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Elmer Ray vs Grant Shade — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Elmer Ray

Grant Shade

Elmer Ray (98-23-11) and Grant Shade (0-2 across 2 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met 2 times. They share no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.

Ray

98

Wins69 KO · 70%

23

Losses

11

Draws135 tracked bouts

Shade

Tracked record

0–2

counted from 2 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

Ray leads 2–0

Elmer Ray and Grant Shade have met 2 times; Ray leads 2–0.

Elmer Ray and Grant Shade have met 2 times; Ray leads 2–0.
Met1945Nov 291945Dec 10Series
Elmer RayFighter AWWonWWon2–0W–L
Grant ShadeFighter BLLostLLost0–2W–L
ResultKOR2KOR12Meetings

The Numbers

Ray 3 · Shade 1 of 4 measurable rows
RayShade
Record†
98-23-11 (edge)0-2
Win %0–100%
78.4% (edge)
0%
Wins by knockoutmax 69
69 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
70.41%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
70%—
Times stopped‡max 9
9
2 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§not comparable
8.8—
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 135
135
2

† 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
Elmer Ray: Died aged 76
Grant Shade: No date of birth
Stance
Elmer Ray: Orthodox
Grant Shade: Not recorded

Elmer Ray left, Grant 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
Elmer Ray98 wins · from 135 tracked bouts

Elmer Ray: 98 tracked wins — 69 by KO/TKO (70%), 27 on the cards (28%) and 2 by another method or unrecorded (2%). Counted from 135 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

69 by KO/TKO 70%27 on the cards 28%2 by another method or unrecorded 2%

Grant Shade0 wins · from 2 tracked bouts

Grant Shade: no tracked wins in the 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Shade yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Elmer Ray 135, Grant Shade 2 — 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

Elmer Ray has lost two straight, after two straight wins. Ray last boxed on Mar 8, 1949.LWWLL

Charles May 1948Boddie Jan 1949Peaks Feb 1949Riviera Feb 1949Holman Mar 19498.8 tracked bouts per year

Grant Shade last boxed on Dec 10, 1945 — 29,532 days ago. Shade had lost two straight.LL

Ray Nov 1945Ray Dec 1945

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Elmer Ray and Grant Shade ever fought each other?
Yes. Elmer Ray and Grant Shade have met 2 times and Elmer Ray leads the series 2-0.
The 2 meetings

WDec 10, 1945 · Ray · KO R1

WNov 29, 1945 · Ray · KO R2

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Ray or Shade?
Elmer Ray is 98-23-11 and Grant Shade is 0-2 across the 2 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Elmer Ray has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Ray98–23–1178.4%

Shade0–20%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Ray or Shade?
Elmer Ray has 69 knockout wins and Grant Shade has 0. Elmer Ray has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Ray6970.4%

Shade0

The Numbers ↓
Do Ray and Shade have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Elmer Ray and Grant Shade have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Ray and Shade?
This comparison is drawn from 135 bouts tracked for Elmer Ray and 2 bouts tracked for Grant Shade. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Ray135bouts

Shade2bouts

How They Win ↓

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