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Battling Shaw vs Johnny Hughes — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Battling Shaw

Johnny Hughes

Battling Shaw (79-29-9) and Johnny Hughes (3-9-1 across 13 tracked bouts) 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

Hughes

Tracked record

3–9–1

counted from 13 bouts 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 Johnny Hughes have met 1 time; Shaw leads 1–0.

Battling Shaw and Johnny Hughes have met 1 time; Shaw leads 1–0.
Met1929May 27Series
Battling ShawFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Johnny HughesFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultPTS1Meeting

The Numbers

Shaw 5 · Hughes 1 of 6 measurable rows
ShawHughes
Record†
79-29-9 (edge)3-9-1
Win %0–100%
71.4% (edge)
26.9%
Wins by knockoutmax 32
32 (edge)
1
KO ratenot comparable
40.51%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
41% (edge)
33%
Times stopped‡max 7
7
2 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 12.8
12.8 (edge)
0.5
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 119
119
13

† 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″
Johnny Hughes: No height on file
Agenot held
Battling Shaw: Died aged 83
Johnny Hughes: No date of birth
Stance
Battling Shaw: Orthodox
Johnny Hughes: Not recorded

Battling Shaw left, Johnny Hughes 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%

Johnny Hughes3 wins · from 13 tracked bouts

Johnny Hughes: 3 tracked wins — 1 by KO/TKO (33%) and 2 on the cards (67%). Counted from 13 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 by KO/TKO 33%2 on the cards 67%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Battling Shaw 119, Johnny Hughes 13 — 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

Johnny Hughes last boxed on May 27, 1929 — 35,576 days ago. Hughes had lost six straight.LLLLL

Ledoux May 1914Ladbury Dec 1914Wilde Jul 1916Stanley Mar 1918Shaw May 19290.5 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Battling Shaw and Johnny Hughes ever fought each other?
Yes. Battling Shaw and Johnny Hughes met once on May 27, 1929, and Battling Shaw won by PTS.
The meeting

WMay 27, 1929 · Shaw · PTS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Shaw or Hughes?
Battling Shaw is 79-29-9 and Johnny Hughes is 3-9-1 across the 13 bouts 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%

Hughes3–9–126.9%

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

Shaw3240.5%

Hughes1

The Numbers ↓
Do Shaw and Hughes have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Battling Shaw and Johnny Hughes have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Shaw and Hughes?
This comparison is drawn from 119 bouts tracked for Battling Shaw and 13 bouts tracked for Johnny Hughes. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Shaw119bouts

Hughes13bouts

How They Win ↓

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