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Eddie Steele vs Larry Gains — record, stats and common opponents compared

Eddie Steele

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Larry Gains

Eddie Steele (1-2-1 across 4 tracked bouts) and Larry Gains (118-22-5) 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.

Steele

Tracked record

1–2–1

counted from 4 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Gains

118

Wins63 KO · 53%

22

Losses

5

Draws146 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

Gains leads 1–0

Eddie Steele and Larry Gains have met 1 time; Gains leads 1–0.

Eddie Steele and Larry Gains have met 1 time; Gains leads 1–0.
Met1936Nov 19Series
Eddie SteeleFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Larry GainsFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultPTS1Meeting

The Numbers

Steele 2 · Gains 4 of 6 measurable rows
SteeleGains
Record†
1-2-1118-22-5 (edge)
Win %0–100%
37.5%
83.1% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 63
1
63 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—53.39%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
100% (edge)
53%
Times stopped‡max 14
0 (edge)
14
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 7.7
0.1
7.7 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 146
4
146

† 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

Heightnot held
Eddie Steele: No height on file
Larry Gains: 6′1″
Reachnot held
Eddie Steele: No reach on file
Larry Gains: 77″
Agenot held
Eddie Steele: No date of birth
Larry Gains: Died aged 82

Eddie Steele left, Larry Gains right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored: younger is not better.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Eddie Steele1 win · from 4 tracked bouts

Eddie Steele: 1 tracked win — 1 by KO/TKO (100%). Counted from 4 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 by KO/TKO 100%

Larry Gains118 wins · from 146 tracked bouts

Larry Gains: 118 tracked wins — 63 by KO/TKO (53%), 49 on the cards (42%) and 6 by another method or unrecorded (5%). Counted from 146 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

63 by KO/TKO 53%49 on the cards 42%6 by another method or unrecorded 5%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Eddie Steele 4, Larry Gains 146 — 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

Eddie Steele last boxed on Jan 17, 1949 — 28,399 days ago. Steele had lost the most recent, to Fritzie Zivic.WLDL

Ritchie Jul 1906Gains Nov 1936Zivic Oct 1948Zivic Jan 19490.1 tracked bouts per year

Larry Gains has lost two straight, after one straight win. Gains last boxed on Jun 6, 1942.WLWLL

James Feb 1940London Jan 1941Elemett Feb 1941London May 1941London Jun 19427.7 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Eddie Steele and Larry Gains ever fought each other?
Yes. Eddie Steele and Larry Gains met once on November 19, 1936, and Larry Gains won by PTS.
The meeting

LNov 19, 1936 · Gains · PTS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Steele or Gains?
Eddie Steele is 1-2-1 across the 4 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Larry Gains is 118-22-5. Larry Gains has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Steele1–2–137.5%

Gains118–22–583.1%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Steele or Gains?
Eddie Steele has 1 knockout win and Larry Gains has 63. Larry Gains has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Steele1

Gains6353.4%

The Numbers ↓
Do Steele and Gains have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Eddie Steele and Larry Gains have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Steele and Gains?
This comparison is drawn from 4 bouts tracked for Eddie Steele and 146 bouts tracked for Larry Gains. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Steele4bouts

Gains146bouts

How They Win ↓

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