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Benny Lynch

65″ reach · +1.54% reach advantage · 26th percentile

Benny Lynch has a reach of 65″ against a height of 64″ — a reach advantage of +1.54%, short for flyweight boxing and the 26th percentile of the 50 compared here.

Reach in context

Reach advantage

+1.54%

65″ reach on a 64″ frame

Compared against 50 flyweight boxing fighters. Median 3.09%.

-4.7%flyweight boxing reach advantage12.9%
Measurements
Reach65″ (165.1 cm)41st pct
Height64″ (162.6 cm)48th pct
StanceOrthodox
DivisionFlyweight Boxing
Peak era1940s
CountryUnited Kingdom

Record

Boxing record

88–14

119 bouts on record

Finish rate

39%

of wins ended inside the distance — flyweight boxing median 47%, 35th percentile

By knockout: 34 (39%)By decision: 54 (61%)
  • By knockout 39%
  • By decision 61%

The career, bout by bout

93 recorded bouts from 1931 to 1938. Every incumbent shows this as a table you have to read; here it is as a shape you can see.

draw vs Tommy Murdoch (1931)win vs Paddy Sweeney (1931)win vs Peter Sherry (1931)win vs Mick Cassidy (1931)loss vs Mick Young McAdam (1931)win vs Young O'Brien (1931)loss vs Paddy Docherty (1931)draw vs Joe Boag (1931)win vs Jim McKenzie (1931)win vs Jim Devanney (1931)draw vs Young Donnelly (1931)win vs Willie Leggatt (1931)win vs Joe Rivers (1931)win vs Young McColl (1931)loss vs Packy Boyle (1931)win vs Young Bryce (1931)draw vs Freddie Tennant (1932)win vs Jim Tiger Naughton (1932)win vs Paddy Docherty (1932)win vs George McLeod (1932)win vs Tommy Higgins (1932)win vs Alex Farries (1932)draw vs Billy Beattie (1932)draw vs Jock Joe Aitken (1932)draw vs Tony Fleming (1932)win vs Peter Curran (1932)win vs Jim Jeffries (1932)win vs Scotty Deans (1932)loss vs Young Matt Griffo (1932)win vs Jim O'Driscoll (1932)draw vs Young McManus (1932)win vs Jimmy Barr (1932)win vs Kid Murray (1932)win vs Jack Riley (1932)win vs Kid Hardy (1932)win vs Charlie Deacon (1932)draw vs Bob Fielding (1933)win vs Bert Kirby (1933)win vs Boy Ian McIntosh (1933)win vs Willie Vogan (1933)win vs Joe Cowley (1933)win vs Alex Farries (1933)win vs Billy Kid Hughes (1933)win vs Billy Warnock (1933)win vs Jim Maharg (1933)win vs Freddie Tennant (1933)draw vs Jim Brady (1933)win vs Walter Lemmon (1933)draw vs Paddy Docherty (1933)loss vs Jimmy Young Knowles (1933)draw vs Jock Joe Aitken (1933)win vs Joe Green (1933)win vs Dan Conlin (1933)win vs Sandy McEwan (1934)win vs Tut Whalley (1934)win vs Johnny Griffiths (1934)win vs Peter Miller (1934)win vs Pedro Ruiz (1934)win vs Billy Johnstone (1934)win vs Valentin Angelmann (1934)win vs Jim Brady (1934)win vs Maurice Huguenin (1934)win vs Jim Campbell (1934)win vs Evan Evans (1934)win vs George Lowe (1934)win vs Carlo Cavagnoli (1934)win vs Freddy Webb (1934)win vs Phil Milligan (1935)win vs Harry Orton (1935)win vs Gaston Maton (1935)win vs Jackie Brown (1935)win vs Charlie Hazel (1935)win vs Tomas Pardoe (1935)win vs Bobby Magee (1935)win vs Eric Jones (1936)win vs Phil Milligan (1936)win vs Pat Palmer (1936)win vs Syd Parker (1936)win vs Pat Warburton (1936)win vs Mickey McGuire (1936)loss vs Jimmy Warnock (1936)win vs Georges Bataille (1937)win vs Peter Kane (1937)win vs Roy Underwood (1937)loss vs Jimmy Warnock (1937)win vs Len Hampston (1937)win vs Fortunato Ortega (1937)win vs Small Montana (1937)loss vs Aurel Toma (1938)loss vs K.O. Morgan (1938)win vs Jackie Jurich (1938)draw vs Peter Kane (1938)win vs Maurice Filhol (1938)
winlossdraw / NC1931–1938

Career span

8y

1931–1938

Longest unbeaten run

29

without a loss — draws do not break it

Busiest year

1932

20 bouts

Recorded bouts

93

93 with a date

Fights

YearResultOpponentMethodRd
1938 L Aurel Toma KO/TKO3
1938 L K.O. Morgan Decision12
1938 W Jackie Jurich KO/TKO12
1938 D Peter Kane Decision12
1938 W Maurice Filhol KO/TKO5
1937 W Georges Bataille KO/TKO8
1937 W Peter Kane KO/TKO13
1937 W Roy Underwood KO/TKO6
1937 L Jimmy Warnock Decision15
1937 W Len Hampston KO/TKO10
1937 W Fortunato Ortega Decision12
1937 W Small Montana Decision15
1936 W Eric Jones KO/TKO2
1936 W Phil Milligan KO/TKO7
1936 W Pat Palmer KO/TKO8
1936 W Syd Parker KO/TKO9
1936 W Pat Warburton KO/TKO3
1936 W Mickey McGuire KO/TKO4
1936 L Jimmy Warnock Decision12
1935 W Phil Milligan Decision12
1935 W Harry Orton Decision10
1935 W Gaston Maton Decision12
1935 W Jackie Brown KO/TKO2
1935 W Charlie Hazel KO/TKO1
1935 W Tomas Pardoe KO/TKO14
1935 W Bobby Magee Decision12
1934 W Sandy McEwan Decision12
1934 W Tut Whalley DQ8
1934 W Johnny Griffiths KO/TKO1
1934 W Peter Miller KO/TKO8
1934 W Pedro Ruiz Decision12
1934 W Billy Johnstone KO/TKO5
1934 W Valentin Angelmann Decision12
1934 W Jim Brady Decision12
1934 W Maurice Huguenin Decision12
1934 W Jim Campbell Decision15
1934 W Evan Evans KO/TKO3
1934 W George Lowe KO/TKO2
1934 W Carlo Cavagnoli Decision10
1934 W Freddy Webb KO/TKO3
1933 D Bob Fielding Decision10
1933 W Bert Kirby Decision12
1933 W Boy Ian McIntosh KO/TKO4
1933 W Willie Vogan KO/TKO2
1933 W Joe Cowley KO/TKO7
1933 W Alex Farries KO/TKO4
1933 W Billy Kid Hughes KO/TKO9
1933 W Billy Warnock KO/TKO11
1933 W Jim Maharg Decision12
1933 W Freddie Tennant Decision10
1933 D Jim Brady Decision12
1933 W Walter Lemmon Decision10
1933 D Paddy Docherty Decision10
1933 L Jimmy Young Knowles Decision12
1933 D Jock Joe Aitken Decision10
1933 W Joe Green Decision10
1933 W Dan Conlin Decision10
1932 D Freddie Tennant Decision10
1932 W Jim Tiger Naughton Decision6
1932 W Paddy Docherty Decision10

Showing the 60 most recent of 93 recorded bouts.

5 of these opponents have their own page here.

How this is worked out

  1. Measurements and records are read from the fighter's English Wikipedia infobox; the fight list is parsed from the article's own results table.
  2. Reach advantage is (reach − height) ÷ height as a percentage, so fighters of different sizes compare directly.
  3. Percentiles rank this fighter among the 50 flyweight 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

Full methodology →

Source: Benny Lynch on English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), as of 2026-07-08. Percentiles and derived figures computed here.

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