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James Jay Lawless vs Tony Galento — record, stats and common opponents compared

James Jay Lawless

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Tony Galento

James Jay Lawless (1-2 across 3 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 1 common opponent.

Lawless

Tracked record

1–2

counted from 3 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

Lawless leads 1–0

James Jay Lawless and Tony Galento have met 1 time; Lawless leads 1–0.

James Jay Lawless and Tony Galento have met 1 time; Lawless leads 1–0.
Met1928Aug 27Series
James Jay LawlessFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Tony GalentoFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultDQR51Meeting

The Numbers

Lawless 1 · Galento 4 of 5 measurable rows
LawlessGalento
Record†
1-279-26-6 (edge)
Win %0–100%
33.3%
73.9% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 57
0
57 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—72.15%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
0%
72% (edge)
Times stopped‡max 6
1 (edge)
6
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§not comparable
—7.1
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 112
3
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
James Jay Lawless: No reach on file
Tony Galento: 72″
Agenot held
James Jay Lawless: No date of birth
Tony Galento: Died aged 69
Stance
James Jay Lawless: Not recorded
Tony Galento: Orthodox

James Jay Lawless 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
James Jay Lawless1 win · from 3 tracked bouts

James Jay Lawless: 1 tracked win — 1 by another method or unrecorded (100%). Counted from 3 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 by another method or unrecorded 100%

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 — James Jay Lawless 3, Tony Galento 112 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · even on 1

Lawless

Opponent

Galento

  • James Jay Lawless

    Loss, TKO 7

    1928

    SchaafEven

    Tony Galento

    Loss, PTS

    1932

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

James Jay Lawless last boxed on Nov 21, 1928 — 35,763 days ago. Lawless had won one in a row before losing by stoppage to Ernie Schaaf.LWL

Levinsky Apr 1928Galento Aug 1928Schaaf Nov 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 James Jay Lawless and Tony Galento ever fought each other?
Yes. James Jay Lawless and Tony Galento met once on August 27, 1928, and James Jay Lawless won by DQ in round 5.
The meeting

WAug 27, 1928 · Lawless · DQ R5

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Lawless or Galento?
James Jay Lawless is 1-2 across the 3 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 %

Lawless1–233.3%

Galento79–26–673.9%

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

Lawless0

Galento5772.2%

The Numbers ↓
Do Lawless and Galento have any common opponents?
James Jay Lawless and Tony Galento share 1 common opponent: Ernie Schaaf. Neither fighter fared better across the shared opponents overall.
Shared opponent

Ernie SchaafLL

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Lawless and Galento?
This comparison is drawn from 3 bouts tracked for James Jay Lawless and 112 bouts tracked for Tony Galento. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Lawless3bouts

Galento112bouts

How They Win ↓

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