Benny Leonard
69″ reach · +6.18% reach advantage · 93rd percentile
Benny Leonard has a reach of 69″ against a height of 65″ — a reach advantage of +6.18%, exceptional for welterweight boxing and the 93rd percentile of the 130 compared here.
Reach in context
Reach advantage
+6.18%
69″ reach on a 65″ frame
Compared against 130 welterweight boxing fighters. Median 2.83%.
| Reach | 69″ (175.3 cm) | 34th pct |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 65″ (165.1 cm) | 4th pct |
| Stance | Orthodox | |
| Division | Welterweight Boxing competed at 2: lightweight, welterweight — compared here against the last | |
| Peak era | 1920s | |
| Country | United States |
Record
Boxing record
185–22
219 bouts on record
Finish rate
38%
of wins ended inside the distance — welterweight boxing median 54%, 26th percentile
The career, bout by bout
196 recorded bouts from 1911 to 1932. Every incumbent shows this as a table you have to read; here it is as a shape you can see.
Career span
22y
1911–1932
Longest unbeaten run
83
without a loss — draws do not break it
Busiest year
1917
27 bouts
Recorded bouts
196
196 with a date
Fights
| Year | Result | Opponent | Method | Rd |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1932 | L | Jimmy McLarnin | KO/TKO | 6 |
| 1932 | W | Mike Sarko | Decision | 6 |
| 1932 | W | Jimmy Abbott | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 1932 | W | Phil Rafferty | Decision | 6 |
| 1932 | W | Paulie Walker | Decision | 10 |
| 1932 | W | Billy Townsend | Decision | 10 |
| 1932 | W | Eddie Shapiro | Decision | 8 |
| 1932 | W | Joe Trippe | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1932 | W | Billy Angelo | Decision | 10 |
| 1932 | W | Andy Saviola | Decision | 10 |
| 1932 | W | Marty Goldman | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1932 | W | Willie Garafola | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 1932 | W | Buster Brown | Decision | 10 |
| 1932 | W | Billy McMahon | Decision | 10 |
| 1931 | W | Buster Brown | Decision | 10 |
| 1931 | D | Johnny Kasper | Decision | 10 |
| 1931 | W | Vittorio Livan | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 1931 | W | Pal Silvers | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1924 | W | Pal Moran | — | 10 |
| 1923 | W | Johnny Mendelsohn | — | 8 |
| 1923 | W | Lew Tendler | Decision | 15 |
| 1923 | W | Alex Hart | — | 8 |
| 1923 | W | Pinky Mitchell | KO/TKO | 10 |
| 1922 | W | Ever Hammer | — | 10 |
| 1922 | W | Lew Tendler | — | 12 |
| 1922 | W | Rocky Kansas | KO/TKO | 8 |
| 1922 | L | Jack Britton | DQ | 13 |
| 1922 | W | Jakob "Soldier" Bartfield | Decision | 4 |
| 1922 | W | Johnny Clinton | — | 10 |
| 1922 | W | Pal Moran | — | 10 |
| 1921 | W | Tim Droney | — | 8 |
| 1921 | W | Sailor Friedman | — | 8 |
| 1921 | W | Rocky Kansas | — | 12 |
| 1921 | W | Joe Welling | — | 8 |
| 1921 | W | Eddie Moy | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 1921 | W | Richie Mitchell | KO/TKO | 6 |
| 1920 | W | Joe Welling | KO/TKO | 14 |
| 1920 | W | Harlem Eddie Kelly | DQ | 5 |
| 1920 | W | K.O. Willie Loughlin | — | 10 |
| 1920 | W | Johnny Tillman | Decision | 10 |
| 1920 | W | Johnny Sheppard | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 1920 | W | Frankie Britt | KO/TKO | 5 |
| 1920 | W | Pal Moran | — | 10 |
| 1920 | W | Charley White | KO/TKO | 9 |
| 1920 | W | Johnny Dundee | — | 8 |
| 1919 | W | Jake Abel | — | 10 |
| 1919 | W | James Red Herring | KO/TKO | 6 |
| 1919 | W | Mel Coogan | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1919 | W | Jakob "Soldier" Bartfield | — | 6 |
| 1919 | W | Lockport Jimmy Duffy | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1919 | W | Phil Bloom | — | 10 |
| 1919 | W | Charley Metrie | KO/TKO | 7 |
| 1919 | W | Johnny Dundee | — | 8 |
| 1919 | W | Johnny Clinton | — | 10 |
| 1919 | W | Patsy Cline | — | 6 |
| 1919 | W | Joe Malone | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 1919 | W | Charley Pitts | — | 10 |
| 1919 | W | Young George Erne | KO/TKO | 6 |
| 1919 | W | Willie Ritchie | KO/TKO | 8 |
| 1919 | W | Harvey Thorpe | — | 10 |
Showing the 60 most recent of 196 recorded bouts.
27 of these opponents have their own page here.
Closest in build
welterweight boxing fighters with the nearest reach advantage.
- Young Peter Jackson+6.09% 70″ reach · 92nd pct
- Pablo César Cano+5.93% 71″ reach · 92nd pct
- Carlos González+5.91% 72″ reach · 88th pct
- Brian Norman Jr.+5.91% 72″ reach · 88th pct
- Devin Haney+5.91% 72″ reach · 88th pct
- Andrew Lewis+5.91% 72″ reach · 88th pct
- Erik Morales+5.91% 72″ reach · 88th pct
- Barbados Joe Walcott+5.83% 65″ reach · 87th 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 130 welterweight 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: Benny Leonard on English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), as of 2026-07-26. Percentiles and derived figures computed here.