Tony Zale
69″ reach · +3% reach advantage · 60th percentile
Tony Zale has a reach of 69″ against a height of 67″ — a reach advantage of +3%, above average for middleweight boxing and the 60th percentile of the 123 compared here.
Reach in context
Reach advantage
+3%
69″ reach on a 67″ frame
Compared against 123 middleweight boxing fighters. Median 2.83%.
| Reach | 69″ (175.3 cm) | 10th pct |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 67″ (170.2 cm) | 5th pct |
| Stance | Orthodox | |
| Division | Middleweight Boxing | |
| Peak era | 1940s | |
| Country | United States |
Record
Boxing record
67–18
87 bouts on record
Finish rate
67%
of wins ended inside the distance — middleweight boxing median 60%, 66th percentile
The career, bout by bout
79 recorded bouts from 1934 to 1948. Every incumbent shows this as a table you have to read; here it is as a shape you can see.
Career span
15y
1934–1948
Longest unbeaten run
10
without a loss — draws do not break it
Busiest year
1934
19 bouts
Recorded bouts
79
77 with a date
Fights
| Year | Result | Opponent | Method | Rd |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1948 | L | Marcel Cerdan | KO/TKO | 11 |
| 1948 | W | Rocky Graziano | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 1948 | W | Lou Woods | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 1948 | W | Bobby Claus | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 1948 | W | Al Turner | KO/TKO | 5 |
| 1947 | L | Rocky Graziano | KO/TKO | 6 |
| 1947 | W | Cliff Beckett | KO/TKO | 6 |
| 1947 | W | Al Timmons | KO/TKO | 5 |
| 1947 | W | Tommy Charles | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 1947 | W | Len Wadsworth | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 1947 | W | Deacon Logan | KO/TKO | 6 |
| 1946 | W | Rocky Graziano | KO/TKO | 6 |
| 1946 | W | Eddie Rossi | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 1946 | W | Ira Hughes | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1946 | W | Bobby Claus | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 1946 | W | Oscar Boyd | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 1946 | W | Tony Gillo | KO/TKO | 5 |
| 1946 | W | Bobby Giles | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 1942 | L | Billy Conn | Decision | 12 |
| 1941 | W | Georgie Abrams | Decision | 15 |
| 1941 | W | Billy Pryor | KO/TKO | 9 |
| 1941 | W | Ossie Harris | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1941 | W | Al Hostak | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1941 | W | Steve Mamakos | KO/TKO | 14 |
| 1941 | W | Tony Martin | KO/TKO | 7 |
| 1940 | W | Fred Apostoli | Decision | 10 |
| 1940 | L | Billy Soose | Decision | 10 |
| 1940 | W | Al Hostak | KO/TKO | 13 |
| 1940 | W | Baby Kid Chocolate | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 1940 | W | Ben Brown | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 1940 | W | Enzo Iannozzi | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 1939 | W | Babe Orgovan | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 1939 | W | Eddie Meleski | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1939 | W | Al Wardlow | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 1939 | W | Sherman Edwards | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 1939 | W | Milton Shivers | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 1939 | W | Johnny Shaw | KO/TKO | 5 |
| 1939 | L | Nate Bolden | Decision | 10 |
| 1938 | W | Enzo Innazzi | Decision | 6 |
| 1938 | W | Jimmy Clark | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1938 | W | Tony Cisco | Decision | 10 |
| 1938 | L | Billy Celebron | Decision | 10 |
| 1938 | W | Bobby LaMonte | KO/TKO | 5 |
| 1938 | W | King Wyatt | Decision | 8 |
| 1938 | W | Henry Schaft | Decision | 8 |
| 1938 | W | Nate Bolden | Decision | 8 |
| 1937 | W | Nate Bolden | Decision | 5 |
| 1937 | W | Leon Jackson | Decision | 6 |
| 1937 | W | Bobby Gerry | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1937 | W | Billy Brown | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1937 | W | Elby Johnson | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 1937 | L | Manuel Davila | Decision | 4 |
| 1936 | D | Jack Moran | Decision | 5 |
| 1935 | L | Dave Clark | Decision | 5 |
| 1935 | L | Johnny Phagan | KO/TKO | 6 |
| 1935 | L | Roughhouse Glover | KO/TKO | 9 |
| 1935 | W | Max Elling | Decision | 8 |
| 1935 | W | Young Jack Blackburn | Decision | 6 |
| 1934 | L | Joey Bazzone | Decision | 6 |
| 1934 | L | Jack Gibbons | Decision | 10 |
Showing the 60 most recent of 79 recorded bouts.
10 of these opponents have their own page here.
Closest in build
middleweight boxing fighters with the nearest reach advantage.
- Arthur King+3% 69″ reach · 60th pct
- Verno Phillips+3% 69″ reach · 60th pct
- Gene Fullmer+3% 69″ reach · 60th pct
- Vito Antuofermo+3% 69″ reach · 60th pct
- Don Fullmer+2.95% 70″ reach · 58th pct
- Rodrigo Valdez+2.95% 70″ reach · 58th pct
- Mike O'Dowd+2.95% 70″ reach · 58th pct
- Henry Armstrong+3.09% 67″ reach · 64th pct
How this is worked out
- Measurements and records are read from the fighter's English Wikipedia infobox; the fight list is parsed from the article's own results table.
- Reach advantage is (reach − height) ÷ height as a percentage, so fighters of different sizes compare directly.
- Percentiles rank this fighter among the 123 middleweight boxing fighters in the dataset — chosen because it is the most specific group of at least 30 that this fighter belongs to.
Reach advantage = (reach − height) ÷ height × 100
Source: Tony Zale on English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), as of 2026-08-03. Percentiles and derived figures computed here.