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Jimmy Clark vs Tony Zale — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Jimmy Clark

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Tony Zale

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.

Clark

Tracked record

1–5

counted from 6 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Zale

67

Wins45 KO · 67%

18

Losses

2

Draws88 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

Zale leads 2–1

Jimmy Clark and Tony Zale have met 3 times; Zale leads 2–1.

Jimmy Clark and Tony Zale have met 3 times; Zale leads 2–1.
Met1938Feb 211938Jun 131938Oct 31Series
Jimmy ClarkFighter AWWonLLostLLost1–2W–L
Tony ZaleFighter BLLostWWonWWon2–1W–L
ResultKOR1TKOKOR23Meetings

The Numbers

Clark 2 · Zale 5 of 7 measurable rows
ClarkZale
Record†
1-567-18-2 (edge)
Win %0–100%
16.7%
78.2% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 45
1
45 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—67.16%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
100% (edge)
67%
Times stopped‡max 6
4 (edge)
6
Title reignsmax 4
0
4 (edge)
Bouts per year§max 6.2
3.1
6.2 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 88
6
88

† 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

Heightnot held
Jimmy Clark: No height on file
Tony Zale: 5′7″
Reachnot held
Jimmy Clark: No reach on file
Tony Zale: 69″
Agenot comparable
Jimmy Clark: Died aged 80
Tony Zale: Died aged 83
Stance
Jimmy Clark: Not recorded
Tony Zale: Orthodox

Jimmy Clark left, Tony Zale right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Jimmy Clark1 win · from 6 tracked bouts

Jimmy Clark: 1 tracked win — 1 by KO/TKO (100%). Counted from 6 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 by KO/TKO 100%

Tony Zale67 wins · from 88 tracked bouts

Tony Zale: 67 tracked wins — 45 by KO/TKO (67%) and 22 on the cards (33%). Counted from 88 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

45 by KO/TKO 67%22 on the cards 33%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Jimmy Clark 6, Tony Zale 88 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · even on 1

Clark

Opponent

Zale

  • Jimmy Clark

    Loss, TKO 3

    1940

    SooseEven

    Tony Zale

    Loss, UD

    1940

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

Jimmy Clark has lost five straight. Clark last boxed on Jan 22, 1940.LLLLL

Zale Jun 1938Yarosz Sep 1938Overlin Oct 1938Zale Oct 1938Soose Jan 19403.1 tracked bouts per year

Tony Zale had won four in a row before losing by stoppage to Marcel Cerdan. Zale last boxed on Sep 21, 1948.WWWWL

Turner Jan 1948Claus Mar 1948Woods Mar 1948Graziano Jun 1948Cerdan Sep 19486.2 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
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.
The 3 meetings

LOct 31, 1938 · Zale · KO R2

LJun 13, 1938 · Zale · TKO

WFeb 21, 1938 · Clark · KO R1

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Clark or 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.
Records · win %

Clark1–516.7%

Zale67–18–278.2%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Clark or Zale?
Jimmy Clark has 1 knockout win and Tony Zale has 45. Tony Zale has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Clark1

Zale4567.2%

The Numbers ↓
Do Clark and 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.
Shared opponent

Billy SooseLL

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Clark and 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.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Clark6bouts

Zale88bouts

How They Win ↓

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