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Cowboy Jack Willis vs Dave Shade — record, stats and common opponents compared

Cowboy Jack Willis

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Dave Shade

Cowboy Jack Willis (0-6-1 across 7 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 3 times. They share 1 common opponent.

Willis

Tracked record

0–6–1

counted from 7 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

Shade leads 3–0

Cowboy Jack Willis and Dave Shade have met 3 times; Shade leads 3–0.

Cowboy Jack Willis and Dave Shade have met 3 times; Shade leads 3–0.
Met1927Jun 151928Oct 151930Feb 10Series
Cowboy Jack WillisFighter ALLostLLostLLost0–3W–L
Dave ShadeFighter BWWonWWonWWon3–0W–L
ResultPTSPTSPTS3Meetings

The Numbers

Willis 1 · Shade 4 of 5 measurable rows
WillisShade
Record†
0-6-1156-29-62 (edge)
Win %0–100%
7.1%
75.7% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 17
0
17 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—10.9%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—12%
Times stopped‡max 2
1 (edge)
2
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 14.2
1.5
14.2 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 251
7
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
Cowboy Jack Willis: No date of birth
Dave Shade: Died aged 81
Stance
Cowboy Jack Willis: Not recorded
Dave Shade: Orthodox

Cowboy Jack Willis 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
Cowboy Jack Willis0 wins · from 7 tracked bouts

Cowboy Jack Willis: no tracked wins in the 7 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Willis yet.

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 — Cowboy Jack Willis 7, Dave Shade 251 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · Shade better on 1

Willis

Opponent

Shade

  • Cowboy Jack Willis

    0–2 against

    Loss, PTS

    1929

    Loss, PTS

    1928

    WalkerShade better

    Dave Shade

    1–2 against

    Loss, SD

    1925

    Win, NWS

    1921

    Loss, TKO 8

    1921

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

Cowboy Jack Willis last boxed on Mar 29, 1932 — 34,538 days ago. Willis had lost four straight.DLLLL

McTigue May 1928Shade Oct 1928Walker Feb 1929Shade Feb 1930Delaney Mar 19321.5 tracked bouts per year

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 Cowboy Jack Willis and Dave Shade ever fought each other?
Yes. Cowboy Jack Willis and Dave Shade have met 3 times and Dave Shade leads the series 3-0.
The 3 meetings

LFeb 10, 1930 · Shade · PTS

LOct 15, 1928 · Shade · PTS

LJun 15, 1927 · Shade · PTS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Willis or Shade?
Cowboy Jack Willis is 0-6-1 across the 7 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 %

Willis0–6–17.1%

Shade156–29–6275.7%

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

Willis0

Shade1710.9%

The Numbers ↓
Do Willis and Shade have any common opponents?
Cowboy Jack Willis and Dave Shade share 1 common opponent: Mickey Walker. Dave Shade fared better against 1 of them.
Shared opponent

Mickey WalkerL1–2

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Willis and Shade?
This comparison is drawn from 7 bouts tracked for Cowboy Jack Willis and 251 bouts tracked for Dave Shade. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Willis7bouts

Shade251bouts

How They Win ↓

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