has 17. Dave Shade has more.
- Do Allentown Joe Gans and Dave Shade have any common opponents?
- Allentown Joe Gans and Dave Shade share 2 common opponents: Pete Latzo and Maxie Rosenbloom. Allentown Joe Gans fared better against 1 of them.
- How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Allentown Joe Gans and Dave Shade?
- This comparison is drawn from 9 bouts tracked for Allentown Joe Gans and 251 bouts tracked for Dave Shade. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.