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Battling Shaw vs Gene Tillman — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Battling Shaw

Gene Tillman

Battling Shaw (79-29-9) and Gene Tillman (0-1 across 1 tracked bout) 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.

Shaw

79

Wins32 KO · 41%

29

Losses

9

Draws119 tracked bouts

Tillman

Tracked record

0–1

counted from 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested

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

Shaw leads 1–0

Battling Shaw and Gene Tillman have met 1 time; Shaw leads 1–0.

Battling Shaw and Gene Tillman have met 1 time; Shaw leads 1–0.
Met1934Mar 26Series
Battling ShawFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Gene TillmanFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultNWS1Meeting

The Numbers

Shaw 3 · Tillman 1 of 4 measurable rows
ShawTillman
Record†
79-29-9 (edge)0-1
Win %0–100%
71.4% (edge)
0%
Wins by knockoutmax 32
32 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
40.51%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
41%—
Times stopped‡max 7
7
0 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§not comparable
12.8—
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 119
119
1

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

Battling Shaw left, Gene Tillman right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
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%

Gene Tillman0 wins · from 1 tracked bout

Gene Tillman: no tracked wins in the 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Tillman yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Battling Shaw 119, Gene Tillman 1 — 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

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

Gene Tillman last boxed on Mar 26, 1934 — 33,813 days ago. Tillman had lost the most recent, to Battling Shaw.L

Shaw Mar 1934

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Battling Shaw and Gene Tillman ever fought each other?
Yes. Battling Shaw and Gene Tillman met once on March 26, 1934, and Battling Shaw won by NWS.
The meeting

WMar 26, 1934 · Shaw · NWS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Shaw or Tillman?
Battling Shaw is 79-29-9 and Gene Tillman is 0-1 across the 1 bout Kill The Body has tracked. Battling Shaw has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Shaw79–29–971.4%

Tillman0–10%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Shaw or Tillman?
Battling Shaw has 32 knockout wins and Gene Tillman has 0. Battling Shaw has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Shaw3240.5%

Tillman0

The Numbers ↓
Do Shaw and Tillman have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Battling Shaw and Gene Tillman have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Shaw and Tillman?
This comparison is drawn from 119 bouts tracked for Battling Shaw and 1 bout tracked for Gene Tillman. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Shaw119bouts

Tillman1bout

How They Win ↓

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