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Ambrose Palmer vs Dave Shade — record, stats and common opponents compared

🇦🇺AUSTRALIA

Ambrose Palmer

🇺🇸UNITED STATES

Dave Shade

Ambrose Palmer (2-3 across 5 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 no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.

Palmer

Tracked record

2–3

counted from 5 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

Ambrose Palmer and Dave Shade have met 2 times; Series level 1–1.

Ambrose Palmer and Dave Shade have met 2 times; Series level 1–1.
Met1933Nov 271934Jan 15Series
Ambrose PalmerFighter AWWonLLost1–1W–L
Dave ShadeFighter BLLostWWon1–1W–L
ResultPTSDQ2Meetings

The Numbers

Palmer 2 · Shade 4 of 6 measurable rows
PalmerShade
Record†
2-3156-29-62 (edge)
Win %0–100%
40%
75.7% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 17
1
17 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—10.9%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
50% (edge)
12%
Times stopped‡max 2
1 (edge)
2
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 14.2
0.8
14.2 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 251
5
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

Heightnot held
Ambrose Palmer: 5′10″
Dave Shade: No height on file
Agenot comparable
Ambrose Palmer: Died aged 80
Dave Shade: Died aged 81
Stance
Ambrose Palmer: Not recorded
Dave Shade: Orthodox

Ambrose Palmer 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
Ambrose Palmer2 wins · from 5 tracked bouts

Ambrose Palmer: 2 tracked wins — 1 by KO/TKO (50%) and 1 on the cards (50%). Counted from 5 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 by KO/TKO 50%1 on the cards 50%

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 — Ambrose Palmer 5, Dave Shade 251 — 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

Ambrose Palmer had won one in a row before losing a decision to Gus Lesnevich. Palmer last boxed on Dec 8, 1938.LWLWL

Stribling Jul 1932Shade Nov 1933Shade Jan 1934Miler Mar 1936Lesnevich Dec 19380.8 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 Ambrose Palmer and Dave Shade ever fought each other?
Yes. Ambrose Palmer and Dave Shade have met 2 times and the series is level at 1-1.
The 2 meetings

LJan 15, 1934 · Shade · DQ

WNov 27, 1933 · Palmer · PTS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Palmer or Shade?
Ambrose Palmer is 2-3 across the 5 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 %

Palmer2–340%

Shade156–29–6275.7%

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

Palmer1

Shade1710.9%

The Numbers ↓
Do Palmer and Shade have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Ambrose Palmer and Dave Shade have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Palmer and Shade?
This comparison is drawn from 5 bouts tracked for Ambrose Palmer and 251 bouts tracked for Dave Shade. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Palmer5bouts

Shade251bouts

How They Win ↓

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