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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.

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

James Jay Lawless

Tracked record

1–2

3 tracked bouts

🇺🇸HEAVYWEIGHT

Tony Galento

79–26–6

112 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

James Jay Lawless leads 1–0

The Numbers

1-2
Record
79-26-6 (edge)

One or both records are tracked, not career-verified.

33.3%
Win %
73.9% (edge)
0
Wins by knockout
57 (edge)
KO rate
72.15%
0%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)
72% (edge)

Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.

1 (edge)
Times stopped
6

Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.

0
Title reigns
0
Bouts per year
7.1

Across each fighter's tracked career span.

3
Bouts tracked
112

Tale of the Tape

Age
116
Division
Heavyweight
Nationality
American

How They Win

Tracked bouts only

James Jay Lawless · 1 wins

KO/TKO
0
Decision
0
Other
1

Tony Galento · 79 wins

KO/TKO
57
Decision
21
Other
1

Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter (3 and 112 respectively), not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared
  • James Jay Lawless

    LTKO R7 · Nov 1928

    Ernie Schaaf

    Tony Galento

    LPTS · Jun 1932

Shared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name — two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.

Current Form

James Jay Lawless

LWL

L1 streak · last fought Nov 21, 1928

Tony Galento

WWWLL

W3 streak · last fought Dec 4, 1943

Common Questions

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.
Who has the better record, James Jay Lawless or Tony 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.
Who has more knockouts, James Jay Lawless or Tony Galento?
James Jay Lawless has 0 knockout wins and Tony Galento has 57. Tony Galento has more.
Do James Jay Lawless and Tony 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.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on James Jay Lawless and Tony 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.

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