Have Larry Gains and Marcel Nilles ever fought each other?

Yes. Larry Gains and Marcel Nilles met once on February 13, 1924, and Marcel Nilles won by KO in round 3.

Who has the better record, Gains or Nilles?

Larry Gains is 118-22-5 and Marcel Nilles is 1-8 across the 9 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Larry Gains has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.

Who has more knockouts, Gains or Nilles?

Larry Gains has 63 knockout wins and Marcel Nilles has 1. Larry Gains has more.

Do Gains and Nilles have any common opponents?

Larry Gains and Marcel Nilles share 1 common opponent: Primo Carnera. Larry Gains fared better against 1 of them.

How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Gains and Nilles?

This comparison is drawn from 146 bouts tracked for Larry Gains and 9 bouts tracked for Marcel Nilles. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

Larry Gains vs Marcel Nilles — Records, Stats & Common Opponents

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Larry Gains

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Marcel Nilles

Larry Gains (118-22-5) and Marcel Nilles (1-8 across 9 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 1 common opponent.

Gains

118

Wins63 KO · 53%

Losses

Draws146 tracked bouts

Nilles

Tracked record

1–8

counted from 9 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

Nilles leads 1–0

Larry Gains and Marcel Nilles have met 1 time; Nilles leads 1–0.
Met	1924Feb 13	Series
Larry GainsFighter A	LLost	0–1W–L
Marcel NillesFighter B	WWon	1–0W–L
Result	KOR3Gains vs Nilles	1Meeting

Gains vs Nilles · Feb 13, 1924

The Numbers

Gains 4 · Nilles 2 of 6 measurable rows

GainsEdge = longer wingNilles

Record^†: 118-22-5 (edge)1-8
Win %0–100%: 83.1% (edge)
11.1%
Wins by knockoutmax 63: 63 (edge)
1
KO ratenot comparable: 53.39%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)^‡0–100%: 53%
100% (edge)
Times stopped^‡max 14: 14
6 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0: 0
0
Bouts per year^§max 7.7: 7.7 (edge)
1.3
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 146: 146
9

† 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: Larry Gains: 6′1″; Marcel Nilles: No height on file
Reachnot held: Larry Gains: 77″; Marcel Nilles: No reach on file
Agenot held: Larry Gains: Died aged 82; Marcel Nilles: No date of birth

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

How They Win

Tracked bouts only

Larry Gains118 wins · from 146 tracked bouts

63 by KO/TKO 53%49 on the cards 42%6 by another method or unrecorded 5%

Marcel Nilles1 win · from 9 tracked bouts

1 by KO/TKO 100%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Larry Gains 146, Marcel Nilles 9 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · Gains better on 11 shared · Larry Gains better on 1

GainsLarry Gains

Opponent

NillesMarcel Nilles

Larry Gains
Win, PTS
1932May 1932
CarneraPrimo CarneraItaly 88–14Gains betterLarry Gains better — 1–0 to 0–1
Marcel Nilles
Loss, TKO 3
1929May 1929

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

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

Marcel Nilles last boxed on May 30, 1929 — 35,573 days ago. Nilles had lost five straight.LLLLL

Uzcudun May 1924Camarão Jul 1925Uzcudun Nov 1925Daniels Jun 1926Carnera May 19291.3 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them

Have Larry Gains and Marcel Nilles ever fought each other?: Yes. Larry Gains and Marcel Nilles met once on February 13, 1924, and Marcel Nilles won by KO in round 3.
Who has the better record, Gains or Nilles?: Larry Gains is 118-22-5 and Marcel Nilles is 1-8 across the 9 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Larry Gains has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Who has more knockouts, Gains or Nilles?: Larry Gains has 63 knockout wins and Marcel Nilles has 1. Larry Gains has more.
Do Gains and Nilles have any common opponents?: Larry Gains and Marcel Nilles share 1 common opponent: Primo Carnera. Larry Gains fared better against 1 of them.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Gains and Nilles?: This comparison is drawn from 146 bouts tracked for Larry Gains and 9 bouts tracked for Marcel Nilles. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

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