H&G All-Time Index public fighter card
Tony Zale
Middleweight · United States
Tony Zale ranks #378 in the H&G All-Time Index at Middleweight, with a 76.76 All-Time Index score and a 67-18-2 professional record. His career span on this page is 1934-1948.
- All-time rank
- #378
- H&G All-Time Index
- 76.760-100 ranking index. This is the number that orders the list.
- Career record
- 67-18-2Professional wins, losses and draws.
- Active years
- 1934-1948
- Data Confidence
- MediumSolid but wider career evidence. Treat close ranks with extra care.
Career story
How Tony Zale's rating rose and fell year by year, with his peak marked.
Yearly peak-form Elo rating points. This curve is separate from the 0-100 ranking index.
Show the year-by-year numbers
| Year | Peak-form Elo rating |
|---|---|
| 1934 | 1,422 |
| 1935 | 1,439 |
| 1936 | 1,473 |
| 1937 | 1,563 |
| 1938 | 1,626 |
| 1939 | 1,636 |
| 1940 | 1,754 |
| 1941 | 1,773 |
| 1942 | 1,771 |
| 1946 | 1,784 |
| 1947 | 1,778 |
| 1948 | 1,775 |
Why this ranking
Tony Zale ranks #378 with a 76.76 score on the 60-100 H&G All-Time Index. His standout win in our data is over Fred Apostoli in 1940, who reached a 1,879 Peak-form Elo, one of the stronger opponents on his record. In 2 cases a result was later reversed, including Nate Bolden, whom he beat once but lost to in a later fight. Data Confidence is Medium, so the rating should be read with wider uncertainty. Peak-form Elo is 1,784 (±241), separate from the 60-100 career Index.
What lifts or lowers this ranking
Bars show each weighted signal's relative size. Gold lifts the placement; grey holds it back.
A narrow signal for lineal, explicit undisputed or major multi-belt class control in this release data; it is not a full title history.
How much the record is helped by wins over contemporaneous title-level opponents.
How much major title evidence supports the rating.
Same-era separation left after the shared peak and sustained rating signal is removed.
How much repeat elite-year presence supports the all-time case.
Collapsed signal from peak rating, sustained rating and same-era separation.
Compare and explore
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Top fights
The highest-ranked fighters Tony Zale actually faced, biggest names first. Each one opens the head-to-head tool with the pair filled in.
- Billy Conn#52 · Index 88 · 1942
- Fred Apostoli#98 · Index 84 · 1940
- Marcel Cerdan#162 · Index 81 · 1948
- Billy Soose#626 · Index 74 · 1940
- Al Hostak#876 · Index 72 · 1940, 1941
- Rocky Graziano#905 · Index 72 · 1946, 1947, 1948
Ranked-vs-ranked bouts from the pinned fight archive, ordered by opponent ranking. An objective record of who they shared a ring with.
Great rivals he never fought
Ranked fighters who shared a recognised division and whose competitive careers overlapped, with no bout between them on record. Each name opens the head-to-head tool with the pair filled in.
- Henry Armstrong#3 · Middleweight · 9 overlapping years (1937-1945)
- Barney Ross#14 · Middleweight · 5 overlapping years (1934-1938)
- Freddie Steele#55 · Middleweight · 8 overlapping years (1934-1941)
- Young Corbett III#66 · Middleweight · 7 overlapping years (1934-1940)
- Jake LaMotta#241 · Middleweight · 8 overlapping years (1941-1948)
- Ken Overlin#243 · Middleweight · 10 overlapping years (1935-1944)
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- Lou Brouillard#253 · Middleweight · 7 overlapping years (1934-1940)
- Gus Lesnevich#289 · Middleweight · 15 overlapping years (1934-1948)
- Teddy Yarosz#302 · Middleweight · 9 overlapping years (1934-1942)
- Ceferino Garcia#311 · Middleweight · 12 overlapping years (1934-1945)
- Holman Williams#362 · Middleweight · 9 overlapping years (1940-1948)
- Lloyd Marshall#424 · Middleweight · 13 overlapping years (1936-1948)
Shared recognised division, overlapping competitive years, no recorded bout between them. A measured pattern only.
About this rating
Rankings: H&G All-Time Index v2.0.0. Reflects fights up to , the most recent on record. The ratings are fixed to that point, so fights after it are not yet included.
The rating itself is built from the 43 bouts we hold full data for from 1934 to 1948, which is why this count differs from the professional record above.
For the data-minded
Peak-form Elo rating: 1,784 (peak dated 1946-02-01). This best-point rating sits on its own scale and is not directly comparable with the 0-100 index.
The peak estimate carries an uncertainty band of about ±241 Elo, so read close comparisons with care.