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.
Max Elling (0-2 across 2 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.
Max Elling vs Tony Zale — record, stats and common opponents compared
Head to Head
Tony Zale leads 1–0- Tony Zale wonZale vs EllingMar 11, 1935 · PTS
The Numbers
- 0-2
- 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%
- 1 (edge)
- Times stopped
- 6
- 0
- Title reigns
- 4 (edge)
- 0.9
- Bouts per year
- 6.2 (edge)
- 2
- 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 onlyMax Elling · 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 (2 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
Max Elling
LL
L2 streak · last fought Apr 29, 1937
Tony Zale
LWWWW
L1 streak · last fought Sep 21, 1948
Common Questions
- Have Max Elling and Tony Zale ever fought each other?
- Yes. Max Elling and Tony Zale met once on March 11, 1935, and Tony Zale won by PTS.
- Who has the better record, Max Elling or Tony Zale?
- Max Elling is 0-2 across the 2 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, Max Elling or Tony Zale?
- Max Elling has 0 knockout wins and Tony Zale has 45. Tony Zale has more.
- Do Max Elling and Tony Zale have any common opponents?
- Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Max Elling and Tony Zale have faced.
- How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Max Elling and Tony Zale?
- This comparison is drawn from 2 bouts tracked for Max Elling and 88 bouts tracked for Tony Zale. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.