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Tony Zale vs Wilbur Stokes — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Tony Zale

Wilbur Stokes

Tony Zale (67-18-2) and Wilbur Stokes (0-1-1 across 2 tracked bouts) 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.

Zale

67

Wins45 KO · 67%

18

Losses

2

Draws88 tracked bouts

Stokes

Tracked record

0–1–1

counted from 2 bouts 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

Zale leads 1–0

Tony Zale and Wilbur Stokes have met 1 time; Zale leads 1–0.

Tony Zale and Wilbur Stokes have met 1 time; Zale leads 1–0.
Met1934Aug 27Series
Tony ZaleFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Wilbur StokesFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultPTS1Meeting

The Numbers

Zale 5 · Stokes 1 of 6 measurable rows
ZaleStokes
Record†
67-18-2 (edge)0-1-1
Win %0–100%
78.2% (edge)
25%
Wins by knockoutmax 45
45 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
67.16%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
67%—
Times stopped‡max 6
6
0 (edge)
Title reignsmax 4
4 (edge)
0
Bouts per year§max 6.2
6.2 (edge)
0.6
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 88
88
2

† 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
Tony Zale: 5′7″
Wilbur Stokes: No height on file
Reachnot held
Tony Zale: 69″
Wilbur Stokes: No reach on file
Agenot held
Tony Zale: Died aged 83
Wilbur Stokes: No date of birth
Stance
Tony Zale: Orthodox
Wilbur Stokes: Not recorded

Tony Zale left, Wilbur Stokes 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 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%

Wilbur Stokes0 wins · from 2 tracked bouts

Wilbur Stokes: no tracked wins in the 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Stokes yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Tony Zale 88, Wilbur Stokes 2 — 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 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

Wilbur Stokes last boxed on Aug 27, 1934 — 33,661 days ago. Stokes had lost the most recent, to Tony Zale.DL

Mandell Jul 1931Zale Aug 19340.6 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Tony Zale and Wilbur Stokes ever fought each other?
Yes. Tony Zale and Wilbur Stokes met once on August 27, 1934, and Tony Zale won by PTS.
The meeting

WAug 27, 1934 · Zale · PTS

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

Zale67–18–278.2%

Stokes0–1–125%

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

Zale4567.2%

Stokes0

The Numbers ↓
Do Zale and Stokes have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Tony Zale and Wilbur Stokes have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Zale and Stokes?
This comparison is drawn from 88 bouts tracked for Tony Zale and 2 bouts tracked for Wilbur Stokes. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Zale88bouts

Stokes2bouts

How They Win ↓

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