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Dave Shade vs Young Joe Thomas — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Dave Shade

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Young Joe Thomas

Dave Shade (156-29-62) and Young Joe Thomas (0-1-2 across 3 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met 3 times. They share no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.

Shade

156

Wins17 KO · 11%

29

Losses

62

Draws251 tracked bouts

Thomas

Tracked record

0–1–2

counted from 3 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

Shade leads 1–0 with 2 draws

Dave Shade and Young Joe Thomas have met 3 times; Shade leads 1–0 with 2 draws.

Dave Shade and Young Joe Thomas have met 3 times; Shade leads 1–0 with 2 draws.
Met1918Jun 121918Jun 261918Jul 4Series
Dave ShadeFighter AWWonDDrawDDraw1–0–2W–L–D
Young Joe ThomasFighter BLLostDDrawDDraw0–1–2W–L–D
ResultPTSPTSPTS3Meetings

The Numbers

Shade 3 · Thomas 1 of 4 measurable rows
ShadeThomas
Record†
156-29-62 (edge)0-1-2
Win %0–100%
75.7% (edge)
33.3%
Wins by knockoutmax 17
17 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
10.9%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
12%—
Times stopped‡max 2
2
0 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§not comparable
14.2—
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 251
251
3

† 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
Young Joe Thomas: No date of birth
Stance
Dave Shade: Orthodox
Young Joe Thomas: Not recorded

Dave Shade left, Young Joe Thomas 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%

Young Joe Thomas0 wins · from 3 tracked bouts

Young Joe Thomas: no tracked wins in the 3 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Thomas yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Dave Shade 251, Young Joe Thomas 3 — 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

Young Joe Thomas last boxed on Jul 4, 1918 — 39,568 days ago. Thomas had drawn the most recent tracked bout with Dave Shade.LDD

Shade Jun 1918Shade Jun 1918Shade Jul 1918

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Dave Shade and Young Joe Thomas ever fought each other?
Yes. Dave Shade and Young Joe Thomas have met 3 times and Dave Shade leads the series 1-0 with 2 draws.
The 3 meetings

DJul 4, 1918 · Draw · PTS

DJun 26, 1918 · Draw · PTS

WJun 12, 1918 · Shade · PTS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Shade or Thomas?
Dave Shade is 156-29-62 and Young Joe Thomas is 0-1-2 across the 3 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%

Thomas0–1–233.3%

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

Shade1710.9%

Thomas0

The Numbers ↓
Do Shade and Thomas have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Dave Shade and Young Joe Thomas have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Shade and Thomas?
This comparison is drawn from 251 bouts tracked for Dave Shade and 3 bouts tracked for Young Joe Thomas. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Shade251bouts

Thomas3bouts

How They Win ↓

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