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Al Gainer vs Tony Galento — record, stats and common opponents compared

Al Gainer

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Tony Galento

Al Gainer (7-9-2 across 18 tracked bouts) and Tony Galento (79-26-6) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.

Gainer

Tracked record

7–9–2

counted from 18 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Galento

79

Wins57 KO · 72%

26

Losses

6

Draws112 tracked bouts

Heads up: at least one of these records is a tracked record — the wins and losses Kill The Body has ingested so far, not an independently verified career total. Treat the comparison as a read on the bouts we hold, not a settled ledger.

Head to Head

Gainer leads 1–0

Al Gainer and Tony Galento have met 1 time; Gainer leads 1–0.

Al Gainer and Tony Galento have met 1 time; Gainer leads 1–0.
Met1936Jun 19Series
Al GainerFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Tony GalentoFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultTKOR41Meeting

The Numbers

Gainer 1 · Galento 5 of 6 measurable rows
GainerGalento
Record†
7-9-279-26-6 (edge)
Win %0–100%
44.4%
73.9% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 57
1
57 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—72.15%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
14%
72% (edge)
Times stopped‡max 6
0 (edge)
6
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 7.1
2.3
7.1 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 112
18
112

† One or both records are tracked, not career-verified. · ‡ Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total. · § Across each fighter's tracked career span. · Bars are scaled per row — percentages on 0–100, counts against the larger of the two. Every figure is also printed as text.

Tale of the Tape

Reachnot held
Al Gainer: No reach on file
Tony Galento: 72″
Agenot held
Al Gainer: No date of birth
Tony Galento: Died aged 69
Stance
Al Gainer: Not recorded
Tony Galento: Orthodox

Al Gainer left, Tony Galento right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Al Gainer7 wins · from 18 tracked bouts

Al Gainer: 7 tracked wins — 1 by KO/TKO (14%) and 6 on the cards (86%). Counted from 18 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 by KO/TKO 14%6 on the cards 86%

Tony Galento79 wins · from 112 tracked bouts

Tony Galento: 79 tracked wins — 57 by KO/TKO (72%), 21 on the cards (27%) and 1 by another method or unrecorded (1%). Counted from 112 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

57 by KO/TKO 72%21 on the cards 27%1 by another method or unrecorded 1%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Al Gainer 18, Tony Galento 112 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

No opponents in common across the bouts Kill The Body has tracked for these two.

Current Form

Oldest left · newest right

Al Gainer last boxed on Jul 17, 1939 — 31,872 days ago. Gainer had lost three straight, after two straight wins.WWLLL

Knight Jun 1936Galento Jun 1936Lewis Jul 1936Lewis Oct 1938Yarosz Jul 19392.3 tracked bouts per year

Tony Galento has won three straight since losses to Max Baer and Buddy Baer. Galento last boxed on Dec 4, 1943.LLWWW

Baer Jul 1940Baer Apr 1941Katz Jun 1943Blassie Jun 1943Conley Dec 19437.1 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Al Gainer and Tony Galento ever fought each other?
Yes. Al Gainer and Tony Galento met once on June 19, 1936, and Al Gainer won by TKO in round 4.
The meeting

WJun 19, 1936 · Gainer · TKO R4

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Gainer or Galento?
Al Gainer is 7-9-2 across the 18 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Tony Galento is 79-26-6. Tony Galento has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Gainer7–9–244.4%

Galento79–26–673.9%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Gainer or Galento?
Al Gainer has 1 knockout win and Tony Galento has 57. Tony Galento has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Gainer1

Galento5772.2%

The Numbers ↓
Do Gainer and Galento have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Al Gainer and Tony Galento have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Gainer and Galento?
This comparison is drawn from 18 bouts tracked for Al Gainer and 112 bouts tracked for Tony Galento. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Gainer18bouts

Galento112bouts

How They Win ↓

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