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Tony Zale

1913 - 1997

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Anthony Florian Zaleski (May 29, 1913 – March 20, 1997), known professionally as Tony Zale, was an American boxer. Zale was born and raised in Gary, Indiana, a steel town, which gave him his nickname, "Man of Steel", reinforced by his reputation of being able to take fearsome punishment and still rally to win. Zale, who held the world middleweight title multiple times, was known as a crafty boxer and punishing body puncher who wore his opponents down before knocking them out. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tony Zale has received more than 351,350 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Tony Zale is the 81st most popular boxer (down from 68th in 2019), the 6,432nd most popular biography from United States (down from 5,757th in 2019) and the 42nd most popular American Boxer.

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  • 46.82

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  • 15

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  • 2.34

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Among BOXERS

Among boxers, Tony Zale ranks 81 out of 326Before him are Vladimir Yengibaryan, Tyson Fury, Carmen Basilio, Samuel Berger, Jimmy Ellis, and Carmelo Bossi. After him are Carlo Orlandi, Fernando Atzori, István Énekes, Aureliano Bolognesi, Santiago Lovell, and Pete Rademacher.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1913, Tony Zale ranks 231Before him are Suzan Kahramaner, Jacinto Convit, John Mikaelsson, Richard Helms, Cyril Toumanoff, and Robert Nisbet. After him are Julius Döpfner, Harry Andersson, Pierre Daninos, Sándor Tarics, Oscar Alfredo Gálvez, and Ed Ablowich. Among people deceased in 1997, Tony Zale ranks 205Before him are Conlon Nancarrow, Dulce María Loynaz, Billie Dove, Luther Allison, Cheddi Jagan, and Cyril Toumanoff. After him are Tamara Tyshkevich, Ferenc Sipos, Albín Brunovský, Mikel Koliqi, Enrique Peralta Azurdia, and Chūhei Nambu.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Tony Zale ranks 6,432 out of 18,182Before him are Florence R. Sabin (1871), Scott Caan (1976), Sasha Mitchell (1967), Gardiner Greene Hubbard (1822), Harold Osborn (1899), and Marc Cherry (1962). After him are Walton Goggins (1971), Ransom E. Olds (1864), Ted DiBiase (1954), Robert Harron (1893), Johnny Mercer (1909), and Joe Ranft (1960).

Among BOXERS In United States

Among boxers born in United States, Tony Zale ranks 42Before him are Jess Willard (1881), Oscar De La Hoya (1973), Michael Spinks (1956), Carmen Basilio (1927), Samuel Berger (1884), and Jimmy Ellis (1940). After him are Pete Rademacher (1928), Thomas Hearns (1958), James J. Jeffries (1875), Frankie Genaro (1901), Riddick Bowe (1967), and Bernard Hopkins (1965).