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Big Boy Peterson vs Larry Gains — record, stats and common opponents compared

Big Boy Peterson

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Larry Gains

Big Boy Peterson (2-6 across 8 tracked bouts) and Larry Gains (118-22-5) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 1 common opponent.

Peterson

Tracked record

2–6

counted from 8 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Gains

118

Wins63 KO · 53%

22

Losses

5

Draws146 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

Gains leads 1–0

Big Boy Peterson and Larry Gains have met 1 time; Gains leads 1–0.

Big Boy Peterson and Larry Gains have met 1 time; Gains leads 1–0.
Met1928Apr 2Series
Big Boy PetersonFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Larry GainsFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultPTS1Meeting

The Numbers

Peterson 1 · Gains 6 of 7 measurable rows
PetersonGains
Record†
2-6118-22-5 (edge)
Win %0–100%
25%
83.1% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 63
0
63 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—53.39%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
0%
53% (edge)
Times stopped‡max 14
3 (edge)
14
Title reignsmax 1
0
1 (edge)
Bouts per year§max 7.7
1.3
7.7 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 146
8
146

† 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
Big Boy Peterson: No height on file
Larry Gains: 6′1″
Reachnot held
Big Boy Peterson: No reach on file
Larry Gains: 77″
Agenot held
Big Boy Peterson: No date of birth
Larry Gains: Died aged 82

Big Boy Peterson left, Larry Gains right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored: younger is not better.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Big Boy Peterson2 wins · from 8 tracked bouts

Big Boy Peterson: 2 tracked wins — 1 on the cards (50%) and 1 by another method or unrecorded (50%). Counted from 8 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 on the cards 50%1 by another method or unrecorded 50%

Larry Gains118 wins · from 146 tracked bouts

Larry Gains: 118 tracked wins — 63 by KO/TKO (53%), 49 on the cards (42%) and 6 by another method or unrecorded (5%). Counted from 146 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

63 by KO/TKO 53%49 on the cards 42%6 by another method or unrecorded 5%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Big Boy Peterson 8, Larry Gains 146 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · Gains better on 1

Peterson

Opponent

Gains

  • Big Boy Peterson

    0–2 against

    Loss, TKO 2

    1932

    Loss, KO 1

    1930

    CarneraGains better

    Larry Gains

    Win, PTS

    1932

Both sides are set at the same size on purpose. Kill The Body does not score a second-round knockout above a split decision — the edge counts losses first and wins as the tiebreak, and the rest is yours to argue. Shared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name, so two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.

Current Form

Oldest left · newest right

Big Boy Peterson last boxed on Dec 13, 1932 — 34,283 days ago. Peterson had lost three straight, after one straight win.LWLLL

Schaaf Sep 1928Uzcudun Oct 1928Loughran Dec 1928Carnera Jan 1930Carnera Dec 19321.3 tracked bouts per year

Larry Gains has lost two straight, after one straight win. Gains last boxed on Jun 6, 1942.WLWLL

James Feb 1940London Jan 1941Elemett Feb 1941London May 1941London Jun 19427.7 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Big Boy Peterson and Larry Gains ever fought each other?
Yes. Big Boy Peterson and Larry Gains met once on April 2, 1928, and Larry Gains won by PTS.
The meeting

LApr 2, 1928 · Gains · PTS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Peterson or Gains?
Big Boy Peterson is 2-6 across the 8 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Larry Gains is 118-22-5. Larry Gains has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Peterson2–625%

Gains118–22–583.1%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Peterson or Gains?
Big Boy Peterson has 0 knockout wins and Larry Gains has 63. Larry Gains has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Peterson0

Gains6353.4%

The Numbers ↓
Do Peterson and Gains have any common opponents?
Big Boy Peterson and Larry Gains share 1 common opponent: Primo Carnera. Larry Gains fared better against 1 of them.
Shared opponent

Primo CarneraLW

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Peterson and Gains?
This comparison is drawn from 8 bouts tracked for Big Boy Peterson and 146 bouts tracked for Larry Gains. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Peterson8bouts

Gains146bouts

How They Win ↓

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