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Sherman Edwards vs Tony Zale — record, stats and common opponents compared

Sherman Edwards

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Tony Zale

Sherman Edwards (0-1 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.

Edwards

Tracked record

0–1

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

Zale leads 1–0

Sherman Edwards and Tony Zale have met 1 time; Zale leads 1–0.

Sherman Edwards and Tony Zale have met 1 time; Zale leads 1–0.
Met1939Oct 6Series
Sherman EdwardsFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Tony ZaleFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultTKOR31Meeting

The Numbers

Edwards 1 · Zale 4 of 5 measurable rows
EdwardsZale
Record†
0-167-18-2 (edge)
Win %0–100%
0%
78.2% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 45
0
45 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—67.16%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—67%
Times stopped‡max 6
1 (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
Sherman Edwards: No height on file
Tony Zale: 5′7″
Reachnot held
Sherman Edwards: No reach on file
Tony Zale: 69″
Agenot held
Sherman Edwards: No date of birth
Tony Zale: Died aged 83
Stance
Sherman Edwards: Not recorded
Tony Zale: Orthodox

Sherman Edwards 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
Sherman Edwards0 wins · from 1 tracked bout

Sherman Edwards: no tracked wins in the 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Edwards yet.

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 — Sherman Edwards 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

Sherman Edwards last boxed on Oct 6, 1939 — 31,796 days ago. Edwards had lost the most recent, to Tony Zale.L

Zale Oct 1939

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 Sherman Edwards and Tony Zale ever fought each other?
Yes. Sherman Edwards and Tony Zale met once on October 6, 1939, and Tony Zale won by TKO in round 3.
The meeting

LOct 6, 1939 · Zale · TKO R3

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Edwards or Zale?
Sherman Edwards is 0-1 across the 1 bout 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 %

Edwards0–10%

Zale67–18–278.2%

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

Edwards0

Zale4567.2%

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

Edwards1bout

Zale88bouts

How They Win ↓

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