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Harry Staal vs Larry Gains — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Harry Staal

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Larry Gains

Harry Staal (0-3 across 3 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 3 times. They share no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.

Staal

Tracked record

0–3

counted from 3 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 3–0

Harry Staal and Larry Gains have met 3 times; Gains leads 3–0.

Harry Staal and Larry Gains have met 3 times; Gains leads 3–0.
Met1936Aug 31937Jul 61938Aug 23Series
Harry StaalFighter ALLostLLostLLost0–3W–L
Larry GainsFighter BWWonWWonWWon3–0W–L
ResultPTSPTSPTS3Meetings

The Numbers

Staal 1 · Gains 4 of 5 measurable rows
StaalGains
Record†
0-3118-22-5 (edge)
Win %0–100%
0%
83.1% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 63
0
63 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—53.39%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—53%
Times stopped‡max 14
0 (edge)
14
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 7.7
1.5
7.7 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 146
3
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
Harry Staal: No height on file
Larry Gains: 6′1″
Reachnot held
Harry Staal: No reach on file
Larry Gains: 77″
Agenot held
Harry Staal: No date of birth
Larry Gains: Died aged 82

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

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Harry Staal0 wins · from 3 tracked bouts

Harry Staal: no tracked wins in the 3 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Staal yet.

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 — Harry Staal 3, 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

Harry Staal last boxed on Aug 23, 1938 — 32,200 days ago. Staal had lost three straight.LLL

Gains Aug 1936Gains Jul 1937Gains Aug 19381.5 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 Harry Staal and Larry Gains ever fought each other?
Yes. Harry Staal and Larry Gains have met 3 times and Larry Gains leads the series 3-0.
The 3 meetings

LAug 23, 1938 · Gains · PTS

LJul 6, 1937 · Gains · PTS

LAug 3, 1936 · Gains · PTS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Staal or Gains?
Harry Staal is 0-3 across the 3 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 %

Staal0–30%

Gains118–22–583.1%

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

Staal0

Gains6353.4%

The Numbers ↓
Do Staal and Gains have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Harry Staal and Larry Gains have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Staal and Gains?
This comparison is drawn from 3 bouts tracked for Harry Staal and 146 bouts tracked for Larry Gains. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Staal3bouts

Gains146bouts

How They Win ↓

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