IN THE November 1930 edition of The Ring, the top 10 middleweights are ranked in order behind the champion, Mickey Walker. Standing prominently as the number one challenger is the Californian, Dave Shade. Immediately behind him stand two Europeans, Rene De Vos of Belgium, and Britain’s Len Harvey.
Shade had beaten De Vos over 10 rounds at the Yankee Stadium, New York City,
