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Len Harvey

122–14 · 127 recorded bouts · 1920–1942

Boxing record

122–14–10

Len Harvey finished 47% of 122 wins inside the distance — the 13th percentile for heavyweight boxing, where the median is 68%. No reach is on record, so this page compares record rather than measurements.

192019301940UNFILEDwin v Young Fern, 1920, decisionwin v Young Edwards, 1920, kowin v Young King, 1920, decisionwin v Johnny Cotter, 1921, decisionwin v Young Callicot, 1921, decisionwin v Harry 'Young' Jinks, 1921, decisionwin v Young Richards, 1921, kowin v Jack Palmer, 1922, kowin v Young Callicot, 1922, decisionloss v Kid Kelly, 1922, decisionwin v Harry 'Young' Jinks, 1922, kowin v Teddy Gilbert, 1922, decisionwin v Billy Williams, 1922, kowin v Johnny Cotter, 1922, kowin v Young O'Neill, 1922, kodraw v Bill Riley, 1923, decisionwin v Billy Pop Humphries, 1923, decisionwin v Kid Socks, 1923, decisionwin v Harry 'Young' Jinks, 1923, decisionwin v Nip Williams, 1923, decisionwin v Fred Bicknell, 1923, kodraw v Young Callicot, 1923, decisionwin v Bill Lewis, 1923, kowin v Sid Cannons, 1924, decisionwin v Albert 'Young' Dando, 1924, kowin v Bert Saunders, 1924, decisionwin v Tim Rowley, 1924, kowin v Billy Streets, 1924, decisionwin v Albert Hicks, 1924, decisionwin v Wal Jordan, 1924, kowin v Young Freddie Welsh, 1924, decisionwin v Ernie Jarvis, 1924, decisionwin v Young Clancy, 1924, decisionwin v Billy Will Davies, 1924, decisionwin v Bill Riley, 1924, decisionwin v Matt George, 1924, kowin v Billy Pop Humphries, 1924, decisionwin v Edouard Baudry, 1925, decisionwin v Henri Dupont, 1925, kowin v Glyn Davies, 1925, kowin v Bill Handley, 1925, kowin v Harry Kent, 1925, kowin v Jos Leukemans, 1925, decisionwin v Terry 'Young' Donlan, 1925, kowin v Fred Bullions, 1925, kowin v Pietro Bianchi, 1925, kowin v Karel van 't Veldt, 1925, decisionwin v Johnny Thomas, 1925, kowin v Walter Maloney, 1925, kowin v Laurie Guard, 1925, kowin v Seaman Jerry Harrod, 1925, kowin v Andy Newton, 1926, kowin v Nol Steenhorst, 1926, decisiondraw v 'Hamilton' Johnny Brown, 1926, decisionwin v Billy Mattick, 1926, kodraw v Harry Mason, 1926, decisionwin v Harry Benton, 1926, koloss v Johnny Sullivan, 1926, decisionwin v Billy Bird, 1926, kodraw v Alf Mancini, 1926, decisionwin v Marcel Thil, 1927, decisionwin v Emile Egrel, 1927, decisionwin v Jack Etienne, 1927, kowin v Piet Brand, 1927, decisionwin v Primo Ubaldo, 1927, kowin v Billy Farmer, 1927, kowin v Charles Screve, 1927, kowin v Joe Rolfe, 1927, kowin v Joe Bloomfield, 1927, dqwin v Maurice Prunier, 1927, decisionloss v Len Johnson, 1927, decisionwin v Amedee Dubus, 1928, kowin v Leo Frick, 1928, kowin v Johnny Sullivan, 1928, kowin v Auguste Lengagne, 1928, kowin v Guardsman George West, 1928, dqwin v Emile Egrel, 1928, decisionwin v Jean Forr, 1928, kowin v Kid Nitram, 1928, dqdraw v Jack Hood, 1929, decisionwin v Alex Ireland, 1929, kowin v Frank Moody, 1929, kowin v George Slack, 1930, decisionwin v Dave Shade, 1930, decisionwin v Henri Vandevyvere, 1930, kowin v Charlie McDonald, 1930, kowin v Steve McCall, 1930, kowin v Frans Stevens, 1930, kowin v Fred Shaw, 1931, kowin v Jerry Daley, 1931, kowin v Jack Hood, 1931, decisionwin v Rene De Vos, 1931, koloss v Ben Jeby, 1931, decisionloss v Vince Dundee, 1931, decisionwin v Jack Casey, 1932, decisionwin v Glen Moody, 1932, kowin v Seaman Albert Harvey, 1932, decisionwin v Theo Sas, 1932, koloss v Marcel Thil, 1932, decisionwin v Len Johnson, 1932, decisionwin v Jock McAvoy, 1932, decisionwin v George Slack, 1932, decisionwin v Jack Petersen, 1933, decisionwin v Carmelo Candel, 1933, kowin v Eddie Phillips, 1933, decisionloss v Jock McAvoy, 1933, decisiondraw v Walter Neusel, 1934, decisionloss v Jack Petersen, 1934, kowin v Jimmy Tarante, 1934, dqwin v Larry Gains, 1934, decisionwin v Eddie Phillips, 1935, decisionwin v Marcel Lauriot, 1935, decisionloss v John Henry Lewis, 1936, decisionloss v Jack Petersen, 1936, decisionwin v Manuel Kid Abrew, 1937, kowin v Eddie Phillips, 1938, dqwin v Jock McAvoy, 1938, decisionwin v Jock McAvoy, 1939, decisionwin v Larry Gains, 1939, koloss v Freddie Mills, 1942, koresult not stated v Opponent, no date on record
WON ABOVE·LOST BELOW BAR = STOPPAGE·BROKEN BAR = SUBMISSION·TICK = DECISION 1920–1942 · EARLIEST 6 NOT SHOWN · 1 UNDATED

SOURCE·Len Harvey — English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)·derived figures computed here·REVIEWED 2026-07-07

How this record is compiled

  1. Measurements come from the fighter's English Wikipedia infobox; the bout list is parsed from the results table on the same article, read on 2026-07-07. Boxing tables are read by header name and MMA records by the fixed column order of the MMA record template — two different parsers, because reading MMA rows as a boxing table returns a fighter's boxing record in place of their real one.
  2. A bout enters the ledger with whatever fields the source states: result, opponent, method, round, year. Any field the source leaves empty stays empty here. A date that cannot be established is left blank rather than inferred, and the bout is still counted.
  3. A no contest is counted and printed as a no contest. It is never folded into the wins, the losses or the draws, and it never disappears to make a total balance.
  4. Where the article's infobox total disagrees with its own results table, both figures are published and each is labelled with where it came from. Nothing is averaged and nothing is reconciled against a second database.
  5. Percentiles rank this fighter among the 587 heavyweight boxing fighters in the dataset — the most specific group of at least 30 that this fighter belongs to.

Sources, exclusions and known limits →

Bout record

Every bout the article's own results table lists, in order. A dash is a field the source leaves empty — it is not a zero and it is not a guess.

Bout-by-bout recordAUG 2026
YearResultOpponentMethodRd
1942 L Freddie Mills KO/TKO2
1939 W Jock McAvoy Decision15
1939 W Larry Gains KO/TKO13
1938 W Eddie Phillips DQ4
1938 W Jock McAvoy Decision15
1937 W Manuel Kid Abrew KO/TKO14
1936 L John Henry Lewis Decision15
1936 L Jack Petersen Decision15
1935 W Eddie Phillips Decision15
1935 W Marcel Lauriot Decision10
1934 D Walter Neusel Decision12
1934 L Jack Petersen KO/TKO12
1934 W Jimmy Tarante DQ5
1934 W Larry Gains Decision15
1933 W Jack Petersen Decision15
1933 W Carmelo Candel KO/TKO5
1933 W Eddie Phillips Decision15
1933 L Jock McAvoy Decision15
1932 W Jack Casey Decision15
1932 W Glen Moody KO/TKO6
1932 W Seaman Albert Harvey Decision10
1932 W Theo Sas KO/TKO1
1932 L Marcel Thil Decision15
1932 W Len Johnson Decision15
1932 W Jock McAvoy Decision15
1932 W George Slack Decision15
1931 W Fred Shaw KO/TKO3
1931 W Jerry Daley KO/TKO3
1931 W Jack Hood Decision15
1931 W Rene De Vos KO/TKO1
1931 L Ben Jeby Decision12
1931 L Vince Dundee Decision12
1930 W George Slack Decision12
1930 W Dave Shade Decision15
1930 W Henri Vandevyvere KO/TKO1
1930 W Charlie McDonald KO/TKO2
1930 W Steve McCall KO/TKO9
1930 W Frans Stevens KO/TKO3
1929 D Jack Hood Decision15
1929 W Alex Ireland KO/TKO7
1929 W Frank Moody KO/TKO6
1928 W Amedee Dubus KO/TKO1
1928 W Leo Frick KO/TKO2
1928 W Johnny Sullivan KO/TKO6
1928 W Auguste Lengagne KO/TKO9
1928 W Guardsman George West DQ4
1928 W Emile Egrel Decision15
1928 W Jean Forr KO/TKO7
1928 W Kid Nitram DQ14
1927 W Marcel Thil Decision15
1927 W Emile Egrel Decision15
1927 W Jack Etienne KO/TKO13
1927 W Piet Brand Decision14
1927 W Primo Ubaldo KO/TKO2
1927 W Billy Farmer KO/TKO2
1927 W Charles Screve KO/TKO2
1927 W Joe Rolfe KO/TKO10
1927 W Joe Bloomfield DQ11
1927 W Maurice Prunier Decision15
1927 L Len Johnson Decision20

Showing 60 of 127 recorded bouts, most recent first.

19 of these opponents have their own page here.

SOURCE·Len Harvey — English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)·derived figures computed here·REVIEWED 2026-07-07

What is on record

Measurements
Reachnot recorded
Height72″ (182.9 cm)
Stance—
DivisionHeavyweight Boxing
competed at 8: flyweight, bantamweight, featherweight, lightweight, welterweight, middleweight, light heavyweight, heavyweight — compared here against the last
Most active decade1920s — 88 of 126 dated bouts
CountryUnited Kingdom

Wikipedia carries no reach figure for Len Harvey, so the reach-advantage comparison this site is built on cannot be computed. Everything below comes from the record instead.

1920 1930 1940 win vs Teddy Gilbert (1920)draw vs Young Ball (1920)win vs Young Mac (1920)win vs Kid Roberts (1920)win vs Stanley's Nipper (1920)win vs Young Chips (1920)win vs Young Fern (1920)win vs Young Edwards (1920)win vs Young King (1920)win vs Johnny Cotter (1921)win vs Young Callicot (1921)win vs Harry 'Young' Jinks (1921)win vs Young Richards (1921)win vs Jack Palmer (1922)win vs Young Callicot (1922)loss vs Kid Kelly (1922)win vs Harry 'Young' Jinks (1922)win vs Teddy Gilbert (1922)win vs Billy Williams (1922)win vs Johnny Cotter (1922)win vs Young O'Neill (1922)draw vs Bill Riley (1923)win vs Billy Pop Humphries (1923)win vs Kid Socks (1923)win vs Harry 'Young' Jinks (1923)win vs Nip Williams (1923)win vs Fred Bicknell (1923)draw vs Young Callicot (1923)win vs Bill Lewis (1923)win vs Sid Cannons (1924)win vs Albert 'Young' Dando (1924)win vs Bert Saunders (1924)win vs Tim Rowley (1924)win vs Billy Streets (1924)win vs Albert Hicks (1924)win vs Wal Jordan (1924)win vs Young Freddie Welsh (1924)win vs Ernie Jarvis (1924)win vs Young Clancy (1924)win vs Billy Will Davies (1924)win vs Bill Riley (1924)win vs Matt George (1924)win vs Billy Pop Humphries (1924)win vs Edouard Baudry (1925)win vs Henri Dupont (1925)win vs Glyn Davies (1925)win vs Bill Handley (1925)win vs Harry Kent (1925)win vs Jos Leukemans (1925)win vs Terry 'Young' Donlan (1925)win vs Fred Bullions (1925)win vs Pietro Bianchi (1925)win vs Karel van 't Veldt (1925)win vs Johnny Thomas (1925)win vs Walter Maloney (1925)win vs Laurie Guard (1925)win vs Seaman Jerry Harrod (1925)win vs Andy Newton (1926)win vs Nol Steenhorst (1926)draw vs 'Hamilton' Johnny Brown (1926)win vs Billy Mattick (1926)draw vs Harry Mason (1926)win vs Harry Benton (1926)loss vs Johnny Sullivan (1926)win vs Billy Bird (1926)draw vs Alf Mancini (1926)win vs Marcel Thil (1927)win vs Emile Egrel (1927)win vs Jack Etienne (1927)win vs Piet Brand (1927)win vs Primo Ubaldo (1927)win vs Billy Farmer (1927)win vs Charles Screve (1927)win vs Joe Rolfe (1927)win vs Joe Bloomfield (1927)win vs Maurice Prunier (1927)loss vs Len Johnson (1927)win vs Amedee Dubus (1928)win vs Leo Frick (1928)win vs Johnny Sullivan (1928)win vs Auguste Lengagne (1928)win vs Guardsman George West (1928)win vs Emile Egrel (1928)win vs Jean Forr (1928)win vs Kid Nitram (1928)draw vs Jack Hood (1929)win vs Alex Ireland (1929)win vs Frank Moody (1929)win vs George Slack (1930)win vs Dave Shade (1930)win vs Henri Vandevyvere (1930)win vs Charlie McDonald (1930)win vs Steve McCall (1930)win vs Frans Stevens (1930)win vs Fred Shaw (1931)win vs Jerry Daley (1931)win vs Jack Hood (1931)win vs Rene De Vos (1931)loss vs Ben Jeby (1931)loss vs Vince Dundee (1931)win vs Jack Casey (1932)win vs Glen Moody (1932)win vs Seaman Albert Harvey (1932)win vs Theo Sas (1932)loss vs Marcel Thil (1932)win vs Len Johnson (1932)win vs Jock McAvoy (1932)win vs George Slack (1932)win vs Jack Petersen (1933)win vs Carmelo Candel (1933)win vs Eddie Phillips (1933)loss vs Jock McAvoy (1933)draw vs Walter Neusel (1934)loss vs Jack Petersen (1934)win vs Jimmy Tarante (1934)win vs Larry Gains (1934)win vs Eddie Phillips (1935)win vs Marcel Lauriot (1935)loss vs John Henry Lewis (1936)loss vs Jack Petersen (1936)win vs Manuel Kid Abrew (1937)win vs Eddie Phillips (1938)win vs Jock McAvoy (1938)win vs Jock McAvoy (1939)win vs Larry Gains (1939)loss vs Freddie Mills (1942)
winlossdraw / NC1920–1942

Record

Boxing record

122–14

146 bouts on record

Finish rate

47%

of wins ended inside the distance — heavyweight boxing median 68%, 13th percentile

By knockout: 57 (47%)By decision: 65 (53%)
  • By knockout 47%
  • By decision 53%

The career, bout by bout

127 recorded bouts from 1920 to 1942. Every incumbent shows this as a table you have to read; here it is as a shape you can see.

Career span

23y

1920–1942

Longest unbeaten run

43

without a loss — draws do not break it

Busiest year

1924

14 bouts

Recorded bouts

127

126 with a date

Standing questions

What this record does and does not say

What is Len Harvey's record?
122–14–10 in boxing. That is the aggregate stated in the English Wikipedia infobox; the results table on the same article lists 127 bouts individually.
How many of Len Harvey's bouts have no date?
1 of 127. The source lists them without a date this site can read, so they are printed with no year, sorted last, and drawn past the double rule in the record line rather than placed in the chronology. No year has been inferred for any of them.
Does a no contest change a record here?
No. A no contest is not a win, a loss or a draw, and it is never folded into one. It is counted and printed separately, so a 20–0 record with two no contests is shown as exactly that rather than as 22–0 or as 20–0 with the no contests dropped. The same applies to a bout overturned after the fact where the source records the change.
What happens when sources disagree about a fight?
This site publishes one source — the fighter's English Wikipedia article, read on the date printed under every table — and it does not silently reconcile that against anyone else's database. Where the article's own infobox total and its own results table disagree, both are shown and the page says which one each figure came from. Nothing is averaged, and no field is filled in from a second source to make a total balance.

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