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Stanley Ketchel

70″ reach · +1.43% reach advantage · 27th percentile

Boxing record

51–7–3

Stanley Ketchel has a reach of 70″ against a height of 69″ — a reach advantage of +1.43%, short for heavyweight boxing and the 27th percentile of the 317 compared here.

19001910UNFILEDloss v Maurice Thompson, 1903, decisionwin v Kid Tracy, 1903, kowin v Kid Foley, 1904, kowin v Jack Grimes, 1904, kowin v Kid Herrick, 1904, kowin v Joe Mudro, 1904, koloss v Kid Lee, 1904, kowin v Jimmy Kelly, 1904, koloss v Maurice Thompson, 1904, decisionwin v Bob Merrywell, 1904, kowin v Jimmy Murray, 1904, kowin v Johnny Gilsey, 1904, kowin v Kid Leroy, 1904, kowin v Jim Kid McGuire, 1904, kowin v Jimmy Quinn, 1904, kowin v Kid Foley, 1905, kowin v Jerry McCarthy, 1905, kowin v Jack Bennett, 1905, kowin v Marysville Kid, 1905, kowin v Bob Senate, 1905, kowin v Kid Fredericks, 1905, kowin v Roy Hart, 1905, kowin v Jimmy Kelly, 1905, kowin v Kid Lee, 1905, kowin v Kid Pecor, 1905, kowin v Curley Rhue, 1905, kowin v Sid LaFontise, 1905, kodraw v Rudolph Hinz, 1905, decisionwin v Kid Thomas, 1905, kowin v Kid Foley, 1906, kowin v Mike Tierney, 1906, kowin v Paddy Hall, 1906, konc v Warren Zurbrick, 1906draw v Montana Jack Sullivan, 1906, decisionwin v Joe Thomas, 1907, decisionwin v George Brown, 1907, kowin v Benny Hart, 1907, kowin v Mike McClure, 1907, kowin v Billy Papke, 1908, kowin v Joe Thomas, 1908, kowin v Hugo Kelly, 1908, kowin v Jack Twin Sullivan, 1908, kowin v Mike Twin Sullivan, 1908, koloss v Jack Johnson, 1909, kowin v Billy Papke, 1909, decisionwin v Philadelphia Jack O'Brien, 1909, kowin v Tony Caponi, 1909, kowin v Hugh McGann, 1909win v Jim Smith, 1910, kowin v Willie Lewis, 1910, kowin v Porky Flynn, 1910, koloss v Sam Langford, 1910loss v Frank Klaus, 1910result not stated v Opponent, no date on record
WON ABOVE·LOST BELOW BAR = STOPPAGE·BROKEN BAR = SUBMISSION·TICK = DECISION 1903–1910 · 1 UNDATED

SOURCE·Stanley Ketchel — English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)·derived figures computed here·REVIEWED 2026-07-30

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 2026-07-30. 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 317 heavyweight boxing fighters in the dataset — the most specific group of at least 30 that this fighter belongs to.
reach advantage = (reach − height) ÷ height × 100

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
1910 W Jim Smith KO/TKO5
1910 W Willie Lewis KO/TKO2
1910 W Porky Flynn KO/TKO3
1910 L Sam Langford —6
1910 L Frank Klaus —6
1909 L Jack Johnson KO/TKO12
1909 W Billy Papke Decision20
1909 W Philadelphia Jack O'Brien KO/TKO3
1909 W Tony Caponi KO/TKO4
1909 W Hugh McGann —6
1908 W Billy Papke KO/TKO11
1908 W Joe Thomas KO/TKO2
1908 W Hugo Kelly KO/TKO3
1908 W Jack Twin Sullivan KO/TKO20
1908 W Mike Twin Sullivan KO/TKO1
1907 W Joe Thomas Decision20
1907 W George Brown KO/TKO2
1907 W Benny Hart KO/TKO8
1907 W Mike McClure KO/TKO7
1906 W Kid Foley KO/TKO11
1906 W Mike Tierney KO/TKO7
1906 W Paddy Hall KO/TKO1
1906 N Warren Zurbrick —2
1906 D Montana Jack Sullivan Decision20
1905 W Kid Foley KO/TKO4
1905 W Jerry McCarthy KO/TKO11
1905 W Jack Bennett KO/TKO5
1905 W Marysville Kid KO/TKO3
1905 W Bob Senate KO/TKO11
1905 W Kid Fredericks KO/TKO11
1905 W Roy Hart KO/TKO1
1905 W Jimmy Kelly KO/TKO8
1905 W Kid Lee KO/TKO17
1905 W Kid Pecor KO/TKO5
1905 W Curley Rhue KO/TKO12
1905 W Sid LaFontise KO/TKO7
1905 D Rudolph Hinz Decision20
1905 W Kid Thomas KO/TKO1
1904 W Kid Foley KO/TKO7
1904 W Jack Grimes KO/TKO10
1904 W Kid Herrick KO/TKO7
1904 W Joe Mudro KO/TKO4
1904 L Kid Lee KO/TKO8
1904 W Jimmy Kelly KO/TKO1
1904 L Maurice Thompson Decision10
1904 W Bob Merrywell KO/TKO3
1904 W Jimmy Murray KO/TKO3
1904 W Johnny Gilsey KO/TKO4
1904 W Kid Leroy KO/TKO1
1904 W Jim Kid McGuire KO/TKO1
1904 W Jimmy Quinn KO/TKO3
1903 L Maurice Thompson Decision6
1903 W Kid Tracy KO/TKO1
undated ? Opponent ——

8 of these opponents have their own page here.

SOURCE·Stanley Ketchel — English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)·derived figures computed here·REVIEWED 2026-07-30

Reach in context

Reach advantage

+1.43%

70″ reach on a 69″ frame

Compared against 317 heavyweight boxing fighters. Median 3.99%.

-2.8%heavyweight boxing reach advantage12%
Measurements
Reach70″ (177.8 cm)2nd pct
Height69″ (175.3 cm)3rd pct
Stance—
DivisionHeavyweight Boxing
competed at 2: middleweight, heavyweight — compared here against the last
Most active decade1900s — 48 of 53 dated bouts
CountryUnited States

Record

Boxing record

51–7

62 bouts on record

Finish rate

90%

of wins ended inside the distance — heavyweight boxing median 68%, 92nd percentile

By knockout: 46 (90%)By decision: 5 (10%)
  • By knockout 90%
  • By decision 10%

The career, bout by bout

54 recorded bouts from 1903 to 1910. Every incumbent shows this as a table you have to read; here it is as a shape you can see.

1910 loss vs Maurice Thompson (1903)win vs Kid Tracy (1903)win vs Kid Foley (1904)win vs Jack Grimes (1904)win vs Kid Herrick (1904)win vs Joe Mudro (1904)loss vs Kid Lee (1904)win vs Jimmy Kelly (1904)loss vs Maurice Thompson (1904)win vs Bob Merrywell (1904)win vs Jimmy Murray (1904)win vs Johnny Gilsey (1904)win vs Kid Leroy (1904)win vs Jim Kid McGuire (1904)win vs Jimmy Quinn (1904)win vs Kid Foley (1905)win vs Jerry McCarthy (1905)win vs Jack Bennett (1905)win vs Marysville Kid (1905)win vs Bob Senate (1905)win vs Kid Fredericks (1905)win vs Roy Hart (1905)win vs Jimmy Kelly (1905)win vs Kid Lee (1905)win vs Kid Pecor (1905)win vs Curley Rhue (1905)win vs Sid LaFontise (1905)draw vs Rudolph Hinz (1905)win vs Kid Thomas (1905)win vs Kid Foley (1906)win vs Mike Tierney (1906)win vs Paddy Hall (1906)nc vs Warren Zurbrick (1906)draw vs Montana Jack Sullivan (1906)win vs Joe Thomas (1907)win vs George Brown (1907)win vs Benny Hart (1907)win vs Mike McClure (1907)win vs Billy Papke (1908)win vs Joe Thomas (1908)win vs Hugo Kelly (1908)win vs Jack Twin Sullivan (1908)win vs Mike Twin Sullivan (1908)loss vs Jack Johnson (1909)win vs Billy Papke (1909)win vs Philadelphia Jack O'Brien (1909)win vs Tony Caponi (1909)win vs Hugh McGann (1909)win vs Jim Smith (1910)win vs Willie Lewis (1910)win vs Porky Flynn (1910)loss vs Sam Langford (1910)loss vs Frank Klaus (1910)
winlossdraw / NC1903–1910

Career span

8y

1903–1910

Longest unbeaten run

31

without a loss — draws do not break it

Busiest year

1905

14 bouts

Recorded bouts

54

53 with a date

Standing questions

What this record does and does not say

What is Stanley Ketchel's record?
51–7–3 in boxing. That is the aggregate stated in the English Wikipedia infobox; the results table on the same article lists 54 bouts individually.
How many of Stanley Ketchel's bouts have no date?
1 of 54. 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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