Middleweight Boxing

Rocky Graziano vs Tony Zale

A fight that actually happened — and everything both records say about it.

Meetings on record

Rocky Graziano and Tony Zale met 3 times (1946, 1947, 1948). Tony Zale won in 1948 by ko; Rocky Graziano won in 1947 by ko; Tony Zale won in 1946 by ko.

SOURCE·Rocky Graziano and Tony Zale — English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)·both records name the other·REVIEWED AUG 2026

How this head-to-head is established

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Side by side

What both records stateAUG 2026
Rocky Graziano		Tony Zale
—	Reach	69″ (175.3 cm)
67″ (170.2 cm)	Height	67″ (170.2 cm)
—	Reach advantage	+3%
67–10	Record	67–18
78%	Finish rate	67%
19	Longest unbeaten run	10
75	Recorded bouts	79
Orthodox	Stance	Orthodox

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Both records, drawn

The same ledger line on each: wins stamped above the rule, losses below, the mark's shape carrying how it ended.

Rocky Graziano

WON ABOVE·LOST BELOW BAR = STOPPAGE·BROKEN BAR = SUBMISSION·TICK = DECISION 1942–1952 · 1 UNDATED

winlossdraw / NC1942–1952

Tony Zale

WON ABOVE·LOST BELOW BAR = STOPPAGE·BROKEN BAR = SUBMISSION·TICK = DECISION 1934–1948 · 2 UNDATED

winlossdraw / NC1934–1948

Cross-references

Rocky Graziano

The full ledger: 75 bouts, the reach placed in its cohort, and what the record does not say.

67–10 Tony Zale

The same, from the other corner — 79 bouts and the cohort Zale is ranked inside.

67–18 Every confirmed matchup

The other 899 pairings whose own records confirm the fight happened — not a list of fights anyone imagined.

900 BOUTS

Rocky Graziano vs Tony Zale

How this head-to-head is established

Side by side

Both records, drawn

Rocky Graziano

Tony Zale

Where this pairing leads

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