1920s boxing
What 1920s boxing fighters actually measure — 53 of them, from Wikipedia's own data.
+3%
Across the 53 1920s boxing fighters in this dataset, the median reach advantage is 3% — a median reach of 70.1″ on a median height of 67″. 93% fight orthodox.
SOURCE·English Wikipedia infoboxes + Wikidata roster·REVIEWED AUG 2026
The era's shape
Median reach
70.1″
178 cm
Median height
67″
170.2 cm
Median reach advantage
3%
of body height
Median finish rate
36%
of wins inside the distance
Fighters
53
27 with a reach on file
Stance
- orthodox93%
- southpaw7%
By country
- United States41
- France3
- United Kingdom2
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland1
- New Zealand1
- Cuba1
- Italy1
- Spain1
- Canada1
- Philippines1
How this era is compiled
- Every published fighter this site files under 1920s boxing — 53 of them. Membership is stated by the source, never assigned to fill a cohort.
- The decade is MEASURED, not projected: it is the decade holding more of a fighter's dated bouts than any other. A fighter with fewer than three dated bouts has no decade here and appears in no era cohort.
- Medians, not means — one outlier should not move the typical figure.
- A cohort is only published at 30 fighters or more. Below that a median is a rumour, so no page is emitted and nothing links to one.
reach advantage = (reach − height) ÷ height × 100
Longest reach for the frame
| # | Fighter | Reach | Height | Advantage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lew Tendler | 70″ | 66″ | +6.09% |
| 2 | George Godfrey | 79.5″ | 75″ | +5.98% |
| 3 | Gene Tunney | 76″ | 72″ | +5.52% |
| 4 | Tod Morgan | 71″ | 67.5″ | +5.13% |
| 5 | Benny Bass | 64″ | 61″ | +4.97% |
| 6 | Fidel LaBarba | 66″ | 63″ | +4.75% |
| 7 | Billy Petrolle | 70.1″ | 67″ | +4.58% |
| 8 | Mike McTigue | 72″ | 68.9″ | +4.57% |
| 9 | Dave Shade | 71″ | 68″ | +4.4% |
| 10 | Esteban Gallard | 71″ | 68″ | +4.4% |
| 11 | Vince Dundee | 71″ | 68″ | +4.4% |
| 12 | Max Schmeling | 76″ | 73″ | +4.1% |
| 13 | Eddie Martin | 65″ | 63″ | +3.19% |
| 14 | Jackie Fields | 69″ | 67″ | +3% |
| 15 | Tom Heeney | 72″ | 70″ | +2.87% |
| 16 | Paul Berlenbach | 72″ | 70″ | +2.87% |
| 17 | Tommy Loughran | 73″ | 71″ | +2.83% |
| 18 | Sammy Mandell | 67″ | 66″ | +1.55% |
| 19 | Memphis Pal Moore | 66″ | 65″ | +1.51% |
| 20 | Pete Latzo | 68″ | 67″ | +1.47% |
| 21 | James J. Braddock | 75″ | 74″ | +1.33% |
| 22 | Kid Kaplan | 62.6″ | 62″ | +0.95% |
| 23 | Joe Lynch | 66″ | 66″ | 0% |
| 24 | Mickey Walker | 67″ | 67″ | 0% |
| 25 | Young Corbett III | 67″ | 67″ | 0% |
| 26 | Jack Sharkey | 72″ | 72″ | 0% |
| 27 | Jimmy Goodrich | 65.5″ | 66″ | -0.72% |
SOURCE·English Wikipedia infoboxes + Wikidata roster·REVIEWED AUG 2026
All 53 on the site
- Abe Goldstein
- Al Singer
- André Routis
- Battling Siki
- Benny Bass +4.97%
- Billy Petrolle +4.58%
- Bud Taylor
- Charley Rosenberg
- Dave Shade +4.4%
- Eddie Martin +3.19%
- Esteban Gallard +4.4%
- Fidel LaBarba +4.75%
- Frankie Genaro
- Gene Tunney +5.52%
- George Godfrey +5.98%
- Gipsy Daniels
- Jack Delaney
- Jack Sharkey 0%
- Jackie Fields +3%
- Jackie Sharkey
- James J. Braddock +1.33%
- Jimmy Goodrich -0.72%
- Jimmy Slattery
- Joe Dundee
- Joe Lynch 0%
- Kid Kaplan +0.95%
- Len Harvey
- Lew Tendler +6.09%
- Marcel Thil
- Max Schmeling +4.1%
- Memphis Pal Moore +1.51%
- Mickey Walker 0%
- Mike Ballerino
- Mike McTigue +4.57%
- Newsboy Brown
- Nipper Pat Daly
- Pancho Villa
- Paul Berlenbach +2.87%
- Paulino Uzcudun
- Pete Latzo +1.47%
- Pinky Mitchell
- Ruby Goldstein
- Sammy Mandell +1.55%
- Sid Terris
- Tiger Flowers
- Tod Morgan +5.13%
- Tom Heeney +2.87%
- Tommy Gibbons
- Tommy Loughran +2.83%
- Vince Dundee +4.4%
- Young Corbett III 0%
- Young Jack Thompson
- Young Stribling
What this cohort does and does not say
- How many 1920s boxing fighters have a reach on record?
- 27 of 53. Reach is stated in the English Wikipedia infobox for those and absent for the rest, so every reach figure on this page — including the median — describes only the 27. It is not extrapolated to the others.
- Why do some decades have no page here?
- A decade is published only where at least 30 fighters belong to it. Below that a median is a rumour, so no page is emitted and nothing links to one. A fighter's decade is also measured, not estimated — it is the decade holding more of their dated bouts than any other, and a fighter with fewer than three dated bouts belongs to no decade at all.
Other ways this dataset is cut
The nearest cohort in size to 1920s boxing — 49 fighters against 53, so the two medians are worth reading against each other.
49 FIGHTERS 1910s boxingThe nearest cohort in size to 1920s boxing — 48 fighters against 53, so the two medians are worth reading against each other.
48 FIGHTERS Longest reach for the frameThe extremes this cohort's median is drawn from, ranked across all 2,650 fighters with a reach on file.
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