1930s boxing
What 1930s boxing fighters actually measure — 71 of them, from Wikipedia's own data.
+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
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
Stance
- orthodox94%
- southpaw6%
By country
- United States50
- United Kingdom6
- Mexico4
- Philippines2
- Greece2
- Canada1
- Chile1
- Spain1
- Panama1
- Germany1
How this era is compiled
- Every published fighter this site files under 1930s boxing — 71 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 | Primo Carnera | 85″ | 77″ | +10.38% |
| 2 | Max Baer Sr. | 81″ | 74″ | +9.41% |
| 3 | Lou Ambers | 70″ | 64″ | +9.35% |
| 4 | Gorilla Jones | 75″ | 69″ | +8.67% |
| 5 | Lou Brouillard | 72″ | 67″ | +7.46% |
| 6 | Anton Christoforidis | 72″ | 68″ | +5.91% |
| 7 | Eddie Brooker | 73″ | 69″ | +5.76% |
| 8 | Gus Lesnevich | 72.8″ | 69″ | +5.53% |
| 9 | Panama Al Brown | 72.5″ | 69″ | +5.08% |
| 10 | Buddy Baer | 84″ | 80″ | +5.02% |
| 11 | Pedro Montañez | 68″ | 65″ | +4.67% |
| 12 | Wesley Ramey | 67″ | 64″ | +4.67% |
| 13 | Tommy Freeman | 70″ | 67″ | +4.47% |
| 14 | King Levinsky | 74″ | 71″ | +4.27% |
| 15 | Frankie Klick | 67.5″ | 65″ | +3.88% |
| 16 | Joe Louis | 76″ | 73.5″ | +3.37% |
| 17 | Henry Armstrong | 67″ | 65″ | +3.09% |
| 18 | Tony Zale | 69″ | 67″ | +3% |
| 19 | Bob Olin | 72″ | 70″ | +2.87% |
| 20 | Freddie Mills | 72″ | 70″ | +2.87% |
| 21 | Freddie Steele | 72″ | 70″ | +2.87% |
| 22 | Jersey Joe Walcott | 74″ | 72″ | +2.79% |
| 23 | Petey Scalzo | 66.5″ | 65″ | +2.3% |
| 24 | Rinty Monaghan | 64″ | 63″ | +1.62% |
| 25 | Benny Lynch | 65″ | 64″ | +1.54% |
| 26 | Tony Canzoneri | 65″ | 64″ | +1.54% |
| 27 | Battling Shaw | 68″ | 67″ | +1.47% |
| 28 | Ken Overlin | 70″ | 69″ | +1.43% |
| 29 | Fred Apostoli | 70″ | 69″ | +1.43% |
| 30 | Al Hostak | 73″ | 72″ | +1.37% |
| 31 | Lee Savold | 74.5″ | 73.5″ | +1.34% |
| 32 | Ben Jeby | 70″ | 70″ | 0% |
| 33 | Battling Battalino | 65″ | 65″ | 0% |
| 34 | John Henry Lewis | 71″ | 71″ | 0% |
| 35 | Juan Zurita | 66.1″ | 66.1″ | 0% |
| 36 | Freddie Cochrane | 67″ | 67″ | 0% |
| 37 | Solly Krieger | 68″ | 68″ | 0% |
| 38 | Petey Sarron | 63″ | 63″ | 0% |
| 39 | Barney Ross | 67″ | 67″ | 0% |
SOURCE·English Wikipedia infoboxes + Wikidata roster·REVIEWED AUG 2026
All 71 on the site
- Al Hostak +1.37%
- Anton Christoforidis +5.91%
- Arturo Godoy
- Babe Risko
- Baby Arizmendi
- Baltasar Sangchili
- Barney Ross 0%
- Battling Battalino 0%
- Battling Shaw +1.47%
- Ben Jeby 0%
- Benny Lynch +1.54%
- Bep van Klaveren
- Billy Conn
- Billy Soose
- Bob Olin +2.87%
- Buddy Baer +5.02%
- Ceferino Garcia
- Chalky Wright
- Eddie Brooker +5.76%
- Ernie Schaaf
- Frankie Klick +3.88%
- Fred Apostoli +1.43%
- Freddie Cochrane 0%
- Freddie Miller
- Freddie Mills +2.87%
- Freddie Steele +2.87%
- Georgie Abrams
- Gorilla Jones +8.67%
- Gus Lesnevich +5.53%
- Henry Armstrong +3.09%
- Herbert Lewis Hardwick
- Jack Kid Berg
- Jackie Brown
- Jersey Joe Walcott +2.79%
- Joe Louis +3.37%
- Joey Archibald
- Johann Trollmann
- John Henry Lewis 0%
- Johnny Jadick
- Juan Zurita 0%
- Ken Overlin +1.43%
- Kid Azteca
- King Levinsky +4.27%
- Lee Savold +1.34%
- Lew Jenkins
- Little Dado
- Lou Ambers +9.35%
- Lou Brouillard +7.46%
- Marty Servo
- Max Baer Sr. +9.41%
- Maxie Rosenbloom
- Midget Wolgast
- Panama Al Brown +5.08%
- Pedro Montañez +4.67%
- Peter Kane
- Petey Sarron 0%
- Petey Scalzo +2.3%
- Primo Carnera +10.38%
- Rinty Monaghan +1.62%
- Salamo Arouch
- Sammy Angott
- Sixto Escobar
- Solly Krieger 0%
- Teddy Yarosz
- Tom Neal
- Tommy Freeman +4.47%
- Tony Canzoneri +1.54%
- Tony Galento
- Tony Marino
- Tony Zale +3%
- Wesley Ramey +4.67%
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.
Other ways this dataset is cut
The nearest cohort in size to 1930s boxing — 72 fighters against 71, so the two medians are worth reading against each other.
72 FIGHTERS 1920s boxingThe nearest cohort in size to 1930s boxing — 53 fighters against 71, so the two medians are worth reading against each other.
53 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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