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.
Ira Hughes (0-2 across 2 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.
Ira Hughes vs Tony Zale — record, stats and common opponents compared
Head to Head
Tony Zale leads 1–0- Tony Zale wonZale vs HughesApr 12, 1946 · KO · R2
The Numbers
- 0-2
- 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%
- 2 (edge)
- Times stopped
- 6
- 0
- Title reigns
- 4 (edge)
- 0.4
- Bouts per year
- 6.2 (edge)
- 2
- 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
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- Height
- 5′0″ (152 cm)
- —
- Reach
- 69″ (175 cm)
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- Age
- 113
- —
- Division
- Middleweight
- —
- Nationality
- American
How They Win
Tracked bouts onlyIra Hughes · 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 (2 and 88 respectively), not from a career-complete method table.
Common Opponents
1 sharedShared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name — two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.
Current Form
Ira Hughes
LL
L2 streak · last fought Apr 12, 1946
Tony Zale
LWWWW
L1 streak · last fought Sep 21, 1948
Common Questions
- Have Ira Hughes and Tony Zale ever fought each other?
- Yes. Ira Hughes and Tony Zale met once on April 12, 1946, and Tony Zale won by KO in round 2.
- Who has the better record, Ira Hughes or Tony Zale?
- Ira Hughes is 0-2 across the 2 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, Ira Hughes or Tony Zale?
- Ira Hughes has 0 knockout wins and Tony Zale has 45. Tony Zale has more.
- Do Ira Hughes and Tony Zale have any common opponents?
- Ira Hughes and Tony Zale share 1 common opponent: Billy Conn. Neither fighter fared better across the shared opponents overall.
- How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Ira Hughes and Tony Zale?
- This comparison is drawn from 2 bouts tracked for Ira Hughes and 88 bouts tracked for Tony Zale. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.