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Don Cockell

70.9″ reach · 0% reach advantage · 6th percentile

Boxing record

66–14–1

Don Cockell has a reach of 70.9″ against a height of 70.9″ — a reach advantage of 0%, unusually short for heavyweight boxing and the 6th percentile of the 317 compared here.

19401950UNFILEDwin v Harold Anthony, 1946, decisionwin v Battling Joe Igo, 1946, kowin v Jimmy Carroll, 1946, decisionwin v Reg Spring, 1946, decisionwin v Paddy Roche, 1946, decisionwin v Frank Johnson, 1946, kowin v Harry O'Grady, 1946, decisionloss v Jock Taylor, 1946, decisionwin v Trevor Lowder, 1946, kowin v Harry Lawrence, 1946, kowin v Ron Baker, 1946, kowin v Frank Baldwin, 1946, kowin v Sid Watts, 1946, kowin v Reg Spring, 1947, koloss v Dave Goodwin, 1947, kowin v Trevor Burt, 1947, kowin v Paddy Roche, 1947, decisionwin v Arthur Sadd, 1947, decisionwin v Matt Hardy, 1947, kowin v Ronnie Croad, 1947, kowin v Harold Anthony, 1947, kowin v Jimmy Carroll, 1947, koloss v Jock Taylor, 1947, kowin v Doug Richards, 1948, kowin v Johnny Barton, 1948, decisionwin v Gene Fowler, 1948, decisionwin v Henry Palmer, 1948, koloss v Johnny Williams, 1948, kowin v Trevor Burt, 1948, kowin v Dave Goodwin, 1948, kowin v Battling Joe Igo, 1948, kowin v Koffi Kiteman, 1948, kowin v Paddy Roche, 1948, kowin v George Barratt, 1948, kowin v Jimmy Carroll, 1948, koloss v Reg Spring, 1948, decisionwin v Jimmy Sales, 1948, kowin v Charlie Collet, 1949, kowin v Don Mogard, 1949, decisionwin v Gabriel Bigotte, 1949, kowin v Bert Gilroy, 1949, decisionloss v Jimmy Carroll, 1949, dqwin v Paddy Slavin, 1949, decisionwin v Mark Hart, 1949, decisionwin v Lloyd Barnett, 1949, decisionwin v Lloyd Marshall, 1950, dqwin v Mark Hart, 1950, kowin v Jimmy Carroll, 1950, kowin v Lloyd Barnett, 1950, decisionloss v Aaron Wilson, 1950, decisionwin v Georges Rogiers, 1950, decisionwin v André Lefranc, 1950, koloss v Jimmy Slade, 1951, kowin v Albert Finch, 1951, kowin v Nick Barone, 1951, kowin v Freddie Beshore, 1951, decisionwin v Albert Yvel, 1951, kowin v Lloyd Marshall, 1951, kowin v Frank Bell, 1952, kowin v Paddy Slavin, 1952, koloss v Randolph Turpin, 1952, kowin v Renato Tontini, 1952, decisionwin v Uber Baccilieri, 1953, decisionwin v Harry Matthews, 1953, decisionwin v Johnny Williams, 1953, decisionwin v Tommy Farr, 1953, kowin v Harry Matthews, 1954, kowin v Roland La Starza, 1954, decisionwin v Johnny Arthur, 1954, decisionloss v Niño Valdés, 1955, koloss v Rocky Marciano, 1955, koloss v Kitione Lave, 1956, koresult not stated v Opponent, no date on record
WON ABOVE·LOST BELOW BAR = STOPPAGE·BROKEN BAR = SUBMISSION·TICK = DECISION 1946–1956 · 1 UNDATED

SOURCE·Don Cockell — English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)·derived figures computed here·REVIEWED 2026-07-08

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 2026-07-08. 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
1956 L Kitione Lave KO/TKO2
1955 L Niño Valdés KO/TKO3
1955 L Rocky Marciano KO/TKO9
1954 W Harry Matthews KO/TKO7
1954 W Roland La Starza Decision10
1954 W Johnny Arthur Decision15
1953 W Uber Baccilieri Decision10
1953 W Harry Matthews Decision10
1953 W Johnny Williams Decision15
1953 W Tommy Farr KO/TKO7
1952 W Frank Bell KO/TKO8
1952 W Paddy Slavin KO/TKO2
1952 L Randolph Turpin KO/TKO11
1952 W Renato Tontini Decision10
1951 L Jimmy Slade KO/TKO4
1951 W Albert Finch KO/TKO7
1951 W Nick Barone KO/TKO6
1951 W Freddie Beshore Decision10
1951 W Albert Yvel KO/TKO6
1951 W Lloyd Marshall KO/TKO1
1950 W Lloyd Marshall DQ7
1950 W Mark Hart KO/TKO14
1950 W Jimmy Carroll KO/TKO7
1950 W Lloyd Barnett Decision8
1950 L Aaron Wilson Decision8
1950 W Georges Rogiers Decision8
1950 W André Lefranc KO/TKO5
1949 W Charlie Collet KO/TKO1
1949 W Don Mogard Decision8
1949 W Gabriel Bigotte KO/TKO1
1949 W Bert Gilroy Decision8
1949 L Jimmy Carroll DQ5
1949 W Paddy Slavin Decision8
1949 W Mark Hart Decision8
1949 W Lloyd Barnett Decision8
1948 W Doug Richards KO/TKO5
1948 W Johnny Barton Decision8
1948 W Gene Fowler Decision8
1948 W Henry Palmer KO/TKO5
1948 L Johnny Williams KO/TKO2
1948 W Trevor Burt KO/TKO1
1948 W Dave Goodwin KO/TKO2
1948 W Battling Joe Igo KO/TKO4
1948 W Koffi Kiteman KO/TKO5
1948 W Paddy Roche KO/TKO3
1948 W George Barratt KO/TKO1
1948 W Jimmy Carroll KO/TKO4
1948 L Reg Spring Decision8
1948 W Jimmy Sales KO/TKO2
1947 W Reg Spring KO/TKO5
1947 L Dave Goodwin KO/TKO7
1947 W Trevor Burt KO/TKO10
1947 W Paddy Roche Decision8
1947 W Arthur Sadd Decision6
1947 W Matt Hardy KO/TKO7
1947 W Ronnie Croad KO/TKO3
1947 W Harold Anthony KO/TKO4
1947 W Jimmy Carroll KO/TKO5
1947 L Jock Taylor KO/TKO6
1946 W Harold Anthony Decision10

Showing 60 of 73 recorded bouts, most recent first.

10 of these opponents have their own page here.

SOURCE·Don Cockell — English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)·derived figures computed here·REVIEWED 2026-07-08

Reach in context

Reach advantage

0%

70.9″ reach on a 70.9″ frame

Compared against 317 heavyweight boxing fighters. Median 3.99%.

-2.8%heavyweight boxing reach advantage12%
Measurements
Reach70.9″ (180 cm)4th pct
Height70.9″ (180 cm)8th pct
StanceOrthodox
DivisionHeavyweight Boxing
competed at 2: light heavyweight, heavyweight — compared here against the last
Most active decade1940s — 45 of 72 dated bouts
CountryUnited Kingdom

Record

Boxing record

66–14

81 bouts on record

Finish rate

58%

of wins ended inside the distance — heavyweight boxing median 68%, 31st percentile

By knockout: 38 (58%)By decision: 28 (42%)
  • By knockout 58%
  • By decision 42%

The career, bout by bout

73 recorded bouts from 1946 to 1956. Every incumbent shows this as a table you have to read; here it is as a shape you can see.

1950 win vs Harold Anthony (1946)win vs Battling Joe Igo (1946)win vs Jimmy Carroll (1946)win vs Reg Spring (1946)win vs Paddy Roche (1946)win vs Frank Johnson (1946)win vs Harry O'Grady (1946)loss vs Jock Taylor (1946)win vs Trevor Lowder (1946)win vs Harry Lawrence (1946)win vs Ron Baker (1946)win vs Frank Baldwin (1946)win vs Sid Watts (1946)win vs Reg Spring (1947)loss vs Dave Goodwin (1947)win vs Trevor Burt (1947)win vs Paddy Roche (1947)win vs Arthur Sadd (1947)win vs Matt Hardy (1947)win vs Ronnie Croad (1947)win vs Harold Anthony (1947)win vs Jimmy Carroll (1947)loss vs Jock Taylor (1947)win vs Doug Richards (1948)win vs Johnny Barton (1948)win vs Gene Fowler (1948)win vs Henry Palmer (1948)loss vs Johnny Williams (1948)win vs Trevor Burt (1948)win vs Dave Goodwin (1948)win vs Battling Joe Igo (1948)win vs Koffi Kiteman (1948)win vs Paddy Roche (1948)win vs George Barratt (1948)win vs Jimmy Carroll (1948)loss vs Reg Spring (1948)win vs Jimmy Sales (1948)win vs Charlie Collet (1949)win vs Don Mogard (1949)win vs Gabriel Bigotte (1949)win vs Bert Gilroy (1949)loss vs Jimmy Carroll (1949)win vs Paddy Slavin (1949)win vs Mark Hart (1949)win vs Lloyd Barnett (1949)win vs Lloyd Marshall (1950)win vs Mark Hart (1950)win vs Jimmy Carroll (1950)win vs Lloyd Barnett (1950)loss vs Aaron Wilson (1950)win vs Georges Rogiers (1950)win vs André Lefranc (1950)loss vs Jimmy Slade (1951)win vs Albert Finch (1951)win vs Nick Barone (1951)win vs Freddie Beshore (1951)win vs Albert Yvel (1951)win vs Lloyd Marshall (1951)win vs Frank Bell (1952)win vs Paddy Slavin (1952)loss vs Randolph Turpin (1952)win vs Renato Tontini (1952)win vs Uber Baccilieri (1953)win vs Harry Matthews (1953)win vs Johnny Williams (1953)win vs Tommy Farr (1953)win vs Harry Matthews (1954)win vs Roland La Starza (1954)win vs Johnny Arthur (1954)loss vs Niño Valdés (1955)loss vs Rocky Marciano (1955)loss vs Kitione Lave (1956)
winlossdraw / NC1946–1956

Career span

11y

1946–1956

Longest unbeaten run

8

without a loss — draws do not break it

Busiest year

1948

14 bouts

Recorded bouts

73

72 with a date

Standing questions

What this record does and does not say

What is Don Cockell's record?
66–14–1 in boxing. That is the aggregate stated in the English Wikipedia infobox; the results table on the same article lists 73 bouts individually.
How many of Don Cockell's bouts have no date?
1 of 73. 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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