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Ben Brown vs Tony Zale — record, stats and common opponents compared

Ben Brown

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Tony Zale

Ben Brown (3-8-3 across 14 tracked bouts) and Tony Zale (67-18-2) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 1 common opponent.

Brown

Tracked record

3–8–3

counted from 14 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Zale

67

Wins45 KO · 67%

18

Losses

2

Draws88 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

Zale leads 1–0

Ben Brown and Tony Zale have met 1 time; Zale leads 1–0.

Ben Brown and Tony Zale have met 1 time; Zale leads 1–0.
Met1940Mar 29Series
Ben BrownFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Tony ZaleFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultKOR31Meeting

The Numbers

Brown 1 · Zale 6 of 7 measurable rows
BrownZale
Record†
3-8-367-18-2 (edge)
Win %0–100%
32.1%
78.2% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 45
1
45 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—67.16%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
33%
67% (edge)
Times stopped‡max 6
3 (edge)
6
Title reignsmax 4
0
4 (edge)
Bouts per year§max 6.2
3.2
6.2 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 88
14
88

† 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

Heightnot held
Ben Brown: No height on file
Tony Zale: 5′7″
Reachnot held
Ben Brown: No reach on file
Tony Zale: 69″
Agenot held
Ben Brown: No date of birth
Tony Zale: Died aged 83
Stance
Ben Brown: Not recorded
Tony Zale: Orthodox

Ben Brown left, Tony Zale right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Ben Brown3 wins · from 14 tracked bouts

Ben Brown: 3 tracked wins — 1 by KO/TKO (33%) and 2 on the cards (67%). Counted from 14 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 by KO/TKO 33%2 on the cards 67%

Tony Zale67 wins · from 88 tracked bouts

Tony Zale: 67 tracked wins — 45 by KO/TKO (67%) and 22 on the cards (33%). Counted from 88 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

45 by KO/TKO 67%22 on the cards 33%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Ben Brown 14, Tony Zale 88 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · Zale better on 1

Brown

Opponent

Zale

  • Ben Brown

    Loss, KO 3

    1941

    HostakZale better

    Tony Zale

    3–0 against

    Win, KO 2

    1941

    Win, TKO 13

    1940

    Win, UD

    1940

Both sides are set at the same size on purpose. Kill The Body does not score a second-round knockout above a split decision — the edge counts losses first and wins as the tiebreak, and the rest is yours to argue. Shared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name, so two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.

Current Form

Oldest left · newest right

Ben Brown last boxed on Apr 1, 1941 — 31,248 days ago. Brown had lost four straight.DLLLL

Overlin Dec 1939Zale Mar 1940Overlin Jun 1940Overlin Aug 1940Hostak Apr 19413.2 tracked bouts per year

Tony Zale had won four in a row before losing by stoppage to Marcel Cerdan. Zale last boxed on Sep 21, 1948.WWWWL

Turner Jan 1948Claus Mar 1948Woods Mar 1948Graziano Jun 1948Cerdan Sep 19486.2 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Ben Brown and Tony Zale ever fought each other?
Yes. Ben Brown and Tony Zale met once on March 29, 1940, and Tony Zale won by KO in round 3.
The meeting

LMar 29, 1940 · Zale · KO R3

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Brown or Zale?
Ben Brown is 3-8-3 across the 14 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Tony Zale is 67-18-2. Tony Zale has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Brown3–8–332.1%

Zale67–18–278.2%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Brown or Zale?
Ben Brown has 1 knockout win and Tony Zale has 45. Tony Zale has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Brown1

Zale4567.2%

The Numbers ↓
Do Brown and Zale have any common opponents?
Ben Brown and Tony Zale share 1 common opponent: Al Hostak. Tony Zale fared better against 1 of them.
Shared opponent

Al HostakLW

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Brown and Zale?
This comparison is drawn from 14 bouts tracked for Ben Brown and 88 bouts tracked for Tony Zale. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Brown14bouts

Zale88bouts

How They Win ↓

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