How many 1910s boxing fighters have a reach on record?

18 of 48. 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 18. 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.

1910s boxing — reach, height and record profile

median reach advantage

+4.12%

Across the 48 1910s boxing fighters in this dataset, the median reach advantage is 4.12% — a median reach of 70″ on a median height of 68″. 92% 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

4.12%

of body height

Median finish rate

42%

of wins inside the distance

Fighters

48

18 with a reach on file

-1.6%1910s boxing reach advantage13.5%

Stance

orthodox92%
southpaw8%

By country

United States29
United Kingdom7
France4
Kingdom of Denmark2
Canada2
British1
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland1
Ireland1
Italy1

How this era is compiled

Every published fighter this site files under 1910s boxing — 48 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

Sources, exclusions and known limits →

Longest reach for the frame

1910s boxing — ranked by reach advantageAUG 2026
#	Fighter	Reach	Height	Advantage
1	Harry Wills	84″	74″	+13.51%
2	Sam Langford	74″	66″	+12.17%
3	Jack Dillon	72″	67.5″	+6.65%
4	Jimmy Wilde	66″	62″	+6.41%
5	Sam McVey	75″	70.5″	+6.37%
6	Benny Leonard	69″	65″	+6.18%
7	Kid Norfolk	74″	70″	+5.74%
8	Harry Greb	71″	68″	+4.4%
9	Johnny Wilson	72″	69″	+4.34%
10	Charles Ledoux	63″	60.6″	+3.9%
11	Jeff Smith	71″	68.5″	+3.62%
12	Charley White	68″	66″	+3.04%
13	Jack Britton	70″	68″	+2.95%
14	Mike O'Dowd	70″	68″	+2.95%
15	Ted Kid Lewis	69″	67.5″	+2.22%
16	Jack Dempsey	73″	73″	0%
17	Battling Levinsky	70″	71″	-1.39%
18	Johnny Dundee	63″	64″	-1.6%

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

All 48 on the site

Standing questions

What this cohort does and does not say

How many 1910s boxing fighters have a reach on record?: 18 of 48. 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 18. 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.

Cross-references

1950s boxing

The nearest cohort in size to 1910s boxing — 49 fighters against 48, so the two medians are worth reading against each other.

49 FIGHTERS 1920s boxing

The nearest cohort in size to 1910s boxing — 53 fighters against 48, so the two medians are worth reading against each other.

53 FIGHTERS Longest reach for the frame

The extremes this cohort's median is drawn from, ranked across all 2,650 fighters with a reach on file.

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