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John van Vliet vs Larry Gains — record, stats and common opponents compared

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John van Vliet

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Larry Gains

John van Vliet (0-1 across 1 tracked bout) 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.

Vliet

Tracked record

0–1

counted from 1 bout 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

John van Vliet and Larry Gains have met 1 time; Gains leads 1–0.

John van Vliet and Larry Gains have met 1 time; Gains leads 1–0.
Met1930Nov 25Series
John van VlietFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Larry GainsFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultKOR21Meeting

The Numbers

Vliet 1 · Gains 4 of 5 measurable rows
VlietGains
Record†
0-1118-22-5 (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
1 (edge)
14
Title reignsmax 1
0
1 (edge)
Bouts per year§not comparable
—7.7
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 146
1
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
John van Vliet: No height on file
Larry Gains: 6′1″
Reachnot held
John van Vliet: No reach on file
Larry Gains: 77″
Agenot held
John van Vliet: No date of birth
Larry Gains: Died aged 82

John van Vliet left, Larry Gains right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored: younger is not better.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
John van Vliet0 wins · from 1 tracked bout

John van Vliet: no tracked wins in the 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Vliet 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 — John van Vliet 1, 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

John van Vliet last boxed on Nov 25, 1930 — 35,043 days ago. Vliet had lost the most recent, to Larry Gains.L

Gains Nov 1930

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 John van Vliet and Larry Gains ever fought each other?
Yes. John van Vliet and Larry Gains met once on November 25, 1930, and Larry Gains won by KO in round 2.
The meeting

LNov 25, 1930 · Gains · KO R2

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Vliet or Gains?
John van Vliet is 0-1 across the 1 bout 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 %

Vliet0–10%

Gains118–22–583.1%

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

Vliet0

Gains6353.4%

The Numbers ↓
Do Vliet and Gains have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both John van Vliet and Larry Gains have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Vliet and Gains?
This comparison is drawn from 1 bout tracked for John van Vliet and 146 bouts tracked for Larry Gains. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Vliet1bout

Gains146bouts

How They Win ↓

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