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Bobby Claus vs Tony Zale — record, stats and common opponents compared

Bobby Claus

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Tony Zale

Bobby Claus (0-4 across 4 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 2 times. They share 1 common opponent.

Claus

Tracked record

0–4

counted from 4 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 2–0

Bobby Claus and Tony Zale have met 2 times; Zale leads 2–0.

Bobby Claus and Tony Zale have met 2 times; Zale leads 2–0.
Met1946Feb 261948Mar 8Series
Bobby ClausFighter ALLostLLost0–2W–L
Tony ZaleFighter BWWonWWon2–0W–L
ResultKOR4TKOR42Meetings

The Numbers

Claus 1 · Zale 5 of 6 measurable rows
ClausZale
Record†
0-467-18-2 (edge)
Win %0–100%
0%
78.2% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 45
0
45 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—67.16%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—67%
Times stopped‡max 6
4 (edge)
6
Title reignsmax 4
0
4 (edge)
Bouts per year§max 6.2
1.2
6.2 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 88
4
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
Bobby Claus: No height on file
Tony Zale: 5′7″
Reachnot held
Bobby Claus: No reach on file
Tony Zale: 69″
Agenot held
Bobby Claus: No date of birth
Tony Zale: Died aged 83
Stance
Bobby Claus: Not recorded
Tony Zale: Orthodox

Bobby Claus 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
Bobby Claus0 wins · from 4 tracked bouts

Bobby Claus: no tracked wins in the 4 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Claus yet.

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 — Bobby Claus 4, Tony Zale 88 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · Claus better on 1

Claus

Opponent

Zale

  • Bobby Claus

    Loss, KO 2

    1949

    GrazianoClaus better

    Tony Zale

    2–2 against

    Win, KO 3

    1948

    Loss, TKO 6

    1947

    Loss, TKO 6

    1947

    Win, KO 6

    1946

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

Bobby Claus last boxed on Jun 21, 1949 — 28,246 days ago. Claus had lost four straight.LLLL

Zale Feb 1946Larkin Aug 1946Zale Mar 1948Graziano Jun 19491.2 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 Bobby Claus and Tony Zale ever fought each other?
Yes. Bobby Claus and Tony Zale have met 2 times and Tony Zale leads the series 2-0.
The 2 meetings

LMar 8, 1948 · Zale · TKO R4

LFeb 26, 1946 · Zale · KO R4

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Claus or Zale?
Bobby Claus is 0-4 across the 4 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 %

Claus0–40%

Zale67–18–278.2%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Claus or Zale?
Bobby Claus has 0 knockout wins and Tony Zale has 45. Tony Zale has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Claus0

Zale4567.2%

The Numbers ↓
Do Claus and Zale have any common opponents?
Bobby Claus and Tony Zale share 1 common opponent: Rocky Graziano. Bobby Claus fared better against 1 of them.
Shared opponent

Rocky GrazianoL2–2

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Claus and Zale?
This comparison is drawn from 4 bouts tracked for Bobby Claus and 88 bouts tracked for Tony Zale. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Claus4bouts

Zale88bouts

How They Win ↓

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