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Don Petrin vs Tony Galento — record, stats and common opponents compared

Don Petrin

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Tony Galento

Don Petrin (0-5-2 across 7 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 3 times. They share no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.

Petrin

Tracked record

0–5–2

counted from 7 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

Galento leads 1–0 with 2 draws

Don Petrin and Tony Galento have met 3 times; Galento leads 1–0 with 2 draws.

Don Petrin and Tony Galento have met 3 times; Galento leads 1–0 with 2 draws.
Met1933Aug 141937Jan 181937Mar 8Series
Don PetrinFighter ADDrawDDrawLLost0–1–2W–L–D
Tony GalentoFighter BDDrawDDrawWWon1–0–2W–L–D
ResultPTSPTSPTS3Meetings

The Numbers

Petrin 1 · Galento 4 of 5 measurable rows
PetrinGalento
Record†
0-5-279-26-6 (edge)
Win %0–100%
14.3%
73.9% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 57
0
57 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—72.15%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—72%
Times stopped‡max 6
3 (edge)
6
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 7.1
1.2
7.1 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 112
7
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
Don Petrin: No reach on file
Tony Galento: 72″
Agenot held
Don Petrin: No date of birth
Tony Galento: Died aged 69
Stance
Don Petrin: Not recorded
Tony Galento: Orthodox

Don Petrin 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
Don Petrin0 wins · from 7 tracked bouts

Don Petrin: no tracked wins in the 7 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Petrin yet.

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 — Don Petrin 7, 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

Don Petrin last boxed on Mar 8, 1937 — 32,732 days ago. Petrin had lost the most recent, to Tony Galento.LDLDL

Knight Feb 1932Galento Aug 1933Lewis Jan 1935Galento Jan 1937Galento Mar 19371.2 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 Don Petrin and Tony Galento ever fought each other?
Yes. Don Petrin and Tony Galento have met 3 times and Tony Galento leads the series 1-0 with 2 draws.
The 3 meetings

LMar 8, 1937 · Galento · PTS

DJan 18, 1937 · Draw · PTS

DAug 14, 1933 · Draw · PTS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Petrin or Galento?
Don Petrin is 0-5-2 across the 7 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 %

Petrin0–5–214.3%

Galento79–26–673.9%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Petrin or Galento?
Don Petrin has 0 knockout wins and Tony Galento has 57. Tony Galento has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Petrin0

Galento5772.2%

The Numbers ↓
Do Petrin and Galento have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Don Petrin and Tony Galento have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Petrin and Galento?
This comparison is drawn from 7 bouts tracked for Don Petrin and 112 bouts tracked for Tony Galento. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Petrin7bouts

Galento112bouts

How They Win ↓

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