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Bill Wainwright vs Larry Gains — record, stats and common opponents compared

Bill Wainwright

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Larry Gains

Bill Wainwright (0-1 across 1 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 no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.

Wainwright

Tracked record

0–1

counted from 1 bout 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

Bill Wainwright and Larry Gains have met 1 time; Gains leads 1–0.

Bill Wainwright and Larry Gains have met 1 time; Gains leads 1–0.
Met1938Jan 17Series
Bill WainwrightFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Larry GainsFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultKOR31Meeting

The Numbers

Wainwright 1 · Gains 3 of 4 measurable rows
WainwrightGains
Record†
0-1118-22-5 (edge)
Win %0–100%
0%
83.1% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 63
0
63 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—53.39%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—53%
Times stopped‡max 14
1 (edge)
14
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§not comparable
—7.7
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 146
1
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
Bill Wainwright: No height on file
Larry Gains: 6′1″
Reachnot held
Bill Wainwright: No reach on file
Larry Gains: 77″
Agenot held
Bill Wainwright: No date of birth
Larry Gains: Died aged 82

Bill Wainwright left, Larry Gains right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored: younger is not better.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Bill Wainwright0 wins · from 1 tracked bout

Bill Wainwright: no tracked wins in the 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Wainwright yet.

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 — Bill Wainwright 1, Larry Gains 146 — 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

Bill Wainwright last boxed on Jan 17, 1938 — 32,417 days ago. Wainwright had lost the most recent, to Larry Gains.L

Gains Jan 1938

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 Bill Wainwright and Larry Gains ever fought each other?
Yes. Bill Wainwright and Larry Gains met once on January 17, 1938, and Larry Gains won by KO in round 3.
The meeting

LJan 17, 1938 · Gains · KO R3

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Wainwright or Gains?
Bill Wainwright is 0-1 across the 1 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 %

Wainwright0–10%

Gains118–22–583.1%

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

Wainwright0

Gains6353.4%

The Numbers ↓
Do Wainwright and Gains have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Bill Wainwright and Larry Gains have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Wainwright and Gains?
This comparison is drawn from 1 bout tracked for Bill Wainwright and 146 bouts tracked for Larry Gains. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Wainwright1bout

Gains146bouts

How They Win ↓

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