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Ossie Harris vs Tony Zale — record, stats and common opponents compared

Ossie Harris

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Tony Zale

Ossie Harris (1-11 across 12 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.

Harris

Tracked record

1–11

counted from 12 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Zale

67

Wins45 KO · 67%

18

Losses

2

Draws88 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

Zale leads 1–0

Ossie Harris and Tony Zale have met 1 time; Zale leads 1–0.

Ossie Harris and Tony Zale have met 1 time; Zale leads 1–0.
Met1941Jul 23Series
Ossie HarrisFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Tony ZaleFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultKOR11Meeting

The Numbers

Harris 1 · Zale 6 of 7 measurable rows
HarrisZale
Record†
1-1167-18-2 (edge)
Win %0–100%
8.3%
78.2% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 45
0
45 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—67.16%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
0%
67% (edge)
Times stopped‡max 6
4 (edge)
6
Title reignsmax 4
0
4 (edge)
Bouts per year§max 6.2
1.5
6.2 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 88
12
88

† 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

Heightnot held
Ossie Harris: No height on file
Tony Zale: 5′7″
Reachnot held
Ossie Harris: No reach on file
Tony Zale: 69″
Agenot held
Ossie Harris: No date of birth
Tony Zale: Died aged 83
Stance
Ossie Harris: Not recorded
Tony Zale: Orthodox

Ossie Harris left, Tony Zale right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Ossie Harris1 win · from 12 tracked bouts

Ossie Harris: 1 tracked win — 1 on the cards (100%). Counted from 12 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 on the cards 100%

Tony Zale67 wins · from 88 tracked bouts

Tony Zale: 67 tracked wins — 45 by KO/TKO (67%) and 22 on the cards (33%). Counted from 88 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

45 by KO/TKO 67%22 on the cards 33%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Ossie Harris 12, Tony Zale 88 — 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

Ossie Harris last boxed on Mar 4, 1948 — 28,723 days ago. Harris had lost two straight, after one straight win.LLWLL

LaMotta Jan 1944LaMotta Feb 1944Zivic Jul 1945Robinson Oct 1946Robinson Mar 19481.5 tracked bouts per year

Tony Zale had won four in a row before losing by stoppage to Marcel Cerdan. Zale last boxed on Sep 21, 1948.WWWWL

Turner Jan 1948Claus Mar 1948Woods Mar 1948Graziano Jun 1948Cerdan Sep 19486.2 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Ossie Harris and Tony Zale ever fought each other?
Yes. Ossie Harris and Tony Zale met once on July 23, 1941, and Tony Zale won by KO in round 1.
The meeting

LJul 23, 1941 · Zale · KO R1

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Harris or Zale?
Ossie Harris is 1-11 across the 12 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.
Records · win %

Harris1–118.3%

Zale67–18–278.2%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Harris or Zale?
Ossie Harris has 0 knockout wins and Tony Zale has 45. Tony Zale has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Harris0

Zale4567.2%

The Numbers ↓
Do Harris and Zale have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Ossie Harris and Tony Zale have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Harris and Zale?
This comparison is drawn from 12 bouts tracked for Ossie Harris and 88 bouts tracked for Tony Zale. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Harris12bouts

Zale88bouts

How They Win ↓

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