1940s boxing
What 1940s boxing fighters actually measure — 36 of them, from Wikipedia's own data.
+1.76%
Across the 36 1940s boxing fighters in this dataset, the median reach advantage is 1.76% — a median reach of 69″ on a median height of 69″. 97% fight orthodox.
SOURCE·English Wikipedia infoboxes + Wikidata roster·REVIEWED AUG 2026
The era's shape
Median reach
69″
175.3 cm
Median height
69″
175.3 cm
Median reach advantage
1.76%
of body height
Median finish rate
51%
of wins inside the distance
Fighters
36
17 with a reach on file
Stance
- orthodox97%
- southpaw3%
By country
- United States27
- United Kingdom4
- Canada1
- Australia1
- Japan1
- France1
- Argentina1
How this era is compiled
- Every published fighter this site files under 1940s boxing — 36 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 | Archie Moore | 75″ | 71″ | +5.66% |
| 2 | Willie Pep | 68″ | 65″ | +4.6% |
| 3 | Marcel Cerdan | 69″ | 66″ | +4.59% |
| 4 | Beau Jack | 68.5″ | 66″ | +3.82% |
| 5 | Bob Montgomery | 70″ | 67.5″ | +3.67% |
| 6 | Jimmy Carter | 68″ | 66″ | +3.04% |
| 7 | Sandy Saddler | 70″ | 68″ | +2.95% |
| 8 | Manuel Ortiz | 66.1″ | 65″ | +1.76% |
| 9 | Harold Dade | 66.1″ | 65″ | +1.76% |
| 10 | Holman Williams | 71″ | 70″ | +1.41% |
| 11 | Fritzie Zivic | 71″ | 70″ | +1.41% |
| 12 | Ezzard Charles | 73″ | 72″ | +1.37% |
| 13 | Roland La Starza | 72″ | 72″ | 0% |
| 14 | Don Cockell | 70.9″ | 70.9″ | 0% |
| 15 | Jake LaMotta | 67″ | 68″ | -1.45% |
| 16 | Ike Williams | 68″ | 69″ | -1.48% |
| 17 | Rocky Marciano | 67″ | 70″ | -4.27% |
SOURCE·English Wikipedia infoboxes + Wikidata roster·REVIEWED AUG 2026
All 36 on the site
- Archie Moore +5.66%
- Beau Jack +3.82%
- Billy Graham
- Bob Montgomery +3.67%
- Bruce Woodcock
- Charley Burley
- Chief Don Eagle
- Dado Marino
- Dave Sands
- Don Cockell 0%
- Ezzard Charles +1.37%
- Fritzie Zivic +1.41%
- Harold Dade +1.76%
- Holman Williams +1.41%
- Ike Williams -1.48%
- Jack Chase
- Jackie Paterson
- Jake LaMotta -1.45%
- Jimmy Bivins
- Jimmy Carter +3.04%
- Johnny Bratton
- Joseph Maxim
- Lloyd Marshall
- Manuel Ortiz +1.76%
- Marcel Cerdan +4.59%
- Rocky Graziano
- Rocky Marciano -4.27%
- Roland La Starza 0%
- Roy Scheider
- Sandy Saddler +2.95%
- Santiago Lovell
- Sugar Ray Robinson
- Terry Allen
- Tippy Larkin
- Willie Pep +4.6%
- Yoshio Shirai
What this cohort does and does not say
- How many 1940s boxing fighters have a reach on record?
- 17 of 36. 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 17. 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 1940s boxing — 48 fighters against 36, so the two medians are worth reading against each other.
48 FIGHTERS 1950s boxingThe nearest cohort in size to 1940s boxing — 49 fighters against 36, so the two medians are worth reading against each other.
49 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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