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Dave Shade vs Johnny Rossi — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Dave Shade

Johnny Rossi

Dave Shade (156-29-62) and Johnny Rossi (1-5 across 6 tracked bouts) 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.

Shade

156

Wins17 KO · 11%

29

Losses

62

Draws251 tracked bouts

Rossi

Tracked record

1–5

counted from 6 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

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

Rossi leads 1–0

Dave Shade and Johnny Rossi have met 1 time; Rossi leads 1–0.

Dave Shade and Johnny Rossi have met 1 time; Rossi leads 1–0.
Met1935Mar 18Series
Dave ShadeFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Johnny RossiFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultUD1Meeting

The Numbers

Shade 6 · Rossi 0 of 6 measurable rows
ShadeRossi
Record†
156-29-62 (edge)1-5
Win %0–100%
75.7% (edge)
16.7%
Wins by knockoutmax 17
17 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
10.9%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
12% (edge)
0%
Times stopped‡max 4
2 (edge)
4
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 14.2
14.2 (edge)
1.6
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 251
251
6

† 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
Dave Shade: Died aged 81
Johnny Rossi: No date of birth
Stance
Dave Shade: Orthodox
Johnny Rossi: Not recorded

Dave Shade left, Johnny Rossi 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%

Johnny Rossi1 win · from 6 tracked bouts

Johnny Rossi: 1 tracked win — 1 on the cards (100%). Counted from 6 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, Johnny Rossi 6 — 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

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

Johnny Rossi last boxed on Dec 30, 1938 — 32,068 days ago. Rossi had lost five straight.LLLLL

Overlin Mar 1936Krieger Jun 1936Krieger Feb 1938Marshall Jun 1938Brouillard Dec 19381.6 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Dave Shade and Johnny Rossi ever fought each other?
Yes. Dave Shade and Johnny Rossi met once on March 18, 1935, and Johnny Rossi won by UD.
The meeting

LMar 18, 1935 · Rossi · UD

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Shade or Rossi?
Dave Shade is 156-29-62 and Johnny Rossi is 1-5 across the 6 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Dave Shade has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Shade156–29–6275.7%

Rossi1–516.7%

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

Shade1710.9%

Rossi0

The Numbers ↓
Do Shade and Rossi have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Dave Shade and Johnny Rossi have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Shade and Rossi?
This comparison is drawn from 251 bouts tracked for Dave Shade and 6 bouts tracked for Johnny Rossi. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Shade251bouts

Rossi6bouts

How They Win ↓

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