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1930s boxing

What 1930s boxing fighters actually measure — 71 of them, from Wikipedia's own data.

median reach advantage

+2.87%

Across the 71 1930s boxing fighters in this dataset, the median reach advantage is 2.87% — a median reach of 70″ on a median height of 68″. 94% fight orthodox.

SOURCE·English Wikipedia infoboxes + Wikidata roster·REVIEWED AUG 2026

Cohort profile

The era's shape

Median reach

70″

177.8 cm

Median height

68″

172.7 cm

Median reach advantage

2.87%

of body height

Median finish rate

41%

of wins inside the distance

Fighters

71

39 with a reach on file

0%1930s boxing reach advantage10.4%

Stance

  • orthodox94%
  • southpaw6%

By country

  • United States50
  • United Kingdom6
  • Mexico4
  • Philippines2
  • Greece2
  • Canada1
  • Chile1
  • Spain1
  • Panama1
  • Germany1

How this era is compiled

  1. Every published fighter this site files under 1930s boxing — 71 of them. Membership is stated by the source, never assigned to fill a cohort.
  2. 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.
  3. Medians, not means — one outlier should not move the typical figure.
  4. 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

Sources, exclusions and known limits →

Longest reach for the frame

1930s boxing — ranked by reach advantageAUG 2026
#FighterReachHeightAdvantage
1Primo Carnera85″77″+10.38%
2Max Baer Sr.81″74″+9.41%
3Lou Ambers70″64″+9.35%
4Gorilla Jones75″69″+8.67%
5Lou Brouillard72″67″+7.46%
6Anton Christoforidis72″68″+5.91%
7Eddie Brooker73″69″+5.76%
8Gus Lesnevich72.8″69″+5.53%
9Panama Al Brown72.5″69″+5.08%
10Buddy Baer84″80″+5.02%
11Pedro Montañez68″65″+4.67%
12Wesley Ramey67″64″+4.67%
13Tommy Freeman70″67″+4.47%
14King Levinsky74″71″+4.27%
15Frankie Klick67.5″65″+3.88%
16Joe Louis76″73.5″+3.37%
17Henry Armstrong67″65″+3.09%
18Tony Zale69″67″+3%
19Bob Olin72″70″+2.87%
20Freddie Mills72″70″+2.87%
21Freddie Steele72″70″+2.87%
22Jersey Joe Walcott74″72″+2.79%
23Petey Scalzo66.5″65″+2.3%
24Rinty Monaghan64″63″+1.62%
25Benny Lynch65″64″+1.54%
26Tony Canzoneri65″64″+1.54%
27Battling Shaw68″67″+1.47%
28Ken Overlin70″69″+1.43%
29Fred Apostoli70″69″+1.43%
30Al Hostak73″72″+1.37%
31Lee Savold74.5″73.5″+1.34%
32Ben Jeby70″70″0%
33Battling Battalino65″65″0%
34John Henry Lewis71″71″0%
35Juan Zurita66.1″66.1″0%
36Freddie Cochrane67″67″0%
37Solly Krieger68″68″0%
38Petey Sarron63″63″0%
39Barney Ross67″67″0%

SOURCE·English Wikipedia infoboxes + Wikidata roster·REVIEWED AUG 2026

Standing questions

What this cohort does and does not say

How many 1930s boxing fighters have a reach on record?
39 of 71. 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 39. 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.

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