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Neil Clisby vs Tony Galento — record, stats and common opponents compared

Neil Clisby

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Tony Galento

Neil Clisby (1-2 across 3 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 no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.

Clisby

Tracked record

1–2

counted from 3 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

Clisby leads 1–0

Neil Clisby and Tony Galento have met 1 time; Clisby leads 1–0.

Neil Clisby and Tony Galento have met 1 time; Clisby leads 1–0.
Met1929Dec 20Series
Neil ClisbyFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Tony GalentoFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultTKOR71Meeting

The Numbers

Clisby 2 · Galento 4 of 6 measurable rows
ClisbyGalento
Record†
1-279-26-6 (edge)
Win %0–100%
33.3%
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
1.1
7.1 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 112
3
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
Neil Clisby: No reach on file
Tony Galento: 72″
Agenot held
Neil Clisby: No date of birth
Tony Galento: Died aged 69
Stance
Neil Clisby: Not recorded
Tony Galento: Orthodox

Neil Clisby 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
Neil Clisby1 win · from 3 tracked bouts

Neil Clisby: 1 tracked win — 1 by KO/TKO (100%). Counted from 3 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 — Neil Clisby 3, 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

Neil Clisby last boxed on Apr 8, 1930 — 35,273 days ago. Clisby had won one in a row before losing by stoppage to Primo Carnera.LWL

Godfrey Jul 1927Galento Dec 1929Carnera Apr 19301.1 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 Neil Clisby and Tony Galento ever fought each other?
Yes. Neil Clisby and Tony Galento met once on December 20, 1929, and Neil Clisby won by TKO in round 7.
The meeting

WDec 20, 1929 · Clisby · TKO R7

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Clisby or Galento?
Neil Clisby is 1-2 across the 3 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 %

Clisby1–233.3%

Galento79–26–673.9%

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

Clisby1

Galento5772.2%

The Numbers ↓
Do Clisby and Galento have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Neil Clisby and Tony Galento have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Clisby and Galento?
This comparison is drawn from 3 bouts tracked for Neil Clisby and 112 bouts tracked for Tony Galento. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Clisby3bouts

Galento112bouts

How They Win ↓

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