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Tom Heeney

72″ reach · +2.87% reach advantage · 42nd percentile

Boxing record

37–23–8

Tom Heeney has a reach of 72″ against a height of 70″ — a reach advantage of +2.87%, short for heavyweight boxing and the 42nd percentile of the 317 compared here.

19201930UNFILEDwin v Albert Pooley, 1920, decisionresult not stated v Frank Gribben, 1920win v George Modrich, 1920, decisionwin v Bill Bartlett, 1920, kodraw v Colin Bell, 1921, decisionwin v Jack Cole, 1921, decisionwin v Albert Pooley, 1921, decisiondraw v Ern Waddy, 1922, decisiondraw v Charlie Taylor, 1922, decisionwin v Tom Batho, 1922, koloss v Colin Bell, 1922, decisionwin v Jack Leahy, 1922, decisionwin v Jim Flett, 1922, decisionwin v Max Gornik, 1922, kowin v Jim O'Sullivan, 1923, kowin v Jim Savage, 1923, kowin v Brian McCleary, 1923, kowin v Jim Flett, 1923, kowin v Cyril Whittaker, 1923, kowin v Jack Complin, 1923, koresult not stated v Frans Hendrickx, 1924loss v Phil Scott, 1924, decisionwin v Ern Young, 1924, koloss v George 'Blackie' Miller, 1925, dqwin v Vic Morace, 1925, kowin v Johnny Squires, 1925, koloss v George Cook, 1925, decisionwin v Trooper Jim Young, 1925, kowin v Jack Stanley, 1926, decisionwin v Bartley Madden, 1926, decisionloss v Phil Scott, 1926, decisionwin v Tom Berry, 1926, decisionwin v Charley Smith, 1926, dqwin v Johnny Risko, 1927, decisionwin v Jim Maloney, 1927, kodraw v Paulino Uzcudun, 1927, decisionwin v Bud Gorman, 1927, dqwin v Jack DeMave, 1927, decisionwin v Charley Anderson, 1927, koloss v Gene Tunney, 1928, kowin v Jack Delaney, 1928, decisiondraw v Jack Sharkey, 1928, decisionwin v George Hoffman, 1929, decisionloss v Victorio Campolo, 1929, kowin v Elzear Rioux, 1929, dqloss v Otto von Porat, 1929, decisionloss v Jim Maloney, 1929, decisionloss v Emmett Rocco, 1930, decisionloss v Frank Cawley, 1930, decisionwin v George Panka, 1930, decisionloss v Tuffy Griffiths, 1930, kodraw v Giacomo Bergomas, 1931, decisiondraw v Jose Santa, 1931, decisionloss v Jimmy Slattery, 1931, decisionloss v Johnny Risko, 1931, decisionloss v Charley Retzlaff, 1931, koloss v Max Baer, 1931, koloss v Patsy Perroni, 1932, decisiondraw v John Schwake, 1932, decisionwin v Hans Birkie, 1932, decisionloss v Max Baer, 1932, decisionloss v Stanley Poreda, 1933, koloss v Charley Retzlaff, 1933result not stated v Opponent, no date on record
WON ABOVE·LOST BELOW BAR = STOPPAGE·BROKEN BAR = SUBMISSION·TICK = DECISION 1920–1933 · 1 UNDATED

SOURCE·Tom Heeney — English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)·derived figures computed here·REVIEWED 2026-07-25

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 2026-07-25. 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
1933 L Stanley Poreda KO/TKO10
1933 L Charley Retzlaff —10
1932 L Patsy Perroni Decision10
1932 D John Schwake Decision10
1932 W Hans Birkie Decision10
1932 L Max Baer Decision10
1931 D Giacomo Bergomas Decision10
1931 D Jose Santa Decision10
1931 L Jimmy Slattery Decision6
1931 L Johnny Risko Decision10
1931 L Charley Retzlaff KO/TKO7
1931 L Max Baer KO/TKO3
1930 L Emmett Rocco Decision10
1930 L Frank Cawley Decision10
1930 W George Panka Decision10
1930 L Tuffy Griffiths KO/TKO10
1929 W George Hoffman Decision10
1929 L Victorio Campolo KO/TKO9
1929 W Elzear Rioux DQ8
1929 L Otto von Porat Decision10
1929 L Jim Maloney Decision10
1928 L Gene Tunney KO/TKO11
1928 W Jack Delaney Decision15
1928 D Jack Sharkey Decision12
1927 W Johnny Risko Decision10
1927 W Jim Maloney KO/TKO1
1927 D Paulino Uzcudun Decision15
1927 W Bud Gorman DQ3
1927 W Jack DeMave Decision10
1927 W Charley Anderson KO/TKO8
1926 W Jack Stanley Decision15
1926 W Bartley Madden Decision20
1926 L Phil Scott Decision10
1926 W Tom Berry Decision15
1926 W Charley Smith DQ5
1925 L George 'Blackie' Miller DQ5
1925 W Vic Morace KO/TKO4
1925 W Johnny Squires KO/TKO18
1925 L George Cook Decision20
1925 W Trooper Jim Young KO/TKO4
1924 ? Frans Hendrickx —6
1924 L Phil Scott Decision20
1924 W Ern Young KO/TKO4
1923 W Jim O'Sullivan KO/TKO9
1923 W Jim Savage KO/TKO1
1923 W Brian McCleary KO/TKO14
1923 W Jim Flett KO/TKO9
1923 W Cyril Whittaker KO/TKO15
1923 W Jack Complin KO/TKO9
1922 D Ern Waddy Decision20
1922 D Charlie Taylor Decision20
1922 W Tom Batho KO/TKO14
1922 L Colin Bell Decision20
1922 W Jack Leahy Decision20
1922 W Jim Flett Decision15
1922 W Max Gornik KO/TKO15
1921 D Colin Bell Decision15
1921 W Jack Cole Decision15
1921 W Albert Pooley Decision15
1920 W Albert Pooley Decision15

Showing 60 of 64 recorded bouts, most recent first.

9 of these opponents have their own page here.

SOURCE·Tom Heeney — English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)·derived figures computed here·REVIEWED 2026-07-25

Reach in context

Reach advantage

+2.87%

72″ reach on a 70″ frame

Compared against 317 heavyweight boxing fighters. Median 3.99%.

-2.8%heavyweight boxing reach advantage12%
Measurements
Reach72″ (182.9 cm)8th pct
Height70″ (177.8 cm)4th pct
Stance—
DivisionHeavyweight Boxing
Most active decade1920s — 47 of 63 dated bouts
CountryNew Zealand

Record

Boxing record

37–23

70 bouts on record

Finish rate

41%

of wins ended inside the distance — heavyweight boxing median 68%, 9th percentile

By knockout: 15 (41%)By decision: 22 (59%)
  • By knockout 41%
  • By decision 59%

The career, bout by bout

64 recorded bouts from 1920 to 1933. Every incumbent shows this as a table you have to read; here it is as a shape you can see.

1920 1930 win vs Albert Pooley (1920)? vs Frank Gribben (1920)win vs George Modrich (1920)win vs Bill Bartlett (1920)draw vs Colin Bell (1921)win vs Jack Cole (1921)win vs Albert Pooley (1921)draw vs Ern Waddy (1922)draw vs Charlie Taylor (1922)win vs Tom Batho (1922)loss vs Colin Bell (1922)win vs Jack Leahy (1922)win vs Jim Flett (1922)win vs Max Gornik (1922)win vs Jim O'Sullivan (1923)win vs Jim Savage (1923)win vs Brian McCleary (1923)win vs Jim Flett (1923)win vs Cyril Whittaker (1923)win vs Jack Complin (1923)? vs Frans Hendrickx (1924)loss vs Phil Scott (1924)win vs Ern Young (1924)loss vs George 'Blackie' Miller (1925)win vs Vic Morace (1925)win vs Johnny Squires (1925)loss vs George Cook (1925)win vs Trooper Jim Young (1925)win vs Jack Stanley (1926)win vs Bartley Madden (1926)loss vs Phil Scott (1926)win vs Tom Berry (1926)win vs Charley Smith (1926)win vs Johnny Risko (1927)win vs Jim Maloney (1927)draw vs Paulino Uzcudun (1927)win vs Bud Gorman (1927)win vs Jack DeMave (1927)win vs Charley Anderson (1927)loss vs Gene Tunney (1928)win vs Jack Delaney (1928)draw vs Jack Sharkey (1928)win vs George Hoffman (1929)loss vs Victorio Campolo (1929)win vs Elzear Rioux (1929)loss vs Otto von Porat (1929)loss vs Jim Maloney (1929)loss vs Emmett Rocco (1930)loss vs Frank Cawley (1930)win vs George Panka (1930)loss vs Tuffy Griffiths (1930)draw vs Giacomo Bergomas (1931)draw vs Jose Santa (1931)loss vs Jimmy Slattery (1931)loss vs Johnny Risko (1931)loss vs Charley Retzlaff (1931)loss vs Max Baer (1931)loss vs Patsy Perroni (1932)draw vs John Schwake (1932)win vs Hans Birkie (1932)loss vs Max Baer (1932)loss vs Stanley Poreda (1933)loss vs Charley Retzlaff (1933)
winlossdraw / NC1920–1933

Career span

14y

1920–1933

Longest unbeaten run

9

without a loss — draws do not break it

Busiest year

1922

7 bouts

Recorded bouts

64

63 with a date

Standing questions

What this record does and does not say

What is Tom Heeney's record?
37–23–8 in boxing. That is the aggregate stated in the English Wikipedia infobox; the results table on the same article lists 64 bouts individually.
How many of Tom Heeney's bouts have no date?
1 of 64. 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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