Battling Levinsky
70″ reach · -1.39% reach advantage · 6th percentile
Battling Levinsky has a reach of 70″ against a height of 71″ — a reach advantage of -1.39%, unusually short for light heavyweight boxing and the 6th percentile of the 98 compared here.
Reach in context
Reach advantage
-1.39%
70″ reach on a 71″ frame
Compared against 98 light heavyweight boxing fighters. Median 2.79%.
| Reach | 70″ (177.8 cm) | 5th pct |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 71″ (180.3 cm) | 28th pct |
| Stance | Orthodox | |
| Division | Light Heavyweight Boxing | |
| Peak era | 1910s | |
| Country | United States |
Record
Boxing record
196–55
289 bouts on record
Finish rate
15%
of wins ended inside the distance — light heavyweight boxing median 58%, 3rd percentile
The career, bout by bout
238 recorded bouts from 1910 to 1930. Every incumbent shows this as a table you have to read; here it is as a shape you can see.
Career span
21y
1910–1930
Longest unbeaten run
24
without a loss — draws do not break it
Busiest year
1914
29 bouts
Recorded bouts
238
237 with a date
Fights
| Year | Result | Opponent | Method | Rd |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1930 | W | Joe Sims | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 1929 | L | Herman Weiner | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1929 | L | Otto von Porat | KO/TKO | 5 |
| 1929 | W | Pietro Corri | Decision | 10 |
| 1928 | L | Marty Gallagher | Decision | 12 |
| 1928 | D | Tom Toner | Decision | 8 |
| 1928 | W | Bill Daring | Decision | 8 |
| 1928 | W | Pietro Corri | Decision | 8 |
| 1928 | W | Herman Weiner | Decision | 8 |
| 1928 | W | Billy Henderson | — | 6 |
| 1928 | L | Tony Youkonis | Decision | 10 |
| 1928 | L | Phil Mercurio | — | 10 |
| 1928 | W | Chuck Wiggins | DQ | 5 |
| 1928 | W | Tex McEwan | DQ | 4 |
| 1928 | L | Emmett Rocco | Decision | 10 |
| 1928 | W | Benny Ross | Decision | 10 |
| 1928 | W | Clem Johnson | Decision | 8 |
| 1928 | W | Jim Sigman | Decision | 10 |
| 1928 | L | Jack McAuliffe II | — | 10 |
| 1928 | D | Tiny Roebuck | Draw | 10 |
| 1928 | W | James Jay Lawless | Decision | 10 |
| 1928 | W | K.O. Samson | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1928 | L | Jack Gagnon | Decision | 10 |
| 1928 | W | Earl Blue | Decision | 6 |
| 1928 | W | Marcel DeRose | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1928 | D | Sandy Seifert | Decision | 10 |
| 1927 | W | Joe Lohman | Decision | 10 |
| 1927 | W | Matt Adgie | Decision | 10 |
| 1927 | W | George Gemas | Decision | 10 |
| 1927 | W | Willie Walker | Decision | 8 |
| 1927 | W | Teddy Jackson | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 1927 | W | Clem Johnson | Decision | 10 |
| 1927 | L | Cuban Bobby Brown | — | 8 |
| 1927 | W | Ray Neuman | Decision | 10 |
| 1926 | L | Jack Gagnon | Decision | 10 |
| 1926 | W | Jimmy Moran | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1926 | L | Young Stribling | — | 10 |
| 1926 | W | George Gemas | Decision | 10 |
| 1926 | W | Tommy Madden | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1922 | L | Gene Tunney | Decision | 12 |
| 1921 | D | Bob Roper | Decision | 12 |
| 1921 | W | Mike McTigue | — | 10 |
| 1921 | W | Sergeant Ray Smith | — | 10 |
| 1921 | W | Eddie Ricord | — | 10 |
| 1921 | L | Carl E. Morris | DQ | 6 |
| 1921 | W | Soldier Jones | Decision | 10 |
| 1921 | W | Bill Reed | Decision | 12 |
| 1921 | W | Dan O'Dowd | Decision | 12 |
| 1921 | L | Charley Weinert | Decision | 15 |
| 1921 | W | Homer Smith | Decision | 12 |
| 1920 | L | Noel "Boy" McCormick | DQ | 7 |
| 1920 | L | Georges Carpentier | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 1920 | W | Sergeant Ray Smith | — | 10 |
| 1920 | D | Chuck Wiggins | Decision | 12 |
| 1920 | D | Jack Renault | Draw | 12 |
| 1920 | W | Clay Turner | — | 12 |
| 1920 | W | Tony Melchior | — | 10 |
| 1920 | W | Silas Green | — | 10 |
| 1920 | W | Al Benedict | — | 8 |
| 1920 | W | Johnny Howard | — | 8 |
Showing the 60 most recent of 238 recorded bouts.
35 of these opponents have their own page here.
Closest in build
light heavyweight boxing fighters with the nearest reach advantage.
- Avni Yıldırım-1.39% 70″ reach · 6th pct
- Jaidon Codrington-1.38% 73″ reach · 8th pct
- Allan Green-1.38% 73″ reach · 8th pct
- Andre Ward-1.42% 71″ reach · 5th pct
- Frank Buglioni-1.35% 72″ reach · 10th pct
- Thomas Williams Jr.-1.35% 72″ reach · 10th pct
- Lucian Bute-1.35% 72″ reach · 10th pct
- Jake LaMotta-1.45% 67″ reach · 4th pct
How this is worked out
- Measurements and records are read from the fighter's English Wikipedia infobox; the fight list is parsed from the article's own results table.
- Reach advantage is (reach − height) ÷ height as a percentage, so fighters of different sizes compare directly.
- Percentiles rank this fighter among the 98 light heavyweight boxing fighters in the dataset — chosen because it is the most specific group of at least 30 that this fighter belongs to.
Reach advantage = (reach − height) ÷ height × 100
Source: Battling Levinsky on English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), as of 2026-07-06. Percentiles and derived figures computed here.