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Joe Burke vs Larry Gains — record, stats and common opponents compared

Joe Burke

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Larry Gains

Joe Burke (0-9 across 9 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.

Burke

Tracked record

0–9

counted from 9 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

Joe Burke and Larry Gains have met 1 time; Gains leads 1–0.

Joe Burke and Larry Gains have met 1 time; Gains leads 1–0.
Met1927Jan 24Series
Joe BurkeFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Larry GainsFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultKOR31Meeting

The Numbers

Burke 1 · Gains 4 of 5 measurable rows
BurkeGains
Record†
0-9118-22-5 (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
8 (edge)
14
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 7.7
0.3
7.7 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 146
9
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
Joe Burke: No height on file
Larry Gains: 6′1″
Reachnot held
Joe Burke: No reach on file
Larry Gains: 77″
Agenot held
Joe Burke: No date of birth
Larry Gains: Died aged 82

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

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Joe Burke0 wins · from 9 tracked bouts

Joe Burke: no tracked wins in the 9 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Burke 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 — Joe Burke 9, 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

Joe Burke last boxed on Jan 24, 1927 — 36,429 days ago. Burke had lost nine straight.LLLLL

Gibbons Dec 1922Firpo Jul 1923Stribling Feb 1925Slattery Dec 1925Gains Jan 19270.3 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 Joe Burke and Larry Gains ever fought each other?
Yes. Joe Burke and Larry Gains met once on January 24, 1927, and Larry Gains won by KO in round 3.
The meeting

LJan 24, 1927 · Gains · KO R3

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Burke or Gains?
Joe Burke is 0-9 across the 9 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 %

Burke0–90%

Gains118–22–583.1%

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

Burke0

Gains6353.4%

The Numbers ↓
Do Burke and Gains have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Joe Burke and Larry Gains have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Burke and Gains?
This comparison is drawn from 9 bouts tracked for Joe Burke and 146 bouts tracked for Larry Gains. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Burke9bouts

Gains146bouts

How They Win ↓

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