Record details

	Larry Gains
	Heavyweight Male (Lawrence Samuel Gains) Canada Born: December 12, 1901, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Died: July 26, 1983, Cologne, Germany Height: 6ft 1 1/2in, mt 1,86 Weight: 175, 207 lbs

No amateur results

Professional record


1923
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- June 23	Frank Moody	Blackfriars, Great Britain	TKO by 5
+ July 1	Assenac	Paris, France	KO 3
+ July 2	Louis Danis	Paris, France	KO 3
+ Aug. 4	Paul Journee	Paris, France	W 15
+ Aug. 25	Laurent Mathieu	Paris, France	KO 2
- Sept. 5	Quintin Romero Rojas	Paris, France	KO by 11
+ Oct. 3	Pierre Charles	Paris, France	KO 1
- Oct. 16	Jack Humbeeck	Antwerpen, Belgium	L 12
+ Dec. 6	Laurent Mathieu	Paris, France	KO 2

1924
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
= Jan. 7	Michael Kompa Stein	Lyon, France	Draw 10
- Feb. 13	Marcel Nilles	Paris, France	KO by 3
+ Feb. 28	Paul Journee	Paris, France	W 10
+ Mar. 1	Tom Ireland	Bremen, Germany	KO 1
- Apr. 10	Hans Breitenstraeter	Cologne, Germany	KO by 3
+ May 10	Max Walsing	Cologne, Germany	W 10
+ June 5	Giuseppe Spalla	Cologne, Germany	W 10
+ July 13	Bertus Ahaus	Rotterdam, Netherlands	TKO 2
+ Aug. 10	Michael Kompa Stein	Cologne, Germany	W 10
+ Sept. 1	Dan Bright	Bremen, Germany	W 10
+ Sept. 14	Herman Sjouwerman	Cologne, Germany	TKO 5
+ Oct. 4	Franz Diener	Frankfurt, Germany	KO 10
- Oct. 31	Harry Persson	Stockholm, Sweden	KO by 2
- Dec. 26	George Cook	Dresden, Germany	L 10

1925
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Feb. 1	Heinz Marko	Cologne, Germany	KO 2
+ Mar. 20	Rudi Wagener	Cologne, Germany	WDQ 9
= Apr. 3	Ludwig Haymann	Berlin, Germany	Draw 10
+ June 10	Joe Mehling	Bremen, Germany	W 10
+ Sept. 1	Max Schmeling	Cologne, Germany	TKO 2
+ Oct. 15	Louis Clement	Cologne, Germany	KO 6
+ Dec. 15	Ludwig Haymann	Frankfurt, Germany	W 10

1926
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Jan. 1	Ernst Roesemann	Berlin, Germany	KO 3
+ Feb. 1	Louis Clement	Frankfurt, Germany	KO 2
+ Apr. 12	Dixie Kid	Toronto, Canada	KO 2
+ May 14	Bud Gorman	Toronto, Canada	W 10
+ June 21	Tony Stabenau	Buffalo, USA	W 10
- Nov. 8	George Godfrey	Buffalo, USA	TKO by 6

1927
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Jan. 24	Joe Burke	Toronto, Canada	KO 3
+ Feb. 28	Soldier Jones	Toronto, Canada	TKO 5
(Won vacant Canadian Heavyweight Title)
+ Mar. 18	Quintin Romero Rojas	Toronto, Canada	W 10
+ Apr. 29	Ray Neuman	Toronto, Canada	W 10
+ May 20	Tony Stabenau	Toronto, Canada	W 10
- July 28	Martin Burke	New York, USA	L 10
+ Aug. 5	Emilio King Solomon	Toronto, Canada	W 10
+ Aug. 19	Martin Burke	Toronto, Canada	W 10
+ Oct. 3	Joe Lohman	Toronto, Canada	W 10
= Nov. 11	Mike McTigue	Toronto, Canada	Draw 10

1928
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Jan. 13	Jack Humbeeck	Toronto, Canada	W 10
+ Feb. 20	Pat McCarthy	Toronto, Canada	W 10
+ Mar. 19	Art Weigand	Buffalo, USA	W 6
+ Apr. 2	Clayton Peterson	Buffalo, USA	W 10
+ May 18	Sandy Seifert	Toronto, Canada	TKO 6
+ May 29	Tom Kirby	Boston, USA	W 10
- June 8	Bill Hartwell	Kansas City, USA	TKO by 6
+ June 18	Jack Gagnon	Boston, USA	W 10
+ Aug. 15	George Godfrey	Toronto, Canada	WDQ 3
+ Oct. 22	Pat McCarthy	Buffalo, USA	W 10
+ Dec. 20	Seal Harris	Indianapolis, USA	W 10

1929
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Jan. 25	Charley Belanger	Toronto, Canada	W 10
(Retained Canadian Heavyweight Title)
+ Feb. 25	Nick Newman	Buffalo, USA	KO 1
- Mar. 11	Chuck Wiggins	Buffalo, USA	L 10
+ Apr. 15	George Cook	Toronto, Canada	W 10
+ June 4	Carl Augustine	Winnipeg, Canada	KO 2
+ Oct. 17	Joe Mullings	Liverpool, Great Britain	KO 3
+ Nov. 3	Harry Crossley	Cologne, Germany	W 10
+ Dec. 8	Giacomo Panfilo	Milano, Italy	TKO 2-Rtd
+ Dec. 12	Don Shortland	Liverpool, Great Britain	WDQ 8

1930
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Jan. 16	Jules Reynders	Liverpool, Great Britain	KO 3
+ Mar. 16	Roberto Roberti	Milano, Italy	W 10
+ Mar. 28	Hans Schonrath	Cologne, Germany	W 8
+ Apr. 6	Rudi Wagener	Dortmund, Germany	TKO 6
+ Apr. 18	Roberto Roberti	Lucca, Italy	W 10
+ Oct. 23	Jean Delarge	Liverpool, Great Britain	KO 2
+ Oct. 31	George Gardebois	Cologne, Germany	KO 7
+ Nov. 25	Johannes van Vliet	Leicester, Great Britain	KO 2
+ Dec. 15	Paul Hofman	London, Great Britain	TKO 6
+ Dec. 30	Charlie Smith	Leicester, Great Britain	W 12

1931
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Feb. 16	Bobby Shields	Manchester, Great Britain	TKO 3
+ Mar. 10	Charlie Smith	Leicester, Great Britain	KO 9
+ May 12	Piet Van Gool	Leicester, Great Britain	KO 4
+ June 13	Phil Scott	Leicester, Great Britain	KO 2
(Won vacant Commonwealth Heavyweight Title)
+ July 27	Hans Baumann	Manchester, Great Britain	KO 1
+ Sept. 21	Jack Renault	Toronto, Canada	W 10
+ Nov. 2	Soren Petersen	Leicester, Great Britain	KO 5
+ Nov. 8	Alexander Lutz	Blackfriars, Great Britain	TKO 2
+ Nov. 30	Maurice Griselle	Leicester, Great Britain	TKO 8

1932
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
= Jan. 28	Don McCorkindale	Kensington, Great Britain	Draw 15
(Retained Commonwealth Heavyweight Title)
+ Mar. 3	Don McCorkindale	Kensington, Great Britain	W 15
(Retained Commonwealth Heavyweight Title)
+ May 30	Primo Carnera	White City, Great Britain	W 10
+ Sept. 29	Salvatore Ruggirello	Kensington, Great Britain	W 12
- Oct. 17	Walter Neusel	Paris, France	L 15
+ Nov. 28	Marcel Moret	Bradford, Great Britain	KO 1
+ Dec. 4	Hermann Jaspers	London, Great Britain	KO 3
+ Dec. 12	Michel Maurer	Manchester, Great Britain	KO 4

1933
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Jan. 9	Paul Hofman	Leeds, Great Britain	TKO 6
+ Feb. 13	Reggie Meen	Leicester, Great Britain	WDQ 4
+ Apr. 3	Roberto Roberti	Leicester, Great Britain	KO 3
- Apr. 14	Don McCorkindale	Kensington, Great Britain	KO by 10
+ May 18	George Cook	Kensington, Great Britain	W 15
(Retained Commonwealth Heavyweight Title)
+ July 8	Piet Van Gool	Belfast, Great Britain	KO 4
+ Dec. 11	Jack London	Newcastle, Great Britain	KO 2

1934
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- Feb. 8	Len Harvey	Kensington, Great Britain	L 15
(Lost Commonwealth Heavyweight Title)
+ Mar. 5	Ernst Guehring	Leicester, Great Britain	KO 7
+ Mar. 26	Harry Crossley	Leicester, Great Britain	KO 5
+ Apr. 9	Berterdu Cassimer	Bradford, Great Britain	KO 1
+ Apr. 16	Vincenz Hower	Leicester, Great Britain	W 12
- Sept. 10	Jack Petersen	White City, Great Britain	TKO by 13
(For Commonwealth Heavyweight Title)

1935
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Jan. 21	Raymond Lepage	Leicester, Great Britain	KO 3
+ Mar. 4	Charlie Smith	Birmingham, Great Britain	KO 3
+ Apr. 25	George Slack	Liverpool, Great Britain	KO 6
+ July 20	Obie Walker	Leicester, Great Britain	W 15
- Nov. 25	Ben Foord	Leicester, Great Britain	L 12

1936
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- Mar. 9	Ben Foord	Leicester, Great Britain	L 12
+ Apr. 27	Maurice Strickland	Leicester, Great Britain	W 10
+ June 15	Emil Scholz	Leicester, Great Britain	W 10
+ Aug. 3	Harry Staal	Cheltenham, Great Britain	W 10
* Oct. 16	Jack London	Kensington, Great Britain	NC 8
+ Oct. 29	Bert Ikin	West Ham, Great Britain	KO 5
+ Nov. 19	Eddie Steele	West Ham, Great Britain	W 12
+ Nov. 25	Emil Scholz	Hull, Great Britain	W 10
+ Dec. 6	Presidio Pavesi	Southwark, Great Britain	KO 3

1937
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Feb. 27	Alex Bell	West Ham, Great Britain	KO 6
+ Apr. 5	Presidio Pavesi	Bristol, Great Britain	WDQ 7
+ July 6	Harry Staal	Llanelli, Great Britain	W 12
+ Aug. 14	Bert Ikin	Poole, Great Britain	KO 1
+ Oct. 4	Charles Rutz	Kensington, Great Britain	KO 2
+ Nov. 2	Hans Schonrath	Leicester, Great Britain	W 10
+ Dec. 9	Jack Pettifer	West Ham, Great Britain	KO 2
+ Dec. 14	Pinkie Jenkins	Swansea, Great Britain	KO 3

1938
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Jan. 9	Presidio Pavesi	Blackfriars, Great Britain	KO 2
+ Jan. 17	Bill Wainwright	Sheffield, Great Britain	KO 3
+ Feb. 21	Albert Di Meglio	Sheffield, Great Britain	KO 1
+ Mar. 10	Pat Marrinan	West Ham, Great Britain	W 12
+ Aug. 23	Harry Staal	Jersey, Great Britain	W 10
= Oct. 14	Claudio Villar	Edinburgh, Great Britain	Draw 12
+ Dec. 12	George James	Mountain Ash, Great Britain	W 12

1939
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- Mar. 16	Len Harvey	Harringay, Great Britain	TKO by 13
(For vacant Commonwealth Heavyweight Title)
- May 17	Tommy Farr	Cardiff, Great Britain	TKO by 6

1940
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Feb. 12	George James	Aldershot, Great Britain	W 4

1941
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- Jan. 25	Jack London	Liverpool, Great Britain	KO by 4
- May 28	Jack London	Newcastle, Great Britain	KO by 3

1942
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- June 6	Jack London	Dundee, Great Britain	KO by 2