Heavyweight · Canada
Larry Gains 118-22-5, 1 NC 63 KO · 1923–1942
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Larry Gains was a heavyweight boxer from Canada, born Dec 12, 1900. Record 118-22-5, 1 NC with 63 knockouts over 1923–1942. Larry Gains last fought Ozuna on Jun 6, 1942 and lost by KO in round 2 of 10.
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Born Dec 12, 1900
Died Jul 26, 1983
Country 🇨🇦 Canada
Reach 195.5 cm
Nickname Larrupin' Larry · The Toronto Terror
Debut Jun 23, 1923
Career 1923–1942
Rounds boxed 1007
KO share 53%
Born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Titles World colored heavyweight title 1935
Boxerbook rating 1628 ± 347 · inactive since Jun 1942Why here › Confirmed bouts 10 of 146
Career record Record
118-22-5, 1 NC, 63 KOs · 1923–1942
Last result L
KO 2/10 · Caird Hall, Dundee, 🇬🇧
The record 146 bouts, 1923–1942, newest first. Records under each bout are both boxers going in.
Bouts by source: English Wikipedia · 146, Wikipedia (es) · 2
L
KO 2/10 · Caird Hall, Dundee, 🇬🇧
Gains 118-21-5 · Ozuna —
L
KO 3/10 · New St. James Hall, Newcastle, 🇬🇧
Gains 118-20-5 · Ozuna —
W
Sergeant Elemett
TKO 2 · Location unknown
Gains 117-20-5 · Elemett —
L
KO 4/10 · The Stadium, Liverpool, 🇬🇧
Gains 117-19-5 · Ozuna —
W
George James
PTS 4/4 · Aldershot, Hampshire, 🇬🇧
Gains 116-19-5 · James —
L
TKO 6/10 · Ninian Park, Cardiff, 🇬🇧
Gains 116-18-5 · Farr —
L
For British heavyweight title TKO 13/15 · Harringay Arena, London, 🇬🇧
Gains 116-17-5 · Harvey 120-13-10
W
George James
PTS 12/12 · Pavilion, Mountain Ash, 🇬🇧
Gains 115-17-5 · James —
D
Claudio Villar
PTS 12/12 · Waverley Market, Edinburgh, 🇬🇧
Gains 115-17-4 · Villar —
W
PTS 10/10 · St. Helier Stadium, Jersey, 🇬🇧
Gains 114-17-4 · Staal —
W
Pat Marrinan
PTS 12/12 · Romford Road Baths, West Ham, 🇬🇧
Gains 113-17-4 · Marrinan —
W
Albert Di Meglio
KO 1 · Sheffield, Yorkshire, 🇬🇧
Gains 112-17-4 · Meglio —
W
Bill Wainwright
KO 3/10 · Sheffield, Yorkshire, 🇬🇧
Gains 111-17-4 · Wainwright —
W
Presidio Pavesi
KO 2/12 · The Ring, Southwark, 🇬🇧
Gains 110-17-4 · Pavesi —
W
Pinkie Jenkins
KO 3 · Swansea, Wales, 🇬🇧
Gains 109-17-4 · Jenkins —
W
Jack Pettifer
KO 2/10 · Romford Road Baths, West Ham, 🇬🇧
Gains 108-17-4 · Pettifer —
W
PTS 10/10 · Granby Halls, Leicester, 🇬🇧
Gains 107-17-4 · Schönrath —
W
Charles Rutz
KO 2/10 · Earls Court Empress Stadium, Kensington, 🇬🇧
Gains 106-17-4 · Rutz —
W
Bert Ikin
KO 1/10 · Poole Sports Arena, Poole, 🇬🇧
Gains 105-17-4 · Ikin —
W
PTS 12/12 · Working Men's Club, Llanelli, 🇬🇧
Gains 104-17-4 · Staal —
Show all 146 bouts W
Presidio Pavesi
DQ 7/12 · Colston Hall, Bristol, 🇬🇧
Gains 103-17-4 · Pavesi —
W
Alex Bell
TKO 6/12 · West Ham Baths, West Ham, 🇬🇧
Gains 102-17-4 · Bell —
W
Presidio Pavesi
KO 3/10 · The Ring, Southwark, 🇬🇧
Gains 101-17-4 · Pavesi —
W
Emil Scholz
PTS 10/10 · White City Stadium, Hull, 🇬🇧
Gains 100-17-4 · Scholz —
W
Eddie Steele
PTS 12/12 · West Ham Baths, West Ham, 🇬🇧
Gains 99-17-4 · Steele —
W
Bert Ikin
KO 5/12 · West Ham Baths, West Ham, 🇬🇧
Gains 98-17-4 · Ikin —
NC
NC 8/10 · Earls Court Empress Hall, Kensington, 🇬🇧
Gains 98-17-4 · Ozuna —
W
PTS 10/10 · Athletic Ground, Cheltenham, 🇬🇧
Gains 97-17-4 · Staal —
W
Emil Scholz
PTS 10/10 · Welford Road Stadium, Leicester, 🇬🇧
Gains 96-17-4 · Scholz —
W
PTS 10/10 · Granby Halls, Leicester, 🇬🇧
Gains 95-17-4 · Strickland —
L
PTS 12/12 · Granby Halls, Leicester, 🇬🇧
Gains 95-16-4 · Foord —
L
PTS 12/12 · Granby Halls, Leicester, 🇬🇧
Gains 95-15-4 · Foord —
W
Won world colored heavyweight title PTS 15/15 · Welford Road Stadium, Leicester, 🇬🇧
Gains 94-15-4 · Walker 60-5-5
W
George Slack
KO 6/10 · The Stadium, Liverpool, 🇬🇧
Gains 93-15-4 · Slack —
W
Charley Smith
KO 3/12 · Embassy Rink, Sparbrook, 🇬🇧
Gains 92-15-4 · Smith —
W
Raymond Lepage
RTD 3/12 · Granby Halls, Leicester, 🇬🇧
Gains 91-15-4 · Lepage —
L
For Commonwealth heavyweight title TKO 13/15 · White City Stadium, White City, 🇬🇧
Gains 91-14-4 · Petersen —
W
Vincenz Hower
PTS 12/12 · Granby Halls, Leicester, 🇬🇧
Gains 90-14-4 · Hower —
W
Casimir Beszterda
KO 1/12 · Olympia, Bradford
Gains 89-14-4 · Beszterda —
W
KO 5/12 · Granby Halls, Leicester, 🇬🇧
Gains 88-14-4 · Crossley —
W
Ernst Guehring
KO 7/15 · Granby Halls, Leicester, 🇬🇧
Gains 87-14-4 · Guehring —
L
For British heavyweight title PTS 15/15 · Royal Albert Hall, London, 🇬🇧
Gains 87-13-4 · Harvey 113-10-9
W
KO 2/10 · New St. James Hall, Newcastle, 🇬🇧
Gains 86-13-4 · Ozuna —
W
Piet van Gool
KO 4/12 · Windsor Park, Belfast, 🇬🇧
Gains 85-13-4 · Gool —
W
Retained Commonwealth heavyweight title PTS 15/15 · Olympia, Kensington, 🇬🇧
Gains 84-13-4 · Cook —
L
KO 10/10 · Royal Albert Hall, Kensington, 🇬🇧
Gains 84-12-4 · McCorkindale —
W
KO 3/12 · Granby Halls, Leicester, 🇬🇧
Gains 83-12-4 · Roberti —
W
DQ 4/12 · Granby Halls, Leicester, 🇬🇧
Gains 82-12-4 · Meen —
W
Paul Hofman
RTD 6/12 · Town Hall, Leeds, 🇬🇧
Gains 81-12-4 · Hofman —
W
KO 4/15 · King's Hall, Belle Vue, 🇬🇧
Gains 80-12-4 · Maurer —
W
Hermann Jaspers
KO 3/15 · The Ring, Southwark, 🇬🇧
Gains 79-12-4 · Jaspers —
W
Marcel Moret
KO 1/15 · Olympia, Bradford
Gains 78-12-4 · Moret —
L
UD 10/10 · Palais des Sports, Paris, 🇫🇷
Gains 78-11-4 · Neusel —
W
Salvatore Ruggirello
PTS 12/12 · Royal Albert Hall, Kensington, 🇬🇧
Gains 77-11-4 · Ruggirello —
W
PTS 10/10 · White City Stadium, London, 🇬🇧
Gains 76-11-4 · Carnera 57-4-0
W
Retained Commonwealth heavyweight title PTS 15/15 · Royal Albert Hall, Kensington, 🇬🇧
Gains 75-11-4 · McCorkindale —
D
For Commonwealth heavyweight title PTS 15/15 · Royal Albert Hall, Kensington, 🇬🇧
Gains 75-11-3 · McCorkindale —
W
TKO 8/12 · Granby Halls, Leicester, 🇬🇧
Gains 74-11-3 · Griselle —
W
Alexander Lutz
TKO 2/15 · The Ring, Southwark, 🇬🇧
Gains 73-11-3 · Lutz —
W
KO 5/12 · New Boulevard Rink, Leicester, 🇬🇧
Gains 72-11-3 · Petersen 1-1-0
W
Retained Canada heavyweight title PTS 10/10 · Coliseum, Toronto, 🇨🇦
Gains 71-11-3 · Dumoulin —
W
Hans Baumann
KO 1/15 · King's Hall, Belle Vue, 🇬🇧
Gains 70-11-3 · Baumann —
W
Won Commonwealth heavyweight title KO 2/15 · Welford Road Stadium, Leicester, 🇬🇧
Gains 69-11-3 · Scott —
W
Piet van Gool
KO 4/12 · Granby Halls, Leicester, 🇬🇧
Gains 68-11-3 · Gool —
W
Charley Smith
KO 9/15 · Granby Halls, Leicester, 🇬🇧
Gains 67-11-3 · Smith —
W
Bobby Shields
TKO 3/12 · King's Hall, Belle Vue, 🇬🇧
Gains 66-11-3 · Shields —
W
Charley Smith
PTS 12/12 · Granby Halls, Leicester, 🇬🇧
Gains 65-11-3 · Smith —
W
Paul Hofman
TKO 6/10 · New Victoria Hall, Nottingham, 🇬🇧
Gains 64-11-3 · Hofman —
W
Johannes van Vliet
KO 2/12 · Granby Halls, Leicester, 🇬🇧
Gains 63-11-3 · Vliet —
W
KO 7/10 · Rheinlandhalle, Cologne
Gains 62-11-3 · Gardebois —
W
KO 2/12 · Liverpool Stadium, Liverpool, 🇬🇧
Gains 61-11-3 · Delarge —
W
PTS 10/10 · Campo di Marte, Lucca, 🇮🇹
Gains 60-11-3 · Roberti —
W
TKO 6/8 · Westfalenhalle, Dortmund
Gains 58-11-3 · Wagener —
W
Epifanio Islas
KO 8 · Florence, 🇮🇹
Gains 58-11-3 · Islas —
W
PTS 8/8 · Rheinlandhalle, Cologne
Gains 57-11-3 · Schönrath —
W
PTS 10/10 · Palazzo dello Sport (Pad. 3 Fiera), Milan, 🇮🇹
Gains 56-11-3 · Roberti —
W
Jules Reynders
KO 3/12 · Liverpool Stadium, Liverpool, 🇬🇧
Gains 55-11-3 · Reynders —
W
Don Shortland
DQ 8/15 · Liverpool Stadium, Liverpool, 🇬🇧
Gains 54-11-3 · Shortland —
W
Giacomo Panfilo
TKO 2 · Palazzo dello Sport (Pad. 3 Fiera), Milan, 🇮🇹
Gains 53-11-3 · Panfilo —
W
PTS 10/10 · Rheinlandhalle, Cologne
Gains 52-11-3 · Crossley —
W
Joe Mullings
KO 3/12 · Liverpool Stadium, Liverpool, 🇬🇧
Gains 51-11-3 · Mullings —
W
Carl Augustine
KO 2/10 · Amphitheatre Rink, Winnipeg, 🇨🇦
Gains 50-11-3 · Augustine —
W
PTS 10/10 · Coliseum, Toronto, 🇨🇦
Gains 49-11-3 · Cook —
L
Chuck Wiggins
PTS 10/10 · Broadway Auditorium, Buffalo, 🇺🇸
Gains 49-10-3 · Wiggins —
W
Nick Newman
KO 1/10 · Broadway Auditorium, Buffalo, 🇺🇸
Gains 48-10-3 · Newman —
W
Retained Canada heavyweight title PTS 10/10 · Coliseum, Toronto, 🇨🇦
Gains 47-10-3 · Belanger —
W
World colored heavyweight title at stake 10 · Cadle Tabernacle, Indianapolis, 🇺🇸
Gains 46-10-3 · Harris —
W
Pat McCarthy
PTS 10/10 · Broadway Auditorium, Buffalo, 🇺🇸
Gains 45-10-3 · McCarthy —
W
Won world colored heavyweight title DQ 3/10 · Maple Leaf Stadium, Toronto, 🇨🇦
Gains 44-10-3 · Godfrey 49-12-1
W
Jack Gagnon
PTS 10/10 · Braves Field, Boston, 🇺🇸
Gains 43-10-3 · Gagnon —
L
Bill Hartwell
TKO 6/10 · Kansas City, Missouri, 🇺🇸
Gains 43-9-3 · Hartwell —
W
PTS 10/10 · Braves Field, Boston, 🇺🇸
Gains 42-9-3 · Kirby —
W
Sandy Seifert
TKO 6/10 · Arena Gardens, Toronto, 🇨🇦
Gains 41-9-3 · Seifert —
W
Big Boy Peterson
PTS 10/10 · Broadway Auditorium, Buffalo, 🇺🇸
Gains 40-9-3 · Peterson —
W
Art Weigand
PTS 6/6 · Broadway Auditorium, Buffalo, 🇺🇸
Gains 39-9-3 · Weigand —
W
Pat McCarthy
UD 10/10 · Coliseum, Toronto, 🇨🇦
Gains 38-9-3 · McCarthy —
W
PTS 10/10 · Coliseum, Toronto, 🇨🇦
Gains 37-9-3 · Humbeeck —
D
PTS 10/10 · Coliseum, Toronto, 🇨🇦
Gains 37-9-2 · McTigue 102-33-9
W
Joe Lohman
PTS 10/10 · Maple Leaf Stadium, Toronto, 🇨🇦
Gains 36-9-2 · Lohman —
W
Martin Burke
PTS 10/10 · Maple Leaf Stadium, Toronto, 🇨🇦
Gains 35-9-2 · Burke —
W
Emilio Solomon
PTS 10/10 · Maple Leaf Stadium, Toronto, 🇨🇦
Gains 34-9-2 · Solomon —
L
Martin Burke
PTS 10/10 · Madison Square Garden, New York City, 🇺🇸
Gains 34-8-2 · Burke —
W
Tony Stabenau
PTS 10/10 · Arena Gardens, Toronto, 🇨🇦
Gains 33-8-2 · Stabenau —
W
Ray Neuman
PTS 10/10 · Arena Gardens, Toronto, 🇨🇦
Gains 32-8-2 · Neuman —
W
PTS 10/10 · Coliseum, Toronto, 🇨🇦
Gains 31-8-2 · Romero 27-21-5
W
Soldier Jones
Won Canada heavyweight title TKO 5/10 · Coliseum, Toronto, 🇨🇦
Gains 30-8-2 · Jones —
W
Joe Burke
KO 3/10 · Standard Theatre, Toronto, 🇨🇦
Gains 29-8-2 · Burke —
L
For vacant world colored heavyweight title RTD 6/10 · Broadway Auditorium, Buffalo, 🇺🇸
Gains 29-7-2 · Godfrey 29-11-1
W
Tony Stabenau
PTS 10/10 · Broadway Auditorium, Buffalo, 🇺🇸
Gains 28-7-2 · Stabenau —
W
Bud Gorman
PTS 10/10 · Arena Gardens, Toronto, 🇨🇦
Gains 27-7-2 · Gorman —
W
KO 2/10 · Arena Gardens, Toronto, 🇨🇦
Gains 26-7-2 · Kid 92-46-21
W
Ernst Roesemann
TKO 3/10 · Kaiserdamm Arena, Weimar Republic
Gains 25-7-2 · Roesemann —
W
KO 2/10 · Schumann Theater, Frankfurt
Gains 24-7-2 · Clément —
W
Ludwig Haymann
PTS 10/10 · Frankfurt, Weimar Republic
Gains 23-7-2 · Haymann —
W
TKO 6/10 · Bickendorfer Festhalle, Cologne
Gains 22-7-2 · Clément —
W
TKO 2/10 · Kristallpalast, Cologne, 🇩🇪
Gains 21-7-2 · Schmeling 14-2-2
W
Eugene Lallemand
KO 2/10 · Stadthalle, Elberfeld
Gains 20-7-2 · Lallemand —
D
Ludwig Haymann
PTS 10/10 · Sportpalast, Weimar Republic
Gains 20-7-1 · Haymann —
W
DQ 9/10 · Bickendorfer Festhalle, Cologne
Gains 19-7-1 · Wagener —
W
Heinz Marko
KO 2/10 · Bickendorfer Festhalle, Cologne
Gains 18-7-1 · Marko —
W
Joe Mehling
PTS 10/10 · Schauburgring, Cologne
Gains 17-7-1 · Mehling —
L
PTS 10/10 · Jahrhunderthalle, Wroclaw, 🇵🇱
Gains 17-6-1 · Cook —
L
KO 2/15 · Cirkus, Stockholm, 🇸🇪
Gains 17-5-1 · Persson —
W
KO 10/10 · Hippodrom, Frankfurt
Gains 16-5-1 · Diener —
W
Herman Sjouwerman
TKO 5 · Cologne, Weimar Republic
Gains 15-5-1 · Sjouwerman —
W
Laurent Mahieu
TKO 3/10 · Bickendorfer Festhalle, Cologne
Gains 14-5-1 · Mahieu —
W
Alf Bright
PTS 10/10 · Bickendorfer Festhalle, Cologne
Gains 13-5-1 · Bright —
W
Bertus Ahaus
TKO 2/10 · Wielerbaan, Rotterdam, 🇳🇱
Gains 12-5-1 · Ahaus —
W
PTS 10/10 · Radrennbahn im Stadium, Cologne
Gains 11-5-1 · Spalla —
W
Michael Stein
PTS 10/10 · Alberthalle, Leipzig
Gains 10-5-1 · Stein —
W
Max Dähling
PTS 10/10 · Zentralhallen, Bremen
Gains 9-5-1 · Dähling —
L
KO 3/12 · Bickendorfer Festhalle, Cologne
Gains 9-4-1 · Breitensträter —
W
Tom Ireland
KO 1/10 · Zentralhallen, Bremen
Gains 8-4-1 · Ireland —
W
PTS 10/10 · Cirque de Paris, Paris, 🇫🇷
Gains 7-4-1 · Journée —
L
KO 3/12 · Cirque de Paris, Paris, 🇫🇷
Gains 7-3-1 · Nilles —
D
Michael Kompa Stein
PTS 10/10 · Kristallpalast, Cologne
Gains 7-3-0 · Stein —
W
Constant Barrick
PTS 10/10 · Palais d'Hiver, Lyon, 🇫🇷
Gains 6-3-0 · Barrick —
W
Laurent Mahieu
KO 2 · Salle Wagram, Paris, 🇫🇷
Gains 5-3-0 · Mahieu —
L
PTS 12/12 · Rubenspaleis, Antwerpen, 🇧🇪
Gains 5-2-0 · Humbeeck —
W
KO 1/10 · Salle Wagram, Paris, 🇫🇷
Gains 4-2-0 · Charles —
L
KO 11/12 · Salle Wagram, Paris, 🇫🇷
Gains 4-1-0 · Romero 11-2-2
W
Laurent Mahieu
KO 2 · Stade Anastasie, Paris, 🇫🇷
Gains 3-1-0 · Mahieu —
W
PTS 15/15 · Vélodrome Tivoli, Bourges, 🇫🇷
Gains 2-1-0 · Journée —
W
Pierre Aussenac
KO 3 · Stade Anastasie, Paris, 🇫🇷
Gains 1-1-0 · Aussenac —
W
Louis Danis
TKO 3/10 · Stade Anastasie, Paris, 🇫🇷
Gains 0-1-0 · Danis —
L
TKO 5/15 · The Ring, Southwark, 🇬🇧
Gains 0-0-0 · Moody —
Ratings now Not in any current ranking.
World titles No world title reigns recorded.
Facts
What is Larry Gains's record? Larry Gains's professional record is 118-22-5, 1 NC with 63 knockouts.
Who did Larry Gains fight last? Larry Gains last fought Ozuna on Jun 6, 1942 and lost by KO in round 2 of 10. Sources Boxerbook ID 16643 · permanent link boxerbook.com/id/16643 . Wikidata (CC0), English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), photo from Wikimedia Commons. Last fetched: 2026-10-12. Spot a mistake? Every bout page has a link to report it.
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