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.
Cliff Beckett (0-3 across 3 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 no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.
Cliff Beckett vs Tony Zale — record, stats and common opponents compared
Head to Head
Tony Zale leads 1–0- Tony Zale wonZale vs BeckettMay 8, 1947 · TKO · R6
The Numbers
- 0-3
- Record
- 67-18-2 (edge)
- 0%
- Win %
- 78.2% (edge)
- 0
- Wins by knockout
- 45 (edge)
- —
- KO rate
- 67.16%
- —
- Stoppage rate (tracked wins)
- 67%
- 3 (edge)
- Times stopped
- 6
- 0
- Title reigns
- 4 (edge)
- 0.7
- Bouts per year
- 6.2 (edge)
- 3
- Bouts tracked
- 88
One or both records are tracked, not career-verified.
Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.
Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.
Across each fighter's tracked career span.
Tale of the Tape
- —
- Height
- 5′0″ (152 cm)
- —
- Reach
- 69″ (175 cm)
- —
- Age
- 113
- —
- Division
- Middleweight
- —
- Nationality
- American
How They Win
Tracked bouts onlyCliff Beckett · 0 wins
No tracked wins yet.
Tony Zale · 67 wins
KO/TKO
45
Decision
22
Other
0
Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter (3 and 88 respectively), 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
Cliff Beckett
LLL
L3 streak · last fought Apr 21, 1950
Tony Zale
LWWWW
L1 streak · last fought Sep 21, 1948
Common Questions
- Have Cliff Beckett and Tony Zale ever fought each other?
- Yes. Cliff Beckett and Tony Zale met once on May 8, 1947, and Tony Zale won by TKO in round 6.
- Who has the better record, Cliff Beckett or Tony Zale?
- Cliff Beckett is 0-3 across the 3 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.
- Who has more knockouts, Cliff Beckett or Tony Zale?
- Cliff Beckett has 0 knockout wins and Tony Zale has 45. Tony Zale has more.
- Do Cliff Beckett and Tony Zale have any common opponents?
- Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Cliff Beckett and Tony Zale have faced.
- How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Cliff Beckett and Tony Zale?
- This comparison is drawn from 3 bouts tracked for Cliff Beckett and 88 bouts tracked for Tony Zale. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.