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Franz Diener vs Larry Gains — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Franz Diener

🇨🇦CANADA

Larry Gains

Franz Diener (2-3-1 across 6 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 2 common opponents.

Diener

Tracked record

2–3–1

counted from 6 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

Franz Diener and Larry Gains have met 1 time; Gains leads 1–0.

Franz Diener and Larry Gains have met 1 time; Gains leads 1–0.
Met1924Oct 4Series
Franz DienerFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Larry GainsFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultKO1Meeting

The Numbers

Diener 1 · Gains 6 of 7 measurable rows
DienerGains
Record†
2-3-1118-22-5 (edge)
Win %0–100%
41.7%
83.1% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 63
0
63 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—53.39%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
0%
53% (edge)
Times stopped‡max 14
2 (edge)
14
Title reignsmax 1
0
1 (edge)
Bouts per year§max 7.7
1.2
7.7 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 146
6
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
Franz Diener: No height on file
Larry Gains: 6′1″
Reachnot held
Franz Diener: No reach on file
Larry Gains: 77″
Agenot comparable
Franz Diener: Died aged 67
Larry Gains: Died aged 82

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

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Franz Diener2 wins · from 6 tracked bouts

Franz Diener: 2 tracked wins — 1 on the cards (50%) and 1 by another method or unrecorded (50%). Counted from 6 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 on the cards 50%1 by another method or unrecorded 50%

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 — Franz Diener 6, Larry Gains 146 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

2 shared

2 shared · Gains better on 2

Diener

Opponent

Gains

  • Franz Diener

    1–1 against

    Loss, TKO 6

    1929

    Win, DQ 1

    1929

    CarneraGains better

    Larry Gains

    Win, PTS

    1932

  • Franz Diener

    Loss, PTS

    1928

    SchmelingGains better

    Larry Gains

    Win, TKO 2

    1925

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

Franz Diener had won two in a row before losing by stoppage to Primo Carnera. Diener last boxed on Dec 17, 1929.DLWWL

Uzcudun Feb 1926Schmeling Apr 1928Daniels Mar 1929Carnera Apr 1929Carnera Dec 19291.2 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 Franz Diener and Larry Gains ever fought each other?
Yes. Franz Diener and Larry Gains met once on October 4, 1924, and Larry Gains won by KO.
The meeting

LOct 4, 1924 · Gains · KO

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Diener or Gains?
Franz Diener is 2-3-1 across the 6 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 %

Diener2–3–141.7%

Gains118–22–583.1%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Diener or Gains?
Franz Diener has 0 knockout wins and Larry Gains has 63. Larry Gains has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Diener0

Gains6353.4%

The Numbers ↓
Do Diener and Gains have any common opponents?
Franz Diener and Larry Gains share 2 common opponents: Primo Carnera and Max Schmeling. Larry Gains fared better against 2 of them.
2 shared opponents

Primo Carnera1–1W

Max SchmelingLW

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Diener and Gains?
This comparison is drawn from 6 bouts tracked for Franz Diener and 146 bouts tracked for Larry Gains. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Diener6bouts

Gains146bouts

How They Win ↓

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