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.
Jimmy Clark (1-5 across 6 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 3 times. They share 1 common opponent.
Jimmy Clark vs Tony Zale — record, stats and common opponents compared
Head to Head
Tony Zale leads 2–1- Tony Zale wonZale vs ClarkOct 31, 1938 · KO · R2
- Tony Zale wonZale vs ClarkJun 13, 1938 · TKO
- Jimmy Clark wonZale vs ClarkFeb 21, 1938 · KO · R1
The Numbers
- 1-5
- Record
- 67-18-2 (edge)
- 16.7%
- Win %
- 78.2% (edge)
- 1
- Wins by knockout
- 45 (edge)
- —
- KO rate
- 67.16%
- 100% (edge)
- Stoppage rate (tracked wins)
- 67%
- 4 (edge)
- Times stopped
- 6
- 0
- Title reigns
- 4 (edge)
- 3.1
- Bouts per year
- 6.2 (edge)
- 6
- 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
- —
- Height
- 5′0″ (152 cm)
- —
- Reach
- 69″ (175 cm)
- 112
- Age
- 113
- —
- Division
- Middleweight
- United States
- Nationality
- American
How They Win
Tracked bouts onlyJimmy Clark · 1 wins
KO/TKO
1
Decision
0
Other
0
Tony Zale · 67 wins
KO/TKO
45
Decision
22
Other
0
Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter (6 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
Jimmy Clark
LLLLL
L5 streak · last fought Jan 22, 1940
Tony Zale
LWWWW
L1 streak · last fought Sep 21, 1948
Common Questions
- Have Jimmy Clark and Tony Zale ever fought each other?
- Yes. Jimmy Clark and Tony Zale have met 3 times and Tony Zale leads the series 2-1.
- Who has the better record, Jimmy Clark or Tony Zale?
- Jimmy Clark is 1-5 across the 6 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, Jimmy Clark or Tony Zale?
- Jimmy Clark has 1 knockout win and Tony Zale has 45. Tony Zale has more.
- Do Jimmy Clark and Tony Zale have any common opponents?
- Jimmy Clark and Tony Zale share 1 common opponent: Billy Soose. Neither fighter fared better across the shared opponents overall.
- How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Jimmy Clark and Tony Zale?
- This comparison is drawn from 6 bouts tracked for Jimmy Clark and 88 bouts tracked for Tony Zale. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.