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Roughhouse Glover vs Tony Zale — record, stats and common opponents compared

Roughhouse Glover

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Tony Zale

Roughhouse Glover (1-0 across 1 tracked bout) 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.

Glover

Tracked record

1–0

counted from 1 bout 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

Glover leads 1–0

Roughhouse Glover and Tony Zale have met 1 time; Glover leads 1–0.

Roughhouse Glover and Tony Zale have met 1 time; Glover leads 1–0.
Met1935Mar 27Series
Roughhouse GloverFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Tony ZaleFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultTKOR91Meeting

The Numbers

Glover 4 · Zale 2 of 6 measurable rows
GloverZale
Record†
1-0 (edge)67-18-2
Win %0–100%
100% (edge)
78.2%
Wins by knockoutmax 45
1
45 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—67.16%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
100% (edge)
67%
Times stopped‡max 6
0 (edge)
6
Title reignsmax 4
0
4 (edge)
Bouts per year§not comparable
—6.2
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 88
1
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
Roughhouse Glover: No height on file
Tony Zale: 5′7″
Reachnot held
Roughhouse Glover: No reach on file
Tony Zale: 69″
Agenot held
Roughhouse Glover: No date of birth
Tony Zale: Died aged 83
Stance
Roughhouse Glover: Not recorded
Tony Zale: Orthodox

Roughhouse Glover 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
Roughhouse Glover1 win · from 1 tracked bout

Roughhouse Glover: 1 tracked win — 1 by KO/TKO (100%). Counted from 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested.

1 by KO/TKO 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 — Roughhouse Glover 1, 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

Roughhouse Glover last boxed on Mar 27, 1935 — 33,457 days ago. Glover had won once, the most recent against Tony Zale.W

Zale Mar 1935

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 Roughhouse Glover and Tony Zale ever fought each other?
Yes. Roughhouse Glover and Tony Zale met once on March 27, 1935, and Roughhouse Glover won by TKO in round 9.
The meeting

WMar 27, 1935 · Glover · TKO R9

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Glover or Zale?
Roughhouse Glover is 1-0 across the 1 bout Kill The Body has tracked and Tony Zale is 67-18-2. Roughhouse Glover has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Glover1–0100%

Zale67–18–278.2%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Glover or Zale?
Roughhouse Glover has 1 knockout win and Tony Zale has 45. Tony Zale has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Glover1

Zale4567.2%

The Numbers ↓
Do Glover and Zale have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Roughhouse Glover and Tony Zale have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Glover and Zale?
This comparison is drawn from 1 bout tracked for Roughhouse Glover and 88 bouts tracked for Tony Zale. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Glover1bout

Zale88bouts

How They Win ↓

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