Born: March 1, 1902 Vallejo, CA Died: June 23, 1983, FL Managers: Frank Tabor (1918-21), Leo P. Flynn (1921-31),unknown (1931-1935) Height: 5-8 1/2 Ethnicity: Irish-American Pro Record: 124-23-46 (14 kayos) 26 ND, 1 NC Dave Shade was a top-five welterweight and middleweight contender from 1921 until 1934. Shade got his start at the age of 15 on the 4-round circuit in California where many of the Heavyweights of the day, including Jack Dempsey, were active. Fighting on the 4-round circuit helped Shade develop a high-energy, bob-and-weave attack. Shade also had a great jab and an assortment of other punches. Not a big puncher, Shade was still trouble for most fighters, unless they had the skills to keep him off. In 219 recorded fights, Shade was stopped only twice. In 1921 World Welterweight champ Jack Britton traveled to Portland to face the essentially unknown Shade, who had taken his act to the Northwest. Britton was floored early and appeared to be beaten by the upstart Shade, but the bout was called a draw. Shade had made some noise back in New York, and he was quickly brought back East. Shade had success as he came back East, though he did suffer a stoppage loss to Mickey Walker when he broke his hand. He was then gaven a title shot at the 36-year-old Britton, who was nearly twice his age. Shade waded in and threw a bunch of punches, but was ineffective while Britton exhibited his boxing skills. Shade's agresssion matched well with Britton's generalship, and they received another draw verdict. Shade continued to win for the next few years, but he was essentially stuck in the same place. Mickey Walker meanwhile had won the Welterweight title and had decided to challenge Harry Greb for the Middleweight title. Shade was given an opportunity to fight on the undercard against Jimmy Slattery. Slattery who was a Light Heavyweight, had been hyped to a level similar to what Mark Breland was during the 80's. Shade who was still a Welterweight, was given little chance. Shade beat the odds though, and jumped all over Slattery, dropping him three times before stopping him in the third. With this win, Shade ended the myth of Jimmy Slattery and in turn had propelled himself back in the limelight. A match was then set up with Mickey Walker, who had lost to Greb, at Yankee Stadium. In facing Greb, Walker had fought the perfect tuneup for Shade, who was essentially a "poor-man's" Greb. As Gene Tunney had figured out in his rematch with Greb, the secret to beating that style lie in a body attack. Sure enough when the two met, Walker stuck to Shade's ribs, nulifying his attack. Shade took the fight outside for awhile in the middle rounds, but Walker caught up to him again. Walker won the disputed decision. After the loss to Walker, Shade remained a dangerous contender, beating a host of top contenders like: Roland Todd, Frank Moody, Walcott Lanfrod, Bert Colima, George Courtney, Rene DeVos, Ace Hudkins, Ben Jeby, Al Gainer, Ambrose Palmer, and Bob Turner. Shade eventually moved up to Middleweight, but moving up with him was Mickey Walker. Having lost to Walker convincingly for the title, Shade was stuck with the fact that he would have to settle for being a top contender till he retired. Shade also had two older brothers fought, George and Billy; the latter a Light Heavy who tangled with Billy Miske, Young Stribling, and Harry Greb.1918 Mar 20 Johnny Garcia San Francisco W 4 Apr 3 Al Hall San Francisco NC Apr 3 Gene Kelly San Francisco W 3 Apr 10 Ted O'Hare Oakland W 4 Apr 19 Red Bresnan San Francisco W 4 Apr 26 Young Driscoll San Francisco D 4 May 22 Cash Travers Woodland Hills, CA L 4 Jun 11 Jimmy Wolgast Oakland KO Jun 12 Young Joe Thomas San Francisco W 4 Jun 14 Danny Reese San Francisco W 4 Jun 19 George Engle San Francisco W 4 Jun 20 Jimmy Coffey San Francisco D 4 Jun 25 George Engle Oakland D 4 Jul 4 Young Joe Thomas San Jose, CA D 4 Jul 9 Joe Coffey Oakland D 4 Jul 24 Jack Burns San Francisco KO Jul 26 Joe Coffey Oakland D 4 Aug 7 Charley Jones San Francisco D 4 Aug 9 Eddie Landon San Francisco L 4 Sep 6 Joe Coffey San Francisco D 4 1919 Jan 17 Charley Moy San Francisco W 4 Jan 22 Smiley Bricker San Francisco W 4 Jan 22 Frank Barrieau Oakland L 4 Mar 5 Baby Blue San Francisco D 4 Mar 12 George Spencer San Francisco D 4 Apr 4 Joe Coffey San Francisco KO by 3 Apr 25 Charley Jones San Francisco W 4 May 7 Danny Edwards Oakland D 4 May 23 Larry Jones San Francisco D 4 May 27 Johnny Conde San Francisco W 4 Jun 6 Charley Moy San Francisco D 4 Jul 18 George Hall San Mateo, CA W 4 Aug 5 Charley Moy Martinez, CA D 4 Aug 15 Johnny Conde San Francisco W 4 Aug 20 Young Vierra Oakland D 4 Aug 29 Joe Brown San Francisco D 4 Sep 1 Eddie Gorman San Francisco W 4 Sep 4 Joe Brown San Francisco D 4 Sep 9 Joe Coffey Modesto, CA W 4 Sep 12 Joe Coffey San Francisco D 4 1920 Jan 1 Frankie Malone San Francisco L 4 Jan 6 Johnny Golindo Bakersfield, CA D 4 Jan 12 Earl Young San Francisco W 6 Feb 18 Lee Johnson Oakland W 4 Mar 2 Jack Papke Bakersfield, CA D 4 Mar 11 Billy Alvarez Taft, CA D 4 Mar 12 Joe Gorman San Francisco W 4 Mar 26 George Eagles San Francisco W 4 Apr 9 Larry Jones San Francisco NC 3 May 25 Gene Cline Stockton, CA W 4 Jun 18 Young Papke Sacramento, CA W 4 Jul 16 Willie Hunefeld San Francisco D 4 Jul 23 Johnny Webber San Francisco W 4 Aug 6 Charley McCarthy San Francisco W 4 Aug 27 Frankie Farren San Francisco D 4 Sep 3 Joe Miller San Francisco D 4 Sep 10 Frankie Farren San Francisco W 4 Sep 22 Frankie Burns Oakland D 4 Oct 6 Jimmy Duffy Oakland D 4 Oct 13 Jimmy Duffy Oakland L 4 Oct 22 Joe Miller San Francisco D 4 Oct 29 Frankie Farren San Francisco D 4 Nov 17 Willie Cappelli Oakland W 4 Dec 8 Frankie Burns Oakland D 4 1921 Mar 4 Young France Seattle D 4 Mar 10 Jimmy Storey Tacoma, WA KO 2 Mar 17 Frankie Murphy Portland, OR W 10 Mar 30 Frankie Murphy Portland, OR W 10 Apr 7 Sailor Haynie Tacoma, WA KO 4 Apr 15 Harry Schuman Portland, OR W 10 Apr 21 Travis Davis Tacoma, WA D 6 Jun 3 Jack Britton Portland, ME D 10 (this bout is sometimes incorrectly listed as being for the World Welterweight Title) Aug 9 Joe Simonich Seattle D 4 Oct 7 George Ward New York W 10 Oct 22 George Levine Brooklyn KO 14 Joe Jackson Philadelphia ND 8 Al Norton New York D 12 Jimmy Kelly New York W 12 Jack Perry Boston W 10 Nov 21 Mickey Walker Newark, NJ TKO by 8 (Shade broke hand, Walker comfortably ahead) Dec 21 Mickey Walker Newark, NJ ND 12 1922 Feb 17 Jack Britton New York D 15 (For World Welterweight Title) Feb 24 Billy Ryan Cincinnati ND 10 Mar 10 Morrie Schleifer Omaha, NE W 10 Mar 13 Frankie Schoell Buffalo L 10 Mar 15 Jimmy Jones Canton. OH W 10 Mar 17 Johnny Riley Wilkes-Barre, PA ND 10 Mar 27 Pinkey Mitchell Milwaukee KO 4 Apr 10 Nate Segal Boston W 10 Apr 20 Bud Logan Omaha, NE W 10 May 2 Dennis O'Keefe Kenosha, WI ND 10 May 19 Paul Doyle Boston W 10 May 29 Pete Latzo Wilkes-Barre, PA ND 10 Jun 7 Billy Ryan Cincinnati ND 10 Jun 12 Tillie "Kid" Herman Houston W 12 Jul 12 Tillie "Kid" Herman Houston W 12 Jul 30 Georgie Ward Newark, NJ ND 12 Aug 19 Jack Perry Milwaukee ND 10 Oct 3 Cowboy Padgett Galveston, TX W 12 Oct 9 Eddie Shevlin Boston L 10 Nov 6 Jack Perry Boston KO 7 Dec 15 Frankie Schoell Omaha, NE W 10 1923 Jan 8 Jimmy Jones Pittsburgh ND 10 Jan 14 Jimmy Kelly New York W 12 Feb 3 Eddie Shevlin Boston W 10 Feb 9 Morrie Schlaifer Duluth, MN ND 10 Feb 10 Billy Wells Duluth, MN ND 10 Feb 27 Georgie Ward Boston W 10 Jun 22 Jimmy Kelly New York W 12 Jul 27 Jimmy Jones Boston L 10 Aug 1 Paul Doyle New York W 10 Aug 24 Georgie Ward Binghampton, NY W 15 Aug 29 Jimmy Kelly Wilkes-Barre, PA ND 10 Sep 3 Johnny Herman Providence KO 2 Sep 21 "Dago" Joe Gans St. Paul, MN ND 10 Sep 28 Joe O'Hara Aurora, IL ND 10 Oct 26 Billy Wells New York W 15 Dec 10 Harry Galfund New York W 12 1924 Feb 1 Ted Moore Boston W 10 Feb 18 Billy Wells St. Paul, MN ND 10 Apr 14 Frankie Schoell Buffalo W 10 Apr 25 Morrie Schlaifer Omaha, NE ND 10 Apr 28 Italian Joe Gans Wilkes-Barre, PA W 10 May 7 Augie Ratner Boston W 10 May 19 Pete Latzo Wilkes-Barre, PA D 10 May 23 Morrie Schlaifer Cleveland ND 12 Jun 16 Warner Smith Chicago ND 10 Jul 15 Bert Colima Vernon, CA L 4 Aug 12 Bert Colima Los Angeles D 4 Sep 1 Jimmy Duffy Oakland D 4 Dec 3 Phil Krug Newark, NJ ND 12 1925 Mar 23 Oak Till Rochester, NY W 10 Jul 2 Jimmy Slattery New York KO 3 Jul 21 Morrie Schlaifer Wilkes-Barre, PA W 10 Aug 8 Frankie Schoell San Francisco W 10 Sep 21 Mickey Walker New York L 15 (For World Welterweight Title) Oct 16 Billy Wells Detroit ND 10 1926 Jan 1 Roland Todd New York W 10 Jan 15 Jock Malone St. Paul, MN ND 10 Feb 12 Jack Conley Tampa, FL W 10 Apr 1 Frank Moody Syracuse, NY NC 5 Apr 23 Frank Moody Syracuse, NY W 10 Jun 5 Maxie Rosenbloom Long Island City, NY L 10 Jun 29 Maxie Rosenbloom Long Island City, NY L 12 Jul 6 Lew Chester Newark, NJ ND 12 Jul 12 Bobby Barrett Philadelphia W 10 1927 Jan 28 Johnny Oakley Camden, NJ ND 10 Feb 12 Vic McLaughlin New York KO 5 Feb 24 Walcott Langford Chicago W 10 Mar 17 Tillie "Kid" Herman Chicago KO 6 Apr 1 Lou Scozza Buffalo D 10 Apr 12 Phil Krug Chicago W 10 May 24 Bert Colima Los Angeles W 10 Jun 16 Jack Willis Oakland W 10 Jun 21 George Dixon Portland, OR W 10 Aug 6 Willie Walker Providence W 12 Aug 11 Joe Anderson New York W 10 Sep 5 Warnie Smith Kansas City W 10 Sep 26 Al Webster Tulsa, OK W 10 Oct 12 Jack McVey Cleveland D 10 1928 Feb 7 Joe Anderson Los Angeles L 10 Feb 20 Charles Long Oakland W 10 Feb 21 Al Webster Denver W 10 Mar 19 Del Fontaine Chicago W 10 May 29 Imey Garfinkle Kansas City W 10 Jun 7 "Tiger" John Cline Davenport, IA W 10 Jun 15 George Courtney Brooklyn W 10 Jul 9 Bert Colima Chicago KO 7 Jul 23 "Tiger" John Cline Kansas City W 10 Aug 1 Rene DeVos Philadelphia L 10 Aug 20 Joe Anderson Chicago W 10 Oct 15 "Cowboy" Jack Willis Chicago W 10 Nov 2 Rene DeVos Chicago L 10 Dec 7 Arthur Flynn Chicago W 10 Dec 27 Ray Still Trenton, NJ W 10 1929 Mar 30 K.O. Brisset Buenos Aires W 12 Apr 30 Kid Charol Buenos Aires D 12 Jul 5 Leo Mitchell Lnog Beach, NY W 10 Jul 18 Rene DeVos New York W 10 Aug 21 George Dixon Oakland W 10 Oct 2 Joe Roche Chicago W 10 Nov 15 Dick Evans Miami Beach KO 2 1930 Jan 24 Joe Roche San Francisco W 10 Feb 10 Jack Willis San Francisco W 10 Feb 19 Johnny Burns San Francisco W 10 Mar 1 George Dixon Tacoma, WA W 6 Apr 15 Joe Anderson Los Angeles W 10 May 27 Ace Hudkins Los Angeles W 10 Jun 26 Mike Hector Los Angeles ND 7 Aug 5 Joe Anderson Boston W 10 Sep 29 Len Harvey London L 15 Oct 28 Jack Hood London D 12 1931 Jan 9 Joe Anderson New York KO 10 Feb 12 Tiger Thomas Wilkes-Barre, PA L 10 Apr 4 Leo Larrivee Boston W 10 Aug 17 Willie Oster Chicago W 10 Sep 8 Ben Jeby New York D 10 Oct 2 Ben Jeby New York W 12 Nov 5 Al Gainer Waterbury, CT W 10 1932 Jan 22 Joey Lagray New York W 10 Feb 8 Henry Firpo Chicago W 10 Feb 23 Angel Clivelles Milwaukee W 10 Apr 11 Sammy Slaughter Milwaukee L 10 Apr 21 Jack Kilbourne Chicago W 10 May 3 Ray Tramblie Indianapolis W 10 Jul 22 Trader Horn New York W 6 Aug 23 Norman Conrad Boston W 10 Nov 11 Sammy Slaughter Chicago W 10 1933 Mar 30 Sammy Slaughter Chicago W 10 Apr 6 Henry Firpo Chicago W 10 Apr 21 Sammy Slaughter Chicago W 10 May 5 Henry Firpo Louisville ND 10 Jun 30 Rosey "Kid" Baker Columbus, OH D 10 Oct 12 Jackie Gibbs Houston W 10 Oct 29 Henry Firpo Houston D 10 Nov 27 Ambrose Palmer Sydney W 15 1934 Jan 15 Ambrose Palmer Sydney LF 6 Jan 29 Fred Henneberry Sydney L 15 Oct 15 Al Rossi Pittsfield, MD D 10 Nov 16 Joe Kaminski Pittsfield, MD W 10 1935 Jan 21 Bob Turner Pittsfield, ME W 10 Feb 4 Al Gainer New Haven, CT L 10
