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Murray Gitlitz vs Tony Galento — record, stats and common opponents compared

Murray Gitlitz

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Tony Galento

Murray Gitlitz (1-5 across 6 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 once. They share 1 common opponent.

Gitlitz

Tracked record

1–5

counted from 6 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

Galento leads 1–0

Murray Gitlitz and Tony Galento have met 1 time; Galento leads 1–0.

Murray Gitlitz and Tony Galento have met 1 time; Galento leads 1–0.
Met1929May 20Series
Murray GitlitzFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Tony GalentoFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultPTS1Meeting

The Numbers

Gitlitz 2 · Galento 4 of 6 measurable rows
GitlitzGalento
Record†
1-579-26-6 (edge)
Win %0–100%
16.7%
73.9% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 57
1
57 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—72.15%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
100% (edge)
72%
Times stopped‡max 6
2 (edge)
6
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 7.1
2.3
7.1 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 112
6
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
Murray Gitlitz: No reach on file
Tony Galento: 72″
Agenot held
Murray Gitlitz: No date of birth
Tony Galento: Died aged 69
Stance
Murray Gitlitz: Not recorded
Tony Galento: Orthodox

Murray Gitlitz 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
Murray Gitlitz1 win · from 6 tracked bouts

Murray Gitlitz: 1 tracked win — 1 by KO/TKO (100%). Counted from 6 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 by KO/TKO 100%

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 — Murray Gitlitz 6, Tony Galento 112 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · Galento better on 1

Gitlitz

Opponent

Galento

  • Murray Gitlitz

    0–3 against

    Loss, KO 1

    1929

    Loss, NWS

    1927

    Loss, PTS

    1927

    SchaafGalento better

    Tony Galento

    Loss, PTS

    1932

Both sides are set at the same size on purpose. Kill The Body does not score a second-round knockout above a split decision — the edge counts losses first and wins as the tiebreak, and the rest is yours to argue. Shared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name, so two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.

Current Form

Oldest left · newest right

Murray Gitlitz last boxed on Jul 6, 1929 — 35,539 days ago. Gitlitz had lost five straight.LLLLL

Schaaf May 1927Slattery Nov 1927Schaaf Dec 1927Galento May 1929Schaaf Jul 19292.3 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 Murray Gitlitz and Tony Galento ever fought each other?
Yes. Murray Gitlitz and Tony Galento met once on May 20, 1929, and Tony Galento won by PTS.
The meeting

LMay 20, 1929 · Galento · PTS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Gitlitz or Galento?
Murray Gitlitz is 1-5 across the 6 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 %

Gitlitz1–516.7%

Galento79–26–673.9%

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

Gitlitz1

Galento5772.2%

The Numbers ↓
Do Gitlitz and Galento have any common opponents?
Murray Gitlitz and Tony Galento share 1 common opponent: Ernie Schaaf. Tony Galento fared better against 1 of them.
Shared opponent

Ernie SchaafLL

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Gitlitz and Galento?
This comparison is drawn from 6 bouts tracked for Murray Gitlitz and 112 bouts tracked for Tony Galento. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Gitlitz6bouts

Galento112bouts

How They Win ↓

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