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Welterweight boxing · 1940s

Billy Graham

102–15 · 113 recorded bouts · 1941–1955

Billy Graham finished 26% of 102 wins inside the distance — the 12th percentile for welterweight boxing, where the median is 54%. No reach is on record, so this page compares record rather than measurements.

What is on record

Measurements
Reachnot recorded
Height68″ (172.7 cm)
StanceOrthodox
DivisionWelterweight Boxing
Peak era1940s
CountryUnited States

Wikipedia carries no reach figure for Billy Graham, so the reach-advantage comparison this site is built on cannot be computed. Everything below comes from the record instead.

1950 win vs Al Guido (1941)draw vs Louis La Salle (1941)win vs Mike Martinez (1941)win vs Bobby Henderson (1941)win vs Bob Henry (1941)draw vs Joey Agro (1941)draw vs Joey Manfro (1941)draw vs Jimmy Kemp (1941)win vs Frankie Van (1941)win vs Connie Savoie (1941)draw vs Joey Varoff (1942)win vs Lew Maxwell (1942)win vs Mickey LaRosa (1942)win vs Thaddeus Caby (1942)win vs Johnny Rudd (1942)win vs Julian Malavez (1942)win vs Gus Coen Levine (1942)win vs Cedric Flournoy (1942)win vs Ted Christie (1942)win vs Jeff Holloway (1942)win vs Bobby Henderson (1942)draw vs Wallace Brown (1942)win vs Jimmy Anest (1942)win vs Bobby Root (1942)win vs Moe Weiss (1942)win vs Al Simmons (1942)win vs Russell Sawyer (1942)win vs Davey Crawford (1942)win vs Al Guido (1942)win vs Harry Diduck (1942)win vs Terry Amico (1942)win vs Bob Henry (1942)win vs Joe Maldonado (1942)win vs Jackie Connors (1944)win vs Julian Malavez (1944)win vs Jimmy Pierce (1944)win vs Johnny Williams (1944)win vs George Johnson (1944)win vs Doug Carter (1944)win vs Sammy Mammone (1944)win vs Jackie Smallwood (1944)win vs Prudencio Pacheco (1944)win vs Charley Cabey Lewis (1945)loss vs Tony Pellone (1945)win vs Donnie Maes (1945)win vs Johnny Rinaldi (1945)win vs Joey Manfro (1945)win vs Johnny Williams (1945)win vs Jeff Holloway (1945)win vs Herbert Solomon (1945)win vs Tommy Mills (1945)win vs Doll Rafferty (1946)win vs Cleo Shans (1946)loss vs Tony Pellone (1946)win vs Vic Costa (1946)win vs Jimmy Joyce (1946)win vs Frankie Carto (1946)win vs Pedro Biesca (1946)win vs Pat Scanlon (1946)win vs Charley Milan (1946)win vs Rocco Rossano (1947)win vs Willie Beltram (1947)win vs Patsy Giordano (1947)win vs Billy Seep (1947)win vs Aldo Minelli (1947)win vs Ernie Petrone (1947)loss vs Tippy Larkin (1947)win vs Ruby Kessler (1947)win vs Billy Lee (1948)win vs Joe Lucignano (1948)win vs Terry Young (1948)win vs Maxie Starr (1948)win vs Patsy Brandino (1948)win vs Jimmy Joyce (1948)win vs Tony LaBua (1949)win vs Jean Walzack (1949)win vs Jimmy Cox (1949)win vs Jimmy Sanders (1949)win vs Sonny Jim Hampton (1949)win vs Mike Koballa (1949)loss vs Paddy DeMarco (1949)loss vs Eddie Thomas (1949)win vs Fitzie Pruden (1949)win vs Tommy Ciarlo (1950)loss vs Kid Gavilán (1950)win vs Auguste 'Kid' Dussart (1950)win vs Sammy Mastrean (1950)win vs Tommy Bazzano (1950)win vs Jimmy Sanders (1950)win vs Phil Burton (1950)win vs Tony Pellone (1950)win vs Danny Stepanovich (1951)win vs Johnny Cesario (1951)win vs Jimmy Brown (1951)draw vs Mario Trigo (1951)loss vs Kid Gavilán (1951)win vs Billy Jenkins (1951)loss vs Joey Giardello (1952)loss vs Kid Gavilán (1952)win vs Carmen Basilio (1952)draw vs Rocky Castellani (1952)win vs Art Soto (1952)win vs Mike Gillo (1952)win vs Jimmy Herring (1952)win vs Paddy Young (1953)draw vs Carmen Basilio (1953)win vs Joey Giardello (1953)win vs Art Aragon (1953)loss vs Ramon Fuentes (1954)loss vs Christian Christensen (1954)win vs Charlie Simmons (1954)loss vs Chico Vejar (1955)
winlossdraw / NC1941–1955

Record

Boxing record

102–15

126 bouts on record

Finish rate

26%

of wins ended inside the distance — welterweight boxing median 54%, 12th percentile

By knockout: 27 (26%)By decision: 75 (74%)
  • By knockout 26%
  • By decision 74%

The career, bout by bout

113 recorded bouts from 1941 to 1955. Every incumbent shows this as a table you have to read; here it is as a shape you can see.

Career span

15y

1941–1955

Longest unbeaten run

37

without a loss — draws do not break it

Busiest year

1942

23 bouts

Recorded bouts

113

112 with a date

Fights

YearResultOpponentMethodRd
1955 L Chico Vejar Decision10
1954 L Ramon Fuentes Decision10
1954 L Christian Christensen Decision10
1954 W Charlie Simmons KO/TKO6
1953 W Paddy Young Decision10
1953 D Carmen Basilio Decision12
1953 W Joey Giardello Decision12
1953 W Art Aragon Decision10
1952 L Joey Giardello Decision10
1952 L Kid Gavilán Decision15
1952 W Carmen Basilio Decision10
1952 D Rocky Castellani Decision10
1952 W Art Soto Decision10
1952 W Mike Gillo Decision10
1952 W Jimmy Herring Decision10
1951 W Danny Stepanovich Decision10
1951 W Johnny Cesario Decision10
1951 W Jimmy Brown KO/TKO4
1951 D Mario Trigo Decision10
1951 L Kid Gavilán Decision15
1951 W Billy Jenkins Decision8
1950 W Tommy Ciarlo Decision8
1950 L Kid Gavilán Decision10
1950 W Auguste 'Kid' Dussart Decision10
1950 W Sammy Mastrean KO/TKO7
1950 W Tommy Bazzano Decision10
1950 W Jimmy Sanders Decision10
1950 W Phil Burton Decision10
1950 W Tony Pellone Decision10
1949 W Tony LaBua Decision10
1949 W Jean Walzack Decision10
1949 W Jimmy Cox KO/TKO3
1949 W Jimmy Sanders Decision10
1949 W Sonny Jim Hampton Decision10
1949 W Mike Koballa Decision8
1949 L Paddy DeMarco Decision10
1949 L Eddie Thomas Decision10
1949 W Fitzie Pruden Decision10
1948 W Billy Lee Decision8
1948 W Joe Lucignano Decision8
1948 W Terry Young Decision10
1948 W Maxie Starr Decision8
1948 W Patsy Brandino Decision8
1948 W Jimmy Joyce KO/TKO5
1947 W Rocco Rossano Decision10
1947 W Willie Beltram Decision10
1947 W Patsy Giordano Decision10
1947 W Billy Seep KO/TKO2
1947 W Aldo Minelli Decision10
1947 W Ernie Petrone Decision8
1947 L Tippy Larkin Decision10
1947 W Ruby Kessler Decision10
1946 W Doll Rafferty Decision10
1946 W Cleo Shans Decision10
1946 L Tony Pellone Decision10
1946 W Vic Costa Decision8
1946 W Jimmy Joyce Decision10
1946 W Frankie Carto KO/TKO9
1946 W Pedro Biesca Decision8
1946 W Pat Scanlon KO/TKO5

Showing the 60 most recent of 113 recorded bouts.

15 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 292 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

Full methodology →

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

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