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Marty Gallagher vs Tony Galento — record, stats and common opponents compared

Marty Gallagher

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Tony Galento

Marty Gallagher (4-3 across 7 tracked bouts) and Tony Galento (79-26-6) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met 2 times. They share no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.

Gallagher

Tracked record

4–3

counted from 7 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Galento

79

Wins57 KO · 72%

26

Losses

6

Draws112 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

Series level 1–1

Marty Gallagher and Tony Galento have met 2 times; Series level 1–1.

Marty Gallagher and Tony Galento have met 2 times; Series level 1–1.
Met1934Jun 151934Sep 4Series
Marty GallagherFighter ALLostWWon1–1W–L
Tony GalentoFighter BWWonLLost1–1W–L
ResultPTSTKOR132Meetings

The Numbers

Gallagher 1 · Galento 5 of 6 measurable rows
GallagherGalento
Record†
4-379-26-6 (edge)
Win %0–100%
57.1%
73.9% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 57
1
57 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—72.15%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
25%
72% (edge)
Times stopped‡max 6
1 (edge)
6
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 7.1
0.8
7.1 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 112
7
112

† 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

Reachnot held
Marty Gallagher: No reach on file
Tony Galento: 72″
Agenot held
Marty Gallagher: No date of birth
Tony Galento: Died aged 69
Stance
Marty Gallagher: Not recorded
Tony Galento: Orthodox

Marty Gallagher left, Tony Galento right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Marty Gallagher4 wins · from 7 tracked bouts

Marty Gallagher: 4 tracked wins — 1 by KO/TKO (25%) and 3 on the cards (75%). Counted from 7 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 by KO/TKO 25%3 on the cards 75%

Tony Galento79 wins · from 112 tracked bouts

Tony Galento: 79 tracked wins — 57 by KO/TKO (72%), 21 on the cards (27%) and 1 by another method or unrecorded (1%). Counted from 112 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

57 by KO/TKO 72%21 on the cards 27%1 by another method or unrecorded 1%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Marty Gallagher 7, Tony Galento 112 — 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

Marty Gallagher last boxed on Jan 18, 1938 — 32,418 days ago. Gallagher had won three in a row before losing by stoppage to John Henry Lewis.LWWWL

Galento Jun 1934Galento Sep 1934Levinsky Oct 1935Levinsky Sep 1936Lewis Jan 19380.8 tracked bouts per year

Tony Galento has won three straight since losses to Max Baer and Buddy Baer. Galento last boxed on Dec 4, 1943.LLWWW

Baer Jul 1940Baer Apr 1941Katz Jun 1943Blassie Jun 1943Conley Dec 19437.1 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Marty Gallagher and Tony Galento ever fought each other?
Yes. Marty Gallagher and Tony Galento have met 2 times and the series is level at 1-1.
The 2 meetings

WSep 4, 1934 · Gallagher · TKO R13

LJun 15, 1934 · Galento · PTS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Gallagher or Galento?
Marty Gallagher is 4-3 across the 7 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Tony Galento is 79-26-6. Tony Galento has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Gallagher4–357.1%

Galento79–26–673.9%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Gallagher or Galento?
Marty Gallagher has 1 knockout win and Tony Galento has 57. Tony Galento has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Gallagher1

Galento5772.2%

The Numbers ↓
Do Gallagher and Galento have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Marty Gallagher and Tony Galento have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Gallagher and Galento?
This comparison is drawn from 7 bouts tracked for Marty Gallagher and 112 bouts tracked for Tony Galento. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Gallagher7bouts

Galento112bouts

How They Win ↓

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