Autographs of Tony Zale

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. In 1990, Zale was awarded the Presidential Citizens Medal by President George. H. W. Bush.
Zale met Georgie Abrams in Madison Square Garden in a world middleweight championship match on November 28, 1941, before a crowd of nearly 10,000. Despite knocking Zale down in the first round, a poke in the eye from Zale's glove left him with pain and blurred vision. From the fourth round on, Abrams fought with his left eye nearly closed. Blood from a cut opened above his right eye in the third from an accidental head butt from Zale caused additional vision problems from blood that dripped from the wound. Despite fighting half blind, Abrams fought courageously for fifteen rounds. Abrams lost in a close match, due to the incessant body attacks of Zale in the late rounds, particularly the ninth where he received a severe two handed attack to the midsection. The Associated Press judged Abrams the winner with eight rounds to Zale's seven.
Zale was a two-time world middleweight champion and made The Ring's list of 100 greatest punchers of all time. Zale is best remembered for his three bouts over a 21-month period with Rocky Graziano for the middleweight crown. These three bouts were among the most brutal and exciting middleweight championship matches of all time. The first match took place in Yankee Stadium, New York City. Zale had served in World War II, was thirty-three years old, and had been inactive for about four years. Graziano was on a winning knockout streak and seemed to be in his prime. In their first match (September 27, 1946), after flooring Graziano in the first round, Zale took a savage beating from Graziano, and was on the verge of losing the fight by TKO. However, he rallied and knocked out Graziano in the sixth round to retain his title. The rematch, a year later in Chicago (July 16, 1947), was a mirror image of their first fight. Graziano was battered around the ring, suffered a closed eye and appeared ready to lose by a knockout, then rallied and knocked Zale out in the sixth round, becoming middleweight champion of the world.
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Traded items with a signature of Tony Zale

The most expensive item with a signature of Tony Zale (TONY ZALE SIGNED JSA BOXER 1940'S MIDDLEWEIGHT CHAMP 3X5 AUTHENTICATED #N41780) was sold in July 2025 for £163.73 while the cheapest item (Tony Zale Original Signed Publicity Photo 8x10.) found a new owner for £6.16 in July 2023. The month with the most items sold (4) was December 2025 with an average selling price of £35.57 for an autographed item of Tony Zale. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in September 2025 with £149.08 and the month that saw the lowest prices with £6.16 was July 2023. In average, an autographed item from Tony Zale is worth £35.62.

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Picture	Item Title	Price	Store
	Billy Soose & Tony Zale Autographed Signed Magazine Page Photo PSA/DNA #S48714	£35.53
	BOXING GLOVE Autographed by THREE World Champions Signed by TONY ZALE Loa	£124.07
	Boxing Photo Signed Tony Zale 8 ½" x 11"	£53.64
	NICE Autographed Signed Boxing Tony Zale B&W 8x10 Photo JSA COA	£62.02
	Signed Tony Zale & Rock Graziano 8x10 Photo. Signed In Person	£41.17
	TONY ZALE (1913-1997) autograph cut | Boxing Great - signed	£30.94
	Tony Zale Autographed Boxing Magazine Signed 5 Times PSA/DNA #S50833	£17.40
	Tony Zale Autographed Boxing Program Signed w. Boxing Clippings from Scrapbook	£35.26
	Tony Zale Autographed Signed 8x10 Photo PSA/DNA	£35.62
	Tony Zale Boxing Autographed Signed 8x10 Framed Photo (JSA COA #CE61115)	£103.06
	Tony Zale Signed B&W Photo 27x20cm Autograph Boxing Champion Blue Ink Rare	£149.08
	Tony Zale Signed B&W Photo 27x20cm Autograph Boxing Champion Blue Ink Rare	£150.57
	TONY ZALE SIGNED JSA BOXER 1940'S MIDDLEWEIGHT CHAMP 3X5 AUTHENTICATED #N41780	£163.73
	TONY ZALE SIGNED JSA BOXER 40'S MIDDLEWEIGHT CHAMP 3X5 AUTHENTICATED #N41779	£81.73
	Vintage Tony Zale Autographed Photo	£17.89