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Harold Johnson

74″ reach · +5.74% reach advantage · 82nd percentile

Boxing record

76–11

Harold Johnson has a reach of 74″ against a height of 70″ — a reach advantage of +5.74%, long for middleweight boxing and the 82nd percentile of the 123 compared here.

1940195019601970UNFILEDwin v Randy Ingram, 1946, kowin v Jimmy Kennedy, 1946, decisionwin v Ted Simmons, 1946, kowin v Dick Brewster, 1946, kowin v Kid Wolfe, 1947, decisionwin v Herbie Katz, 1947, kowin v Jimmy Moore, 1947, kowin v Eddie Beazley, 1947, kowin v Al Pinel, 1947, decisionwin v Tommy Ruth, 1947, kowin v Fred Lester, 1947, kowin v Leon Szymurski, 1947, kowin v Tony Gillo, 1947, decisionwin v Joe Van Loan, 1947, kowin v Jim Holden, 1947, kowin v Chappie Manning, 1947, decisionwin v Frank Lowry, 1947, kowin v Willie Brown, 1948, kowin v Jim Holden, 1948, decisionwin v Agostinho Guedes, 1948, kowin v Vernon Williams, 1948, decisionwin v Kenny Harris, 1948, decisionwin v Bert Lytell, 1949, decisionwin v Jimmy Bivins, 1949, decisionwin v Henry Hall, 1949, decisionloss v Archie Moore, 1949, decisionwin v Arturo Godoy, 1949, decisionwin v Harry Daniels, 1950, koloss v Jersey Joe Walcott, 1950, kowin v Archie Moore, 1951, decisionwin v Chubby Wright, 1951, decisionwin v Elkins Brothers, 1951, kowin v Chuck Hunter, 1951, decisionwin v Dusty Wilkerson, 1951, kowin v Niño Valdés, 1952, decisionwin v Bob Satterfield, 1952, kowin v Leonard Morrow, 1952, kowin v Clarence Henry, 1952, decisionloss v Archie Moore, 1952, decisionwin v Chubby Wright, 1953, decisionwin v Henry Hall, 1953, decisionwin v Ezzard Charles, 1953, decisionwin v Toxie Hall, 1953, decisionwin v Billy Gilliam, 1953, decisionwin v Jimmy Slade, 1953, decisionwin v Marty Marshall, 1954, decisionwin v Julio Mederos, 1954, decisionloss v Oakland Billy Smith, 1954, koloss v Archie Moore, 1954, kowin v Paul Andrews, 1954, decisionwin v Charley Doc Williams, 1954, kowin v Jimmy Slade, 1954, decisionloss v Julio Mederos, 1955, kowin v Paul Andrews, 1955, kowin v Bert Whitehurst, 1956, decisionwin v Sid Peaks, 1957, kowin v Wayne Bethea, 1957, decisionwin v Clarence Hinnant, 1957, kowin v Bob Satterfield, 1957, decisionwin v Rudy Watkins, 1958, kowin v Howard King, 1958, decisionwin v Ollie Wilson, 1958, kowin v Bert Whitehurst, 1958, decisionwin v Sonny Ray, 1959, kowin v Johnny York, 1959, kowin v Clarence Floyd, 1960, decisionwin v Eddie Cotton, 1961, decisionwin v Eddie Machen, 1961, decisionwin v Von Clay, 1961, kowin v Jesse Bowdry, 1961, kowin v Gustav Scholz, 1962, decisionwin v Doug Jones, 1962, decisionwin v Henry Hank, 1963, decisionloss v Willie Pastrano, 1963, decisionwin v Tommy Merrill, 1963, kowin v Hank Casey, 1964, kowin v Pekka Kokkonen, 1966, decisionloss v Johnny Persol, 1966, decisionwin v Eddie Jones, 1967, decisionwin v Herschel Jacobs, 1967, decisionwin v Johnny Alford, 1968, decisionwin v Lothar Stengel, 1968, decisionloss v Herschel Jacobs, 1971, kowin v [[Ezzard Charle, no date on recordresult not stated v Opponent, no date on record
WON ABOVE·LOST BELOW BAR = STOPPAGE·BROKEN BAR = SUBMISSION·TICK = DECISION 1946–1971 · 2 UNDATED

SOURCE·Harold Johnson (boxer) — 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 123 middleweight 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
1971 L Herschel Jacobs KO/TKO3
1968 W Johnny Alford Decision10
1968 W Lothar Stengel Decision10
1967 W Eddie Jones Decision10
1967 W Herschel Jacobs Decision10
1966 W Pekka Kokkonen Decision10
1966 L Johnny Persol Decision10
1964 W Hank Casey KO/TKO8
1963 W Henry Hank Decision10
1963 L Willie Pastrano Decision15
1963 W Tommy Merrill KO/TKO9
1962 W Gustav Scholz Decision15
1962 W Doug Jones Decision15
1961 W Eddie Cotton Decision15
1961 W Eddie Machen Decision10
1961 W Von Clay KO/TKO2
1961 W Jesse Bowdry KO/TKO9
1960 W Clarence Floyd Decision10
1959 W Sonny Ray KO/TKO10
1959 W Johnny York KO/TKO6
1958 W Rudy Watkins KO/TKO6
1958 W Howard King Decision10
1958 W Ollie Wilson KO/TKO2
1958 W Bert Whitehurst Decision10
1957 W Sid Peaks KO/TKO5
1957 W Wayne Bethea Decision10
1957 W Clarence Hinnant KO/TKO1
1957 W Bob Satterfield Decision10
1956 W Bert Whitehurst Decision10
1955 L Julio Mederos KO/TKO2
1955 W Paul Andrews KO/TKO6
1954 W Marty Marshall Decision10
1954 W Julio Mederos Decision10
1954 L Oakland Billy Smith KO/TKO2
1954 L Archie Moore KO/TKO14
1954 W Paul Andrews Decision10
1954 W Charley Doc Williams KO/TKO8
1954 W Jimmy Slade Decision10
1953 W Chubby Wright Decision10
1953 W Henry Hall Decision10
1953 W Ezzard Charles Decision10
1953 W Toxie Hall Decision10
1953 W Billy Gilliam Decision10
1953 W Jimmy Slade Decision10
1952 W Niño Valdés Decision10
1952 W Bob Satterfield KO/TKO2
1952 W Leonard Morrow KO/TKO3
1952 W Clarence Henry Decision10
1952 L Archie Moore Decision10
1951 W Archie Moore Decision10
1951 W Chubby Wright Decision10
1951 W Elkins Brothers KO/TKO10
1951 W Chuck Hunter Decision8
1951 W Dusty Wilkerson KO/TKO4
1950 W Harry Daniels KO/TKO2
1950 L Jersey Joe Walcott KO/TKO3
1949 W Bert Lytell Decision10
1949 W Jimmy Bivins Decision10
1949 W Henry Hall Decision10
1949 L Archie Moore Decision10

Showing 60 of 85 recorded bouts, most recent first.

16 of these opponents have their own page here.

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

Reach in context

Reach advantage

+5.74%

74″ reach on a 70″ frame

Compared against 123 middleweight boxing fighters. Median 2.83%.

-3.8%middleweight boxing reach advantage8.7%
Measurements
Reach74″ (188 cm)77th pct
Height70″ (177.8 cm)45th pct
StanceOrthodox
DivisionMiddleweight Boxing
competed at 2: light heavyweight, middleweight — compared here against the last
Most active decade1950s — 38 of 83 dated bouts
CountryUnited States

Record

Boxing record

76–11

88 bouts on record

Finish rate

42%

of wins ended inside the distance — middleweight boxing median 60%, 21st percentile

By knockout: 32 (42%)By decision: 44 (58%)
  • By knockout 42%
  • By decision 58%

The career, bout by bout

85 recorded bouts from 1946 to 1971. Every incumbent shows this as a table you have to read; here it is as a shape you can see.

1950 1960 1970 win vs Randy Ingram (1946)win vs Jimmy Kennedy (1946)win vs Ted Simmons (1946)win vs Dick Brewster (1946)win vs Kid Wolfe (1947)win vs Herbie Katz (1947)win vs Jimmy Moore (1947)win vs Eddie Beazley (1947)win vs Al Pinel (1947)win vs Tommy Ruth (1947)win vs Fred Lester (1947)win vs Leon Szymurski (1947)win vs Tony Gillo (1947)win vs Joe Van Loan (1947)win vs Jim Holden (1947)win vs Chappie Manning (1947)win vs Frank Lowry (1947)win vs Willie Brown (1948)win vs Jim Holden (1948)win vs Agostinho Guedes (1948)win vs Vernon Williams (1948)win vs Kenny Harris (1948)win vs Bert Lytell (1949)win vs Jimmy Bivins (1949)win vs Henry Hall (1949)loss vs Archie Moore (1949)win vs Arturo Godoy (1949)win vs Harry Daniels (1950)loss vs Jersey Joe Walcott (1950)win vs Archie Moore (1951)win vs Chubby Wright (1951)win vs Elkins Brothers (1951)win vs Chuck Hunter (1951)win vs Dusty Wilkerson (1951)win vs Niño Valdés (1952)win vs Bob Satterfield (1952)win vs Leonard Morrow (1952)win vs Clarence Henry (1952)loss vs Archie Moore (1952)win vs Chubby Wright (1953)win vs Henry Hall (1953)win vs Ezzard Charles (1953)win vs Toxie Hall (1953)win vs Billy Gilliam (1953)win vs Jimmy Slade (1953)win vs Marty Marshall (1954)win vs Julio Mederos (1954)loss vs Oakland Billy Smith (1954)loss vs Archie Moore (1954)win vs Paul Andrews (1954)win vs Charley Doc Williams (1954)win vs Jimmy Slade (1954)loss vs Julio Mederos (1955)win vs Paul Andrews (1955)win vs Bert Whitehurst (1956)win vs Sid Peaks (1957)win vs Wayne Bethea (1957)win vs Clarence Hinnant (1957)win vs Bob Satterfield (1957)win vs Rudy Watkins (1958)win vs Howard King (1958)win vs Ollie Wilson (1958)win vs Bert Whitehurst (1958)win vs Sonny Ray (1959)win vs Johnny York (1959)win vs Clarence Floyd (1960)win vs Eddie Cotton (1961)win vs Eddie Machen (1961)win vs Von Clay (1961)win vs Jesse Bowdry (1961)win vs Gustav Scholz (1962)win vs Doug Jones (1962)win vs Henry Hank (1963)loss vs Willie Pastrano (1963)win vs Tommy Merrill (1963)win vs Hank Casey (1964)win vs Pekka Kokkonen (1966)loss vs Johnny Persol (1966)win vs Eddie Jones (1967)win vs Herschel Jacobs (1967)win vs Johnny Alford (1968)win vs Lothar Stengel (1968)loss vs Herschel Jacobs (1971)
winlossdraw / NC1946–1971

Career span

26y

1946–1971

Longest unbeaten run

25

without a loss — draws do not break it

Busiest year

1947

13 bouts

Recorded bouts

85

83 with a date

Standing questions

What this record does and does not say

What is Harold Johnson's record?
76–11 in boxing. That is the aggregate stated in the English Wikipedia infobox; the results table on the same article lists 85 bouts individually.
How many of Harold Johnson's bouts have no date?
2 of 85. 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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