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Rocky Graziano vs Tony Zale — record, stats and common opponents compared

🇺🇸WELTERWEIGHT

Rocky Graziano

Rocky Graziano

Cross-division

Tony Zale

🇺🇸MIDDLEWEIGHT

Tony Zale

Rocky Graziano (67-10-6) and Tony Zale (67-18-2) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met 4 times. They share 1 common opponent.

Graziano

67

Wins52 KO · 78%

10

Losses

6

Draws85 tracked bouts

Zale

67

Wins45 KO · 67%

18

Losses

2

Draws88 tracked bouts

Head to Head

Series level 2–2

Rocky Graziano and Tony Zale have met 4 times; Series level 2–2.

Rocky Graziano and Tony Zale have met 4 times; Series level 2–2.
Met1946Sep 271947Jul 161947Jul 171948Jun 10Series
Rocky GrazianoFighter ALLostWWonWWonLLost2–2W–L
Tony ZaleFighter BWWonLLostLLostWWon2–2W–L
ResultKOR6TKOR6TKOR6KOR34Meetings

The Numbers

Graziano 7 · Zale 1 of 8 measurable rows
GrazianoZale
Record
67-10-6 (edge)67-18-2
Win %0–100%
84.3% (edge)
78.2%
Wins by knockoutmax 52
52 (edge)
45
KO rate0–100%
77.61% (edge)
67.16%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)†0–100%
78% (edge)
67%
Times stopped†max 6
4 (edge)
6
Title reignsmax 4
2
4 (edge)
Bouts per year‡max 8.1
8.1 (edge)
6.2
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 88
85
88

† 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

HeightLevel
Rocky Graziano: 5′7″
Tony Zale: 5′7″
Reachnot held
Rocky Graziano: No reach on file
Tony Zale: 69″
Agenot comparable
Rocky Graziano: Died aged 71
Tony Zale: Died aged 83
Stance
Rocky Graziano: Orthodox
Tony Zale: Orthodox

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

Welterweight against Middleweight. The two are listed in different weight classes, so the tape measures them as they stand rather than as a matchup.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Rocky Graziano68 wins · from 85 tracked bouts

Rocky Graziano: 68 tracked wins — 53 by KO/TKO (78%), 14 on the cards (21%) and 1 by another method or unrecorded (1%). Counted from 85 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

53 by KO/TKO 78%14 on the cards 21%1 by another method or unrecorded 1%

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 — Rocky Graziano 85, Tony Zale 88 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · Zale better on 1

Graziano

Opponent

Zale

  • Rocky Graziano

    Win, KO 2

    1949

    ClausZale better

    Tony Zale

    2–0 against

    Win, TKO 4

    1948

    Win, KO 4

    1946

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

Rocky Graziano has lost three straight, after two straight wins. Graziano last boxed on Sep 17, 1952.WWLLL

O'Neill Feb 1952Wouters Mar 1952Robinson Apr 1952Robinson Apr 1952Davey Sep 19528.1 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 Rocky Graziano and Tony Zale ever fought each other?
Yes. Rocky Graziano and Tony Zale have met 4 times and the series is level at 2-2.
The 4 meetings

LJun 10, 1948 · Zale · KO R3

WJul 17, 1947 · Graziano · TKO R6

WJul 16, 1947 · Graziano · TKO R6

LSep 27, 1946 · Zale · KO R6

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Graziano or Zale?
Rocky Graziano is 67-10-6 and Tony Zale is 67-18-2. Rocky Graziano has the higher win percentage.
Records · win %

Graziano67–10–684.3%

Zale67–18–278.2%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Graziano or Zale?
Rocky Graziano has 52 knockout wins and Tony Zale has 45. Rocky Graziano has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Graziano5277.6%

Zale4567.2%

The Numbers ↓
Do Graziano and Zale have any common opponents?
Rocky Graziano and Tony Zale share 1 common opponent: Bobby Claus. Tony Zale fared better against 1 of them.
Shared opponent

Bobby ClausWW

Common Opponents ↓
Who is bigger, Graziano or Zale?
Tony Zale is the taller fighter at 171 cm, 1 cm above the other.
Height · reach

Graziano170 cm

Zale171 cm175 cm reach

Tale of the Tape ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Graziano and Zale?
This comparison is drawn from 85 bouts tracked for Rocky Graziano and 88 bouts tracked for Tony Zale. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Graziano85bouts

Zale88bouts

How They Win ↓

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