Billy Petrolle
70.1″ reach · +4.58% reach advantage · 75th percentile
Billy Petrolle has a reach of 70.1″ against a height of 67″ — a reach advantage of +4.58%, long for lightweight boxing and the 75th percentile of the 120 compared here.
Reach in context
Reach advantage
+4.58%
70.1″ reach on a 67″ frame
Compared against 120 lightweight boxing fighters. Median 3.02%.
| Reach | 70.1″ (178 cm) | 69th pct |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 67″ (170.2 cm) | 48th pct |
| Stance | Orthodox | |
| Division | Lightweight Boxing | |
| Peak era | 1930s | |
| Country | United States |
Record
Boxing record
122–26
164 bouts on record
Finish rate
53%
of wins ended inside the distance — lightweight boxing median 51%, 53rd percentile
The career, bout by bout
149 recorded bouts from 1922 to 1934. Every incumbent shows this as a table you have to read; here it is as a shape you can see.
Career span
13y
1922–1934
Longest unbeaten run
25
without a loss — draws do not break it
Busiest year
1924
22 bouts
Recorded bouts
149
147 with a date
Fights
| Year | Result | Opponent | Method | Rd |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1934 | L | Barney Ross | Decision | 10 |
| 1933 | W | Stanislaus Loayza | KO/TKO | 6 |
| 1933 | W | Sammy Fuller | Decision | 10 |
| 1933 | W | Bep van Klaveren | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 1933 | L | Barney Ross | Decision | 10 |
| 1932 | L | Tony Canzoneri | Decision | 15 |
| 1932 | W | Tommy Grogan | Decision | 10 |
| 1932 | W | Christopher Battalino | Decision | 10 |
| 1932 | W | Eddie Ran | KO/TKO | 6 |
| 1931 | W | Billy Townsend | KO/TKO | 7 |
| 1931 | W | Iowa Joe Rivers | Decision | 4 |
| 1931 | L | Jimmy McLarnin | Decision | 10 |
| 1931 | W | Justo Suárez | KO/TKO | 9 |
| 1931 | W | Lope Tenorio | — | 10 |
| 1931 | W | King Tut | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 1931 | W | Jackie Moore | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1931 | W | Billy Light | — | 6 |
| 1930 | W | Jimmy McLarnin | Decision | 10 |
| 1930 | W | Spug Myers | — | 6 |
| 1930 | L | Jack 'Kid' Berg | Decision | 10 |
| 1930 | W | Tony Canzoneri | Decision | 10 |
| 1930 | W | Doty Turner | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 1930 | W | Frankie LaFay | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 1930 | W | Paddy Walthier | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 1930 | W | Johnny Curtin | KO/TKO | 5 |
| 1930 | W | Johnny Melton | Decision | 10 |
| 1930 | W | Izzy Kline | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1930 | W | Red Fry | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1930 | W | Tony Sanders | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1930 | W | Joe Azzarella | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 1930 | W | Jackie Kane | KO/TKO | 9 |
| 1930 | W | Joey Brooks | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 1930 | L | Jackie Purvis | — | 10 |
| 1929 | L | King Tut | Decision | 10 |
| 1929 | W | Jimmy Goodrich | — | 10 |
| 1929 | W | Harry Kahn | DQ | 3 |
| 1929 | W | Ray Miller | Decision | 10 |
| 1929 | W | Norman Brown | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 1929 | W | Bulldog Gonzalez | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1929 | W | Jimmy Borde | — | 10 |
| 1929 | W | Tony Ross | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 1928 | L | King Tut | — | 10 |
| 1928 | W | Stanislaus Loayza | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1928 | W | Jack 'Kid' Berg | KO/TKO | 5 |
| 1928 | W | Jackie Kane | — | 10 |
| 1928 | W | Billy Engman | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 1928 | W | Al Rammy | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1928 | D | Doc Snell | Decision | 6 |
| 1928 | W | Bruce Flowers | Decision | 10 |
| 1928 | W | Armand Schaekels | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 1928 | W | Eddie Dwyer | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 1928 | L | Tommy Grogan | KO/TKO | 7 |
| 1928 | W | Rusty Jones | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 1928 | W | Spug Myers | Decision | 10 |
| 1928 | D | Russie LeRoy | Draw | 10 |
| 1928 | L | Sammy Mandell | — | 10 |
| 1928 | W | Cuddy DeMarco | KO/TKO | 7 |
| 1927 | W | Harry Kahn | — | 10 |
| 1927 | L | Tommy Herman | KO/TKO | 7 |
| 1927 | W | Johnny Ceccoli | KO/TKO | 6 |
Showing the 60 most recent of 149 recorded bouts.
14 of these opponents have their own page here.
Closest in build
lightweight boxing fighters with the nearest reach advantage.
- Davit Kiria+4.59% 70″ reach · 76th pct
- Richar Abril+4.57% 72″ reach · 74th pct
- Edwin Valero+4.59% 69″ reach · 76th pct
- Michael Gomez+4.6% 68″ reach · 78th pct
- Alfred Kotey+4.6% 68″ reach · 78th pct
- Azumah Nelson+4.6% 68″ reach · 78th pct
- Gabriel Elorde+4.6% 68″ reach · 78th pct
- Wesley Ramey+4.67% 67″ reach · 81st 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 120 lightweight 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: Billy Petrolle on English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), as of 2026-07-08. Percentiles and derived figures computed here.