Bobo Olson
97–16 · 109 recorded bouts · 1944–1966
Bobo Olson finished 48% of 97 wins inside the distance — the 29th 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 | 70″ (177.8 cm) | |
| Stance | Orthodox | |
| Division | Middleweight Boxing | |
| Peak era | 1950s | |
| Country | United States |
Wikipedia carries no reach figure for Bobo Olson, so the reach-advantage comparison this site is built on cannot be computed. Everything below comes from the record instead.
Record
Boxing record
97–16
115 bouts on record
Finish rate
48%
of wins ended inside the distance — middleweight boxing median 60%, 29th percentile
The career, bout by bout
109 recorded bouts from 1944 to 1966. Every incumbent shows this as a table you have to read; here it is as a shape you can see.
Career span
23y
1944–1966
Longest unbeaten run
18
without a loss — draws do not break it
Busiest year
1946
9 bouts
Recorded bouts
109
108 with a date
Fights
| Year | Result | Opponent | Method | Rd |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1966 | L | Don Fullmer | Decision | 10 |
| 1966 | W | Piero Del Papa | Decision | 10 |
| 1965 | W | Fred Roots | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 1965 | W | Andy Kendall | Decision | 10 |
| 1964 | L | José Torres | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1964 | W | Wayne Thornton | Decision | 10 |
| 1964 | L | Johnny Persol | Decision | 10 |
| 1963 | D | Hank Casey | Decision | 10 |
| 1963 | W | Jose Menno | Decision | 10 |
| 1963 | W | Jesse Bowdry | Decision | 10 |
| 1963 | W | Sonny Ray | KO/TKO | 7 |
| 1963 | W | Tiger Al Williams | KO/TKO | 5 |
| 1962 | D | Giulio Rinaldi | Decision | 10 |
| 1962 | W | Lennart Risberg | KO/TKO | 6 |
| 1962 | L | Pete Rademacher | Decision | 10 |
| 1962 | W | Artie Dixon | Decision | 10 |
| 1962 | W | Tiger Al Williams | Decision | 10 |
| 1961 | W | Roy Smith | KO/TKO | 8 |
| 1961 | W | Sixto Rodriguez | Decision | 10 |
| 1961 | W | Roque Maravilla | Decision | 10 |
| 1961 | W | Floyd Buchanan | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 1961 | W | Bobby Daniels | Decision | 10 |
| 1960 | L | Doug Jones | KO/TKO | 6 |
| 1960 | W | Mike Holt | Decision | 10 |
| 1960 | W | Al Sparks | KO/TKO | 5 |
| 1960 | W | Roque Maravilla | KO/TKO | 7 |
| 1959 | W | George Kartalian | KO/TKO | 5 |
| 1959 | W | Rory Calhoun | Decision | 10 |
| 1958 | W | Tommy Villa | KO/TKO | 5 |
| 1958 | W | Paddy Young | KO/TKO | 6 |
| 1958 | W | Don Grant | KO/TKO | 7 |
| 1957 | L | Pat McMurtry | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1957 | W | Joey Maxim | Decision | 10 |
| 1956 | L | Sugar Ray Robinson | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 1955 | L | Sugar Ray Robinson | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1955 | W | Joey Giambra | Decision | 10 |
| 1955 | W | Jimmy Martinez | Decision | 10 |
| 1955 | L | Archie Moore | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 1955 | W | Joey Maxim | Decision | 10 |
| 1955 | W | Willie Vaughn | Decision | 10 |
| 1955 | W | Ralph Jones | Decision | 10 |
| 1954 | W | Pierre Langlois | KO/TKO | 11 |
| 1954 | W | Garth Panter | KO/TKO | 8 |
| 1954 | W | Rocky Castellani | Decision | 15 |
| 1954 | W | Pedro Gonzales | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 1954 | W | Jesse Turner | KO/TKO | 8 |
| 1954 | W | Kid Gavilan | Decision | 15 |
| 1954 | W | Joe Rindone | KO/TKO | 5 |
| 1953 | W | Randy Turpin | Decision | 15 |
| 1953 | W | Paddy Young | Decision | 15 |
| 1953 | W | Garth Panter | Decision | 10 |
| 1953 | W | Norman Hayes | Decision | 10 |
| 1952 | W | Norman Hayes | Decision | 10 |
| 1952 | W | Lee Sala | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1952 | W | Gene Hairston | KO/TKO | 6 |
| 1952 | W | Robert Villemain | Decision | 10 |
| 1952 | W | Jimmy Beau | Decision | 10 |
| 1952 | W | Walter Cartier | KO/TKO | 5 |
| 1952 | W | Woody Harper | KO/TKO | 7 |
| 1952 | L | Sugar Ray Robinson | Decision | 15 |
Showing the 60 most recent of 109 recorded bouts.
17 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: Bobo Olson on English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), as of 2026-07-07. Percentiles and derived figures computed here.