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Billy Alvarez vs Dave Shade — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Dave Shade

Billy Alvarez (1-0-1 across 2 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 once. They share no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.

Alvarez

Tracked record

1–0–1

counted from 2 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 0–0 with 1 draw

Billy Alvarez and Dave Shade have met 1 time; Series level 0–0 with 1 draw.

Billy Alvarez and Dave Shade have met 1 time; Series level 0–0 with 1 draw.
Met1920Mar 11Series
Billy AlvarezFighter ADDraw0–0–1W–L–D
Dave ShadeFighter BDDraw0–0–1W–L–D
ResultPTS1Meeting

The Numbers

Alvarez 1 · Shade 4 of 5 measurable rows
AlvarezShade
Record†
1-0-1156-29-62 (edge)
Win %0–100%
75%
75.7% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 17
0
17 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—10.9%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
0%
12% (edge)
Times stopped‡max 2
0 (edge)
2
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§not comparable
—14.2
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 251
2
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

Agenot held
Billy Alvarez: No date of birth
Dave Shade: Died aged 81
Stance
Billy Alvarez: Not recorded
Dave Shade: Orthodox

Billy Alvarez 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
Billy Alvarez1 win · from 2 tracked bouts

Billy Alvarez: 1 tracked win — 1 on the cards (100%). Counted from 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 on the cards 100%

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 — Billy Alvarez 2, 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

Billy Alvarez last boxed on Mar 11, 1920 — 38,938 days ago. Alvarez had drawn the most recent tracked bout with Dave Shade.WD

Wolgast Dec 1919Shade Mar 1920

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 Billy Alvarez and Dave Shade ever fought each other?
Yes. Billy Alvarez and Dave Shade met once on March 11, 1920, and the bout was a draw by PTS.
The meeting

DMar 11, 1920 · Draw · PTS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Alvarez or Shade?
Billy Alvarez is 1-0-1 across the 2 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 %

Alvarez1–0–175%

Shade156–29–6275.7%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Alvarez or Shade?
Billy Alvarez has 0 knockout wins and Dave Shade has 17. Dave Shade has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Alvarez0

Shade1710.9%

The Numbers ↓
Do Alvarez and Shade have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Billy Alvarez and Dave Shade have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Alvarez and Shade?
This comparison is drawn from 2 bouts tracked for Billy Alvarez and 251 bouts tracked for Dave Shade. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Alvarez2bouts

Shade251bouts

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