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Dave Shade vs Del Fontaine — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Dave Shade

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Del Fontaine

Dave Shade (156-29-62) and Del Fontaine (53-38-9) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 1 common opponent.

Shade

156

Wins17 KO · 11%

29

Losses

62

Draws251 tracked bouts

Fontaine

53

Wins36 KO · 68%

38

Losses

9

Draws3 tracked bouts

Head to Head

Shade leads 1–0

Dave Shade and Del Fontaine have met 1 time; Shade leads 1–0.

Dave Shade and Del Fontaine have met 1 time; Shade leads 1–0.
Met1928Mar 19Series
Dave ShadeFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Del FontaineFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultPTS1Meeting

The Numbers

Shade 4 · Fontaine 3 of 7 measurable rows
ShadeFontaine
Record
156-29-62 (edge)53-38-9
Win %0–100%
75.7% (edge)
57.5%
Wins by knockoutmax 36
17
36 (edge)
KO rate0–100%
10.9%
67.92% (edge)
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)†0–100%
12% (edge)
0%
Times stopped†max 2
2
1 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year‡max 14.2
14.2 (edge)
0.7
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 251
251
3

† 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 comparable
Dave Shade: Died aged 81
Del Fontaine: Died aged 31
Stance
Dave Shade: Orthodox
Del Fontaine: Not recorded

Dave Shade left, Del Fontaine right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
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%

Del Fontaine1 win · from 3 tracked bouts

Del Fontaine: 1 tracked win — 1 on the cards (100%). Counted from 3 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 on the cards 100%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Dave Shade 251, Del Fontaine 3 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · Fontaine better on 1

Shade

Opponent

Fontaine

  • Dave Shade

    1–2 against

    Loss, SD

    1925

    Win, NWS

    1921

    Loss, TKO 8

    1921

    WalkerFontaine better

    Del Fontaine

    Loss, KO 4

    1930

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

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

Del Fontaine has won once since losses to Dave Shade and Mickey Walker. Fontaine last boxed on Oct 15, 1932.LLW

Shade Mar 1928Walker Oct 1930Daniels Oct 19320.7 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Dave Shade and Del Fontaine ever fought each other?
Yes. Dave Shade and Del Fontaine met once on March 19, 1928, and Dave Shade won by PTS.
The meeting

WMar 19, 1928 · Shade · PTS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Shade or Fontaine?
Dave Shade is 156-29-62 and Del Fontaine is 53-38-9. Dave Shade has the higher win percentage.
Records · win %

Shade156–29–6275.7%

Fontaine53–38–957.5%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Shade or Fontaine?
Dave Shade has 17 knockout wins and Del Fontaine has 36. Del Fontaine has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Shade1710.9%

Fontaine3667.9%

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

Mickey Walker1–2L

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Shade and Fontaine?
This comparison is drawn from 251 bouts tracked for Dave Shade and 3 bouts tracked for Del Fontaine. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Shade251bouts

Fontaine3bouts

How They Win ↓

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