Just 1 gym battle....then it's the box for you!

I did that once with my kangaskahn. But then I felt guilty and put it on my wifi team.
 
For a specific Gym, no.

But I've done something similar in Leaf Green not related to gym battles. I raised a Butterfree to Level 15 solely for the purpose of catching Abra.

I used Pidgeot as a placeholder Flyer until I could get another one (either Dragonite, Dodrio, or Zapdos during various play-throughs).

I used Electrode as a placeholder Electric-type from Route 9 until I replaced it with either Jolteon or Zapdos.
 
I have never done this iirc. I tend to have my team planned from the beginning unless I'm doing a Nuzlocke, so this problem never really matters to me. And even if I am weak to a gym leader I do it anyway; soloing Fire Red with a Raticate is possible so even with 6 Pokemon weak to something you should be fine.
 
I think I did this once in G/S/C where I traded a Machop specifically for Whitney. But then again, he did carry on to become a frequent member of my team <33
 
I used to do this when I was young playing the 1st generation games, going to Diglett's cave to get a Diglett (or getting that Sandshrew in Yellow in Mt. Moon) to zoom past Lt. Surge.

Also did the Butterfree training against Brock in Yellow.
 
I did this four times.

First time was in Yellow, when I couldn't beat Brock, so i decided to catch a Nidoran and teach it Double Kick. With that i easily pwned Brock. Then i put him in the PC and never used him again.

Second time was in yellow again when i went to Diglet's cave to get a Dugtrio and Defeated Lt. Surge, i put him in the PC immediately afterwards.

Third time was in Ruby when i caught a Geodude solely for the purpose of beating Wattson, (since i picked Treecko as my starter, and none of my pokes could even touch wattson. Knowing, i couldn't train and trade him into a Golem, i kept him in PC.

Fourth and Final time was in Diamond when i Caught a machop just to beat Roark, since i picked Chimchar as my starter, and didn't want to evolve him again. I tried to train machop, but it wasn't working out for me (besides, it was a girl 0_0).
 
I usually not for a specific purpose like a Gym, but sometimes I find that there's a better Pokemon I could be using instead, so they could be boxed without them getting barely any use.

Plus, I always choose my starter specifically because of the first couple Gyms, but always end up keeping it because it's the strongest member of my party.
 
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