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Johnny Liston vs Tony Zale — record, stats and common opponents compared

Johnny Liston

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Tony Zale

Johnny Liston (0-1 across 1 tracked bout) 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 no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.

Liston

Tracked record

0–1

counted from 1 bout 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 1–0

Johnny Liston and Tony Zale have met 1 time; Zale leads 1–0.

Johnny Liston and Tony Zale have met 1 time; Zale leads 1–0.
Met1934Jun 25Series
Johnny ListonFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Tony ZaleFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultKOR31Meeting

The Numbers

Liston 1 · Zale 4 of 5 measurable rows
ListonZale
Record†
0-167-18-2 (edge)
Win %0–100%
0%
78.2% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 45
0
45 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—67.16%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—67%
Times stopped‡max 6
1 (edge)
6
Title reignsmax 4
0
4 (edge)
Bouts per year§not comparable
—6.2
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 88
1
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
Johnny Liston: No height on file
Tony Zale: 5′7″
Reachnot held
Johnny Liston: No reach on file
Tony Zale: 69″
Agenot held
Johnny Liston: No date of birth
Tony Zale: Died aged 83
Stance
Johnny Liston: Not recorded
Tony Zale: Orthodox

Johnny Liston 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
Johnny Liston0 wins · from 1 tracked bout

Johnny Liston: no tracked wins in the 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Liston yet.

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 — Johnny Liston 1, Tony Zale 88 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

No opponents in common across the bouts Kill The Body has tracked for these two.

Current Form

Oldest left · newest right

Johnny Liston last boxed on Jun 25, 1934 — 33,732 days ago. Liston had lost the most recent, to Tony Zale.L

Zale Jun 1934

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 Johnny Liston and Tony Zale ever fought each other?
Yes. Johnny Liston and Tony Zale met once on June 25, 1934, and Tony Zale won by KO in round 3.
The meeting

LJun 25, 1934 · Zale · KO R3

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Liston or Zale?
Johnny Liston is 0-1 across the 1 bout 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 %

Liston0–10%

Zale67–18–278.2%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Liston or Zale?
Johnny Liston has 0 knockout wins and Tony Zale has 45. Tony Zale has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Liston0

Zale4567.2%

The Numbers ↓
Do Liston and Zale have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Johnny Liston and Tony Zale have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Liston and Zale?
This comparison is drawn from 1 bout tracked for Johnny Liston and 88 bouts tracked for Tony Zale. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Liston1bout

Zale88bouts

How They Win ↓

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