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.
Manuel Davila (1-0 across 1 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.
Manuel Davila vs Tony Zale — record, stats and common opponents compared
Head to Head
Manuel Davila leads 1–0- Manuel Davila wonZale vs DavilaAug 16, 1937 · PTS
The Numbers
- 1-0 (edge)
- Record
- 67-18-2
- 100% (edge)
- Win %
- 78.2%
- 0
- Wins by knockout
- 45 (edge)
- —
- KO rate
- 67.16%
- 0%
- Stoppage rate (tracked wins)
- 67% (edge)
- 0 (edge)
- Times stopped
- 6
- 0
- Title reigns
- 4 (edge)
- —
- Bouts per year
- 6.2
- 1
- 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 onlyManuel Davila · 1 wins
KO/TKO
0
Decision
1
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 (1 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
Manuel Davila
W
W1 streak · last fought Aug 16, 1937
Tony Zale
LWWWW
L1 streak · last fought Sep 21, 1948
Common Questions
- Have Manuel Davila and Tony Zale ever fought each other?
- Yes. Manuel Davila and Tony Zale met once on August 16, 1937, and Manuel Davila won by PTS.
- Who has the better record, Manuel Davila or Tony Zale?
- Manuel Davila is 1-0 across the 1 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Tony Zale is 67-18-2. Manuel Davila has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
- Who has more knockouts, Manuel Davila or Tony Zale?
- Manuel Davila has 0 knockout wins and Tony Zale has 45. Tony Zale has more.
- Do Manuel Davila and Tony Zale have any common opponents?
- Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Manuel Davila and Tony Zale have faced.
- How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Manuel Davila and Tony Zale?
- This comparison is drawn from 1 bout tracked for Manuel Davila and 88 bouts tracked for Tony Zale. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.