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Holman Williams

71″ reach · +1.41% reach advantage · 27th percentile

Boxing record

146–31–11

Holman Williams has a reach of 71″ against a height of 70″ — a reach advantage of +1.41%, short for welterweight boxing and the 27th percentile of the 130 compared here.

19301940UNFILEDwin v Penna Randezell, 1937, kowin v Gallito Ramirez, 1937, kowin v Vince Pimpinella, 1937, decisionwin v Paulie Walker, 1937, decisionwin v Johnny Lucas, 1937, decisionloss v Herbert Lewis Hardwick, 1937, decisionwin v Bobby Pacho, 1937, decisionwin v Slugger White, 1937, kowin v Joe Nealon, 1937, decisionwin v Tony Falco, 1937, decisiondraw v Tony Rock, 1938, decisionwin v Johnny Jackson, 1938, decisionloss v Michele Palermo, 1938, decisionwin v Jack Portney, 1938, decisionwin v Paulie Walker, 1938, decisionwin v Saverio Turiello, 1938, decisionwin v Jimmy Berres, 1938, decisionwin v Manuel Victoria, 1938, decisiondraw v Izzy Jannazzo, 1939, decisionwin v Charley Burley, 1939, decisionwin v Tommy Mollis, 1939, kowin v Carl Dell, 1939, decisionwin v Young Gene Buffalo, 1939, kowin v Johnny Jackson, 1939, decisionwin v Ralph Gizzy, 1939, kowin v Bobby Seaman, 1939, decisionwin v Jackie Burke, 1939, decisionwin v Andre Jessurun, 1939, decisionwin v Francesco Montanari, 1939, decisiondraw v Eddie Booker, 1939, decisionwin v Wildcat O'Connor, 1939, decisionwin v Frankie Britt, 1940, decisionwin v Mansfield Driskell, 1940, kowin v Eddie Dolan, 1940, decisionloss v Izzy Jannazzo, 1940, decisionwin v Bill McDowell, 1940, decisionwin v Vinnie Vines, 1940, kowin v Milo Theodorescu, 1940, decisionwin v Joe Legon, 1940, decisionwin v Johnny Durso, 1940, kowin v Steve Mamakos, 1940, decisionloss v Herbert Lewis Hardwick, 1940, decisiondraw v Herbert Lewis Hardwick, 1941, decisionwin v Howell King, 1941, decisionwin v Ernest Robinson, 1941, decisionwin v Rand Jackson, 1941, decisionwin v Raul Carabantes, 1941, decisionwin v Jose Basora, 1941, decisionwin v Jack Dubois, 1941, kowin v Antonio Fernandez, 1941, decisionwin v Jimmy Leto, 1941, decisionwin v Young Gene Buffalo, 1941, decisionwin v Frankie Britt, 1941, kowin v RJ Lewis, 1942, decisionwin v Charley Burley, 1942, decisionwin v Johnny Jackson, 1942, decisionwin v Lorenzo Strickland, 1942, decisionwin v Randy Brown, 1942, kowin v Kid Tunero, 1942, decisionloss v Herbert Lewis Hardwick, 1942, decisionwin v Jose Basora, 1942, decisionwin v Steve Belloise, 1943, decisionwin v Eddie Booker, 1943, decisionwin v Joe Carter, 1943, decisionwin v John Garner, 1943, decisionwin v Lloyd Marshall, 1943, decisionloss v Jose Basora, 1943, decisionloss v Kid Tunero, 1943, decisionresult not stated v Charley Burley, 1943win v Roosevelt Thomas, 1943, decisionwin v Mario Raul Ochoa, 1943, decisionwin v Anthony Jones, 1943, decisionwin v Harold Smith, 1943, decisionloss v Herbert Lewis Hardwick, 1943, decisiondraw v Joe Carter, 1944, decisionwin v Kid Tunero, 1944, decisionwin v Aaron Wade, 1944, decisiondraw v Jose Basora, 1944, decisiondraw v Herbert Lewis Hardwick, 1944, decisionwin v Joe Reddick, 1944, decisionwin v Anthony Jones, 1944, decisionwin v Lloyd Marshall, 1944, decisionwin v Jack Chase, 1944, decisionwin v Paul Lewis, 1944, decisionwin v Battling Monroe, 1944, decisionloss v Eddie Booker, 1944, decisionwin v Young Gene Buffalo, 1944, decisionwin v Tommy Hubert, 1944, decisionloss v Archie Moore, 1945, kowin v Len Wadsworth, 1945, decisionwin v Sampson Powell, 1945, decisionwin v Berlie Lanier, 1945, decisionwin v Bert Lytell, 1945, decisionwin v Forest Gee, 1945, kowin v Johnny Green, 1945, decisionwin v Charley Burley, 1945, decisionwin v Joe Carter, 1945, decisionwin v Herbert Lewis Hardwick, 1945, decisionwin v Prentiss Hall, 1945, decisionwin v Oscar Boyd, 1945, decisionwin v Deacon Johnny Brown, 1946, decisionloss v Sam Baroudi, 1946, decisionwin v Eddie O'Neill, 1946, decisionloss v Jake LaMotta, 1946, decisionloss v Marcel Cerdan, 1946, decisionwin v Bob Satterfield, 1946, decisionloss v Bert Lytell, 1946, decisionwin v Johnny Carter, 1946, kowin v George Henry, 1946, decisionwin v Aaron Wade, 1946, kowin v Butch Lynch, 1946, kowin v O'Neill Bell, 1947, decisionloss v Jose Basora, 1947, decisionloss v Bert Lytell, 1947, decisionloss v Jean Walzack, 1947, decisionwin v Henry Hall, 1947, decisionloss v Henry Brimm, 1947, decisionwin v Wylie Burns, 1947, decisionloss v Daniel James, 1948, decisionloss v Jose Basora, 1948, koresult not stated v Opponent, no date on record
WON ABOVE·LOST BELOW BAR = STOPPAGE·BROKEN BAR = SUBMISSION·TICK = DECISION 1937–1948 · EARLIEST 40 NOT SHOWN · 1 UNDATED

SOURCE·Holman Williams — English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)·derived figures computed here·REVIEWED 2026-07-07

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 2026-07-07. 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 130 welterweight 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
1948 L Daniel James Decision10
1948 L Jose Basora KO/TKO4
1947 W O'Neill Bell Decision10
1947 L Jose Basora Decision10
1947 L Bert Lytell Decision12
1947 L Jean Walzack Decision10
1947 W Henry Hall Decision12
1947 L Henry Brimm Decision10
1947 W Wylie Burns Decision8
1946 W Deacon Johnny Brown Decision10
1946 L Sam Baroudi Decision10
1946 W Eddie O'Neill Decision10
1946 L Jake LaMotta Decision10
1946 L Marcel Cerdan Decision10
1946 W Bob Satterfield Decision10
1946 L Bert Lytell Decision10
1946 W Johnny Carter KO/TKO7
1946 W George Henry Decision10
1946 W Aaron Wade KO/TKO4
1946 W Butch Lynch KO/TKO3
1945 L Archie Moore KO/TKO11
1945 W Len Wadsworth Decision10
1945 W Sampson Powell Decision10
1945 W Berlie Lanier Decision10
1945 W Bert Lytell Decision12
1945 W Forest Gee KO/TKO6
1945 W Johnny Green Decision10
1945 W Charley Burley Decision12
1945 W Joe Carter Decision15
1945 W Herbert Lewis Hardwick Decision12
1945 W Prentiss Hall Decision8
1945 W Oscar Boyd Decision10
1944 D Joe Carter Decision10
1944 W Kid Tunero Decision10
1944 W Aaron Wade Decision10
1944 D Jose Basora Decision10
1944 D Herbert Lewis Hardwick Decision12
1944 W Joe Reddick Decision10
1944 W Anthony Jones Decision10
1944 W Lloyd Marshall Decision10
1944 W Jack Chase Decision12
1944 W Paul Lewis Decision10
1944 W Battling Monroe Decision10
1944 L Eddie Booker Decision10
1944 W Young Gene Buffalo Decision10
1944 W Tommy Hubert Decision10
1943 W Steve Belloise Decision10
1943 W Eddie Booker Decision12
1943 W Joe Carter Decision10
1943 W John Garner Decision10
1943 W Lloyd Marshall Decision10
1943 L Jose Basora Decision10
1943 L Kid Tunero Decision10
1943 ? Charley Burley —10
1943 W Roosevelt Thomas Decision10
1943 W Mario Raul Ochoa Decision10
1943 W Anthony Jones Decision10
1943 W Harold Smith Decision10
1943 L Herbert Lewis Hardwick Decision12
1942 W RJ Lewis Decision12

Showing 60 of 161 recorded bouts, most recent first.

24 of these opponents have their own page here.

SOURCE·Holman Williams — English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)·derived figures computed here·REVIEWED 2026-07-07

Reach in context

Reach advantage

+1.41%

71″ reach on a 70″ frame

Compared against 130 welterweight boxing fighters. Median 2.83%.

-2.9%welterweight boxing reach advantage9.4%
Measurements
Reach71″ (180.3 cm)68th pct
Height70″ (177.8 cm)78th pct
StanceOrthodox
DivisionWelterweight Boxing
competed at 2: middleweight, welterweight — compared here against the last
Most active decade1940s — 89 of 160 dated bouts
CountryUnited States

Record

Boxing record

146–31

189 bouts on record

Finish rate

25%

of wins ended inside the distance — welterweight boxing median 54%, 9th percentile

By knockout: 36 (25%)By decision: 110 (75%)
  • By knockout 25%
  • By decision 75%

The career, bout by bout

161 recorded bouts from 1932 to 1948. Every incumbent shows this as a table you have to read; here it is as a shape you can see.

1940 win vs Len Hendrickson (1932)loss vs Chuck Woods (1932)win vs Henry Pacer (1932)win vs Eddie Isaacs (1932)win vs Art Smith (1932)win vs Joe Lynn (1932)win vs Frankie Pallo (1933)win vs Joe Gerace (1933)win vs Mickey O'Brien (1933)win vs Wilbur Chevalier (1933)win vs Jack Dombrowski (1933)win vs Jackie Young (1933)loss vs Chuck Woods (1933)win vs Charlie Bochio (1934)win vs Battling Gizzy (1934)win vs Tommy Corbett (1934)win vs Chick Watson (1934)draw vs Harry Robertson (1934)win vs Cecil Lothery (1934)win vs Billy Moore (1934)win vs Andy Bundy (1935)win vs Chuck Woods (1935)win vs Lew Massey (1935)win vs Baby Tiger Flowers (1935)win vs Darcey White (1935)win vs Wesley Farrell (1935)win vs Tommy Paul (1935)win vs Billy Vaughn (1935)win vs Billy Mack (1935)win vs Harry Booker (1935)win vs Lee Sheppard (1935)win vs Eddie Carroll (1935)win vs Ray Nash (1936)win vs Wesley Martin (1936)draw vs Richie Fontaine (1936)win vs Roger Shea (1936)loss vs Herbert Lewis Hardwick (1936)win vs Remo Fernandez (1937)win vs Young Gene Buffalo (1937)win vs Tony Rock (1937)win vs Penna Randezell (1937)win vs Gallito Ramirez (1937)win vs Vince Pimpinella (1937)win vs Paulie Walker (1937)win vs Johnny Lucas (1937)loss vs Herbert Lewis Hardwick (1937)win vs Bobby Pacho (1937)win vs Slugger White (1937)win vs Joe Nealon (1937)win vs Tony Falco (1937)draw vs Tony Rock (1938)win vs Johnny Jackson (1938)loss vs Michele Palermo (1938)win vs Jack Portney (1938)win vs Paulie Walker (1938)win vs Saverio Turiello (1938)win vs Jimmy Berres (1938)win vs Manuel Victoria (1938)draw vs Izzy Jannazzo (1939)win vs Charley Burley (1939)win vs Tommy Mollis (1939)win vs Carl Dell (1939)win vs Young Gene Buffalo (1939)win vs Johnny Jackson (1939)win vs Ralph Gizzy (1939)win vs Bobby Seaman (1939)win vs Jackie Burke (1939)win vs Andre Jessurun (1939)win vs Francesco Montanari (1939)draw vs Eddie Booker (1939)win vs Wildcat O'Connor (1939)win vs Frankie Britt (1940)win vs Mansfield Driskell (1940)win vs Eddie Dolan (1940)loss vs Izzy Jannazzo (1940)win vs Bill McDowell (1940)win vs Vinnie Vines (1940)win vs Milo Theodorescu (1940)win vs Joe Legon (1940)win vs Johnny Durso (1940)win vs Steve Mamakos (1940)loss vs Herbert Lewis Hardwick (1940)draw vs Herbert Lewis Hardwick (1941)win vs Howell King (1941)win vs Ernest Robinson (1941)win vs Rand Jackson (1941)win vs Raul Carabantes (1941)win vs Jose Basora (1941)win vs Jack Dubois (1941)win vs Antonio Fernandez (1941)win vs Jimmy Leto (1941)win vs Young Gene Buffalo (1941)win vs Frankie Britt (1941)win vs RJ Lewis (1942)win vs Charley Burley (1942)win vs Johnny Jackson (1942)win vs Lorenzo Strickland (1942)win vs Randy Brown (1942)win vs Kid Tunero (1942)loss vs Herbert Lewis Hardwick (1942)win vs Jose Basora (1942)win vs Steve Belloise (1943)win vs Eddie Booker (1943)win vs Joe Carter (1943)win vs John Garner (1943)win vs Lloyd Marshall (1943)loss vs Jose Basora (1943)loss vs Kid Tunero (1943)? vs Charley Burley (1943)win vs Roosevelt Thomas (1943)win vs Mario Raul Ochoa (1943)win vs Anthony Jones (1943)win vs Harold Smith (1943)loss vs Herbert Lewis Hardwick (1943)draw vs Joe Carter (1944)win vs Kid Tunero (1944)win vs Aaron Wade (1944)draw vs Jose Basora (1944)draw vs Herbert Lewis Hardwick (1944)win vs Joe Reddick (1944)win vs Anthony Jones (1944)win vs Lloyd Marshall (1944)win vs Jack Chase (1944)win vs Paul Lewis (1944)win vs Battling Monroe (1944)loss vs Eddie Booker (1944)win vs Young Gene Buffalo (1944)win vs Tommy Hubert (1944)loss vs Archie Moore (1945)win vs Len Wadsworth (1945)win vs Sampson Powell (1945)win vs Berlie Lanier (1945)win vs Bert Lytell (1945)win vs Forest Gee (1945)win vs Johnny Green (1945)win vs Charley Burley (1945)win vs Joe Carter (1945)win vs Herbert Lewis Hardwick (1945)win vs Prentiss Hall (1945)win vs Oscar Boyd (1945)win vs Deacon Johnny Brown (1946)loss vs Sam Baroudi (1946)win vs Eddie O'Neill (1946)loss vs Jake LaMotta (1946)loss vs Marcel Cerdan (1946)win vs Bob Satterfield (1946)loss vs Bert Lytell (1946)win vs Johnny Carter (1946)win vs George Henry (1946)win vs Aaron Wade (1946)win vs Butch Lynch (1946)win vs O'Neill Bell (1947)loss vs Jose Basora (1947)loss vs Bert Lytell (1947)loss vs Jean Walzack (1947)win vs Henry Hall (1947)loss vs Henry Brimm (1947)win vs Wylie Burns (1947)loss vs Daniel James (1948)loss vs Jose Basora (1948)
winlossdraw / NC1932–1948

Career span

17y

1932–1948

Longest unbeaten run

21

without a loss — draws do not break it

Busiest year

1944

14 bouts

Recorded bouts

161

160 with a date

Standing questions

What this record does and does not say

What is Holman Williams's record?
146–31–11 in boxing. That is the aggregate stated in the English Wikipedia infobox; the results table on the same article lists 161 bouts individually.
How many of Holman Williams's bouts have no date?
1 of 161. 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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