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Phil Mercurio vs Tony Galento — record, stats and common opponents compared

Phil Mercurio

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Tony Galento

Phil Mercurio (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.

Mercurio

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

Galento leads 1–0

Phil Mercurio and Tony Galento have met 1 time; Galento leads 1–0.

Phil Mercurio and Tony Galento have met 1 time; Galento leads 1–0.
Met1931Jan 2Series
Phil MercurioFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Tony GalentoFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultKOR21Meeting

The Numbers

Mercurio 1 · Galento 5 of 6 measurable rows
MercurioGalento
Record†
1-279-26-6 (edge)
Win %0–100%
33.3%
73.9% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 57
0
57 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—72.15%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
0%
72% (edge)
Times stopped‡max 6
2 (edge)
6
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 7.1
1.2
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
Phil Mercurio: No reach on file
Tony Galento: 72″
Agenot held
Phil Mercurio: No date of birth
Tony Galento: Died aged 69
Stance
Phil Mercurio: Not recorded
Tony Galento: Orthodox

Phil Mercurio 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
Phil Mercurio1 win · from 3 tracked bouts

Phil Mercurio: 1 tracked win — 1 by another method or unrecorded (100%). Counted from 3 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 by another method or unrecorded 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 — Phil Mercurio 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

Phil Mercurio last boxed on Jan 2, 1931 — 34,994 days ago. Mercurio had lost two straight, after one straight win.WLL

Levinsky Jul 1928Braddock Sep 1930Galento Jan 19311.2 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 Phil Mercurio and Tony Galento ever fought each other?
Yes. Phil Mercurio and Tony Galento met once on January 2, 1931, and Tony Galento won by KO in round 2.
The meeting

LJan 2, 1931 · Galento · KO R2

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Mercurio or Galento?
Phil Mercurio 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 %

Mercurio1–233.3%

Galento79–26–673.9%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Mercurio or Galento?
Phil Mercurio has 0 knockout wins and Tony Galento has 57. Tony Galento has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Mercurio0

Galento5772.2%

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

Mercurio3bouts

Galento112bouts

How They Win ↓

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