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Floyd Shimalla vs Tony Galento — record, stats and common opponents compared

Floyd Shimalla

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Tony Galento

Floyd Shimalla (0-2 across 2 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.

Shimalla

Tracked record

0–2

counted from 2 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

Floyd Shimalla and Tony Galento have met 1 time; Galento leads 1–0.

Floyd Shimalla and Tony Galento have met 1 time; Galento leads 1–0.
Met1928Mar 12Series
Floyd ShimallaFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Tony GalentoFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultKOR31Meeting

The Numbers

Shimalla 1 · Galento 3 of 4 measurable rows
ShimallaGalento
Record†
0-279-26-6 (edge)
Win %0–100%
0%
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
2 (edge)
6
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§not comparable
—7.1
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 112
2
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
Floyd Shimalla: No reach on file
Tony Galento: 72″
Agenot held
Floyd Shimalla: No date of birth
Tony Galento: Died aged 69
Stance
Floyd Shimalla: Not recorded
Tony Galento: Orthodox

Floyd Shimalla 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
Floyd Shimalla0 wins · from 2 tracked bouts

Floyd Shimalla: no tracked wins in the 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Shimalla 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 — Floyd Shimalla 2, 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

Floyd Shimalla last boxed on May 12, 1928 — 35,958 days ago. Shimalla had lost two straight.LL

Galento Mar 1928Berlenbach May 1928

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 Floyd Shimalla and Tony Galento ever fought each other?
Yes. Floyd Shimalla and Tony Galento met once on March 12, 1928, and Tony Galento won by KO in round 3.
The meeting

LMar 12, 1928 · Galento · KO R3

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Shimalla or Galento?
Floyd Shimalla is 0-2 across the 2 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 %

Shimalla0–20%

Galento79–26–673.9%

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

Shimalla0

Galento5772.2%

The Numbers ↓
Do Shimalla and Galento have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Floyd Shimalla and Tony Galento have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Shimalla and Galento?
This comparison is drawn from 2 bouts tracked for Floyd Shimalla and 112 bouts tracked for Tony Galento. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Shimalla2bouts

Galento112bouts

How They Win ↓

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