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.
Johnny Phagan (1-2 across 3 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 once. They share no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.
Johnny Phagan vs Tony Zale — record, stats and common opponents compared
Head to Head
Johnny Phagan leads 1–0- Johnny Phagan wonZale vs PhaganMay 6, 1935 · KO · R6
The Numbers
- 1-2
- Record
- 67-18-2 (edge)
- 33.3%
- Win %
- 78.2% (edge)
- 1
- Wins by knockout
- 45 (edge)
- —
- KO rate
- 67.16%
- 100% (edge)
- Stoppage rate (tracked wins)
- 67%
- 0 (edge)
- Times stopped
- 6
- 0
- Title reigns
- 4 (edge)
- 1.7
- Bouts per year
- 6.2 (edge)
- 3
- 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)
- —
- Age
- 113
- —
- Division
- Middleweight
- —
- Nationality
- American
How They Win
Tracked bouts onlyJohnny Phagan · 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 (3 and 88 respectively), 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
Johnny Phagan
LWL
L1 streak · last fought Jul 22, 1936
Tony Zale
LWWWW
L1 streak · last fought Sep 21, 1948
Common Questions
- Have Johnny Phagan and Tony Zale ever fought each other?
- Yes. Johnny Phagan and Tony Zale met once on May 6, 1935, and Johnny Phagan won by KO in round 6.
- Who has the better record, Johnny Phagan or Tony Zale?
- Johnny Phagan is 1-2 across the 3 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, Johnny Phagan or Tony Zale?
- Johnny Phagan has 1 knockout win and Tony Zale has 45. Tony Zale has more.
- Do Johnny Phagan and Tony Zale have any common opponents?
- Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Johnny Phagan and Tony Zale have faced.
- How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Johnny Phagan and Tony Zale?
- This comparison is drawn from 3 bouts tracked for Johnny Phagan and 88 bouts tracked for Tony Zale. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.