death_date nationality total birth_date wins death_place home realname image name losses ko birth_place height draws reach weight article_title style
23 june 1983 american 249 01 march 1902 155 concord , california concord , california charles d. shade dave shade loc.jpg dave shade 29 17 vallejo , california 5 ft 8 in m 2 on 60 71 in cm 0 on welterweight dave shade
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dave shade

dave shade -lrb- march 3 , 1902 -- june 23 , 1983 -rrb- was an american boxer active from 1918 to the 1935 , amassing a total of nearly 250 bouts fought during the course of his career .
his famous low crouching bob-and-weave style earned him a reputation as one of the cleverest boxers of his time period .
although shade never captured a world title , he fared very well against the best boxers of his era including the likes of mickey walker , jack britton , maxie rosenbloom , len harvey and jimmy slattery .
shade was inducted into the international boxing hall of fame in 2011 .
