Billy Soose
34–6 · 38 recorded bouts · 1938–1942
Billy Soose finished 38% of 34 wins inside the distance — the 17th percentile for middleweight boxing, where the median is 60%. No reach is on record, so this page compares record rather than measurements.
What is on record
| Reach | not recorded | |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 72″ (182.9 cm) | |
| Stance | Orthodox | |
| Division | Middleweight Boxing | |
| Peak era | 1940s | |
| Country | United States |
Wikipedia carries no reach figure for Billy Soose, so the reach-advantage comparison this site is built on cannot be computed. Everything below comes from the record instead.
Record
Boxing record
34–6
41 bouts on record
Finish rate
38%
of wins ended inside the distance — middleweight boxing median 60%, 17th percentile
The career, bout by bout
38 recorded bouts from 1938 to 1942. Every incumbent shows this as a table you have to read; here it is as a shape you can see.
Career span
5y
1938–1942
Longest unbeaten run
15
without a loss — draws do not break it
Busiest year
1938
12 bouts
Recorded bouts
38
38 with a date
Fights
| Year | Result | Opponent | Method | Rd |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1942 | L | Jimmy Bivins | Decision | 10 |
| 1941 | W | Jimmy Reeves | Decision | 10 |
| 1941 | D | Ceferino Garcia | Draw | 8 |
| 1941 | L | Georgie Abrams | Decision | 10 |
| 1941 | W | Tony Celli | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1941 | W | Ken Overlin | Decision | 15 |
| 1941 | W | Ernie Vigh | Decision | 12 |
| 1941 | W | Tami Mauriello | Decision | 10 |
| 1940 | W | Jimmy Casino | Decision | 10 |
| 1940 | W | Vince Pimpinella | Decision | 10 |
| 1940 | W | Tony Zale | Decision | 10 |
| 1940 | W | Ken Overlin | Decision | 10 |
| 1940 | W | Jack Ennis | Decision | 10 |
| 1940 | W | Ernest Peirce | Decision | 10 |
| 1940 | W | Frankie Nelson | Decision | 10 |
| 1940 | W | Enzo Iannozzi | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 1940 | L | Georgie Abrams | Decision | 10 |
| 1940 | W | Bud Mignault | Decision | 10 |
| 1940 | W | Jimmy Clark | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 1939 | W | Jimmy Jones | KO/TKO | 5 |
| 1939 | W | Paul Pirrone | Decision | 6 |
| 1939 | W | Butch Lynch | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 1939 | W | Johnny Duca | Decision | 10 |
| 1939 | W | Jack Munley | KO/TKO | 5 |
| 1939 | L | Georgie Abrams | Decision | 8 |
| 1939 | W | Joe Fedz | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1938 | L | Charley Burley | Decision | 10 |
| 1938 | L | Johnny Duca | Decision | 10 |
| 1938 | W | Eddie Babe Risko | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 1938 | W | Charley Weise | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1938 | W | Freddie Lenn | Decision | 10 |
| 1938 | W | Eric Lawson | KO/TKO | 5 |
| 1938 | W | Al Quaill | Decision | 10 |
| 1938 | W | Johnny Foster | Decision | 4 |
| 1938 | W | Joe Lujan | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 1938 | W | Sewell Hipps | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 1938 | W | Jimmy Brent | Decision | 4 |
| 1938 | W | Marine Johnny Dean | KO/TKO | 4 |
11 of these opponents have their own page here.
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 256 middleweight 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 Soose on English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), as of 2026-07-28. Percentiles and derived figures computed here.