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Tony Galento vs Will Matthews — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Tony Galento

Will Matthews

Tony Galento (79-26-6) and Will Matthews (0-1 across 1 tracked bout) 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.

Galento

79

Wins57 KO · 72%

26

Losses

6

Draws112 tracked bouts

Matthews

Tracked record

0–1

counted from 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested

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

Tony Galento and Will Matthews have met 1 time; Galento leads 1–0.

Tony Galento and Will Matthews have met 1 time; Galento leads 1–0.
Met1930Jun 25Series
Tony GalentoFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Will MatthewsFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultTKOR11Meeting

The Numbers

Galento 3 · Matthews 1 of 4 measurable rows
GalentoMatthews
Record†
79-26-6 (edge)0-1
Win %0–100%
73.9% (edge)
0%
Wins by knockoutmax 57
57 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
72.15%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
72%—
Times stopped‡max 6
6
1 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§not comparable
7.1—
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 112
112
1

† 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
Tony Galento: 72″
Will Matthews: No reach on file
Agenot held
Tony Galento: Died aged 69
Will Matthews: No date of birth
Stance
Tony Galento: Orthodox
Will Matthews: Not recorded

Tony Galento left, Will Matthews right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
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%

Will Matthews0 wins · from 1 tracked bout

Will Matthews: no tracked wins in the 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Matthews yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Tony Galento 112, Will Matthews 1 — 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

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

Will Matthews last boxed on Jun 25, 1930 — 35,190 days ago. Matthews had lost the most recent, to Tony Galento.L

Galento Jun 1930

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Tony Galento and Will Matthews ever fought each other?
Yes. Tony Galento and Will Matthews met once on June 25, 1930, and Tony Galento won by TKO in round 1.
The meeting

WJun 25, 1930 · Galento · TKO R1

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Galento or Matthews?
Tony Galento is 79-26-6 and Will Matthews is 0-1 across the 1 bout Kill The Body has tracked. Tony Galento has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Galento79–26–673.9%

Matthews0–10%

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

Galento5772.2%

Matthews0

The Numbers ↓
Do Galento and Matthews have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Tony Galento and Will Matthews have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Galento and Matthews?
This comparison is drawn from 112 bouts tracked for Tony Galento and 1 bout tracked for Will Matthews. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Galento112bouts

Matthews1bout

How They Win ↓

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