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 Shaw (0-5 across 5 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 Shaw vs Tony Zale — record, stats and common opponents compared
Head to Head
Tony Zale leads 1–0- Tony Zale wonZale vs ShawMay 1, 1939 · KO · R5
The Numbers
- 0-5
- Record
- 67-18-2 (edge)
- 0%
- Win %
- 78.2% (edge)
- 0
- Wins by knockout
- 45 (edge)
- —
- KO rate
- 67.16%
- —
- Stoppage rate (tracked wins)
- 67%
- 4 (edge)
- Times stopped
- 6
- 0
- Title reigns
- 4 (edge)
- 0.1
- Bouts per year
- 6.2 (edge)
- 5
- 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 Shaw · 0 wins
No tracked wins yet.
Tony Zale · 67 wins
KO/TKO
45
Decision
22
Other
0
Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter (5 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 Shaw
LLLLL
L5 streak · last fought Apr 30, 1959
Tony Zale
LWWWW
L1 streak · last fought Sep 21, 1948
Common Questions
- Have Johnny Shaw and Tony Zale ever fought each other?
- Yes. Johnny Shaw and Tony Zale met once on May 1, 1939, and Tony Zale won by KO in round 5.
- Who has the better record, Johnny Shaw or Tony Zale?
- Johnny Shaw is 0-5 across the 5 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 Shaw or Tony Zale?
- Johnny Shaw has 0 knockout wins and Tony Zale has 45. Tony Zale has more.
- Do Johnny Shaw and Tony Zale have any common opponents?
- Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Johnny Shaw and Tony Zale have faced.
- How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Johnny Shaw and Tony Zale?
- This comparison is drawn from 5 bouts tracked for Johnny Shaw and 88 bouts tracked for Tony Zale. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.