Bombardier Billy Wells
37–11 · 62 recorded bouts · 1909–1925
Bombardier Billy Wells finished 92% of 37 wins inside the distance — the 93rd percentile for heavyweight boxing, where the median is 68%. No reach is on record, so this page compares record rather than measurements.
What is on record
| Reach | not recorded | |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 75″ (190.5 cm) | |
| Stance | Orthodox | |
| Division | Heavyweight Boxing | |
| Peak era | 1910s | |
| Country | United Kingdom |
Wikipedia carries no reach figure for Bombardier Billy Wells, so the reach-advantage comparison this site is built on cannot be computed. Everything below comes from the record instead.
Record
Boxing record
37–11
48 bouts on record
Finish rate
92%
of wins ended inside the distance — heavyweight boxing median 68%, 93rd percentile
The career, bout by bout
62 recorded bouts from 1909 to 1925. Every incumbent shows this as a table you have to read; here it is as a shape you can see.
Career span
17y
1909–1925
Longest unbeaten run
17
without a loss — draws do not break it
Busiest year
1910
8 bouts
Recorded bouts
62
62 with a date
Fights
| Year | Result | Opponent | Method | Rd |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1925 | L | Jack Stanley | — | 3 |
| 1925 | W | Soldier Horace Jones | — | 6 |
| 1924 | W | Gunner Bennett | — | 9 |
| 1924 | W | Charles Penwill | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1922 | L | Jack Bloomfield | KO/TKO | 6 |
| 1922 | L | Frank Goddard | KO/TKO | 6 |
| 1922 | W | Albert Lloyd | KO/TKO | 10 |
| 1920 | W | Paul Journée | KO/TKO | 17 |
| 1920 | L | Joe Beckett | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 1920 | W | Eddie McGoorty | KO/TKO | 16 |
| 1920 | W | Harry Reeve | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 1919 | W | Arthur Townley | — | 9 |
| 1919 | W | Jack Curphey | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1919 | L | Joe Beckett | KO/TKO | 5 |
| 1918 | W | Joe Beckett | — | 3 |
| 1918 | W | Eddie McGoorty | Decision | 3 |
| 1918 | W | Seaman Powell | Decision | 3 |
| 1916 | W | Dan Voyles | — | 2 |
| 1916 | W | Dick Smith | KO/TKO | 9 |
| 1916 | W | Petty-Officer Curran | KO/TKO | 5 |
| 1915 | W | Bandsman Rice | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1915 | W | Dick Smith | KO/TKO | 9 |
| 1915 | L | Frank Moran | KO/TKO | 10 |
| 1915 | W | Dan McGoldrick | KO/TKO | 7 |
| 1915 | ? | E. V. Chandler | — | 3 |
| 1915 | N | F. Ormered | — | 3 |
| 1914 | W | Colin Bell | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1914 | W | Bandsman Rice | — | 20 |
| 1914 | W | Albert Lurie | KO/TKO | 7 |
| 1914 | W | Bandsman Blake | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 1914 | W | Gaston Pigot | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1914 | W | Gunner Rawles | KO/TKO | 10 |
| 1914 | N | Frank Hagney | — | 3 |
| 1914 | N | Pat O'Keeffe | — | 3 |
| 1913 | L | Georges Carpentier | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1913 | W | Gunner Moir | KO/TKO | 5 |
| 1913 | W | Pat O'Keeffe | KO/TKO | 15 |
| 1913 | W | Packey Mahoney | KO/TKO | 13 |
| 1913 | L | Gunboat Smith | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1912 | W | George Rodel | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1912 | W | Tom Kennedy | KO/TKO | 8 |
| 1912 | L | Al Palzer | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 1912 | N | Jim Sullivan | — | 3 |
| 1911 | W | Fred Storbeck | KO/TKO | 11 |
| 1911 | W | Iron Hague | KO/TKO | 6 |
| 1911 | W | Porky Flynn | Decision | 20 |
| 1911 | L | Gunner Moir | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 1911 | N | Jim Maloney | — | 3 |
| 1910 | W | Seaman Parsons | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1910 | W | Private Dan Voyles | KO/TKO | 10 |
| 1910 | W | Sergeant Sunshine | KO/TKO | 6 |
| 1910 | W | Corporal Brown | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 1910 | W | Gunner McMurray | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1910 | W | Gunner Joe Mills | Decision | 6 |
| 1910 | W | Private Clohessy | — | 3 |
| 1910 | W | Drummer Ness | Decision | 3 |
| 1909 | W | Private Clohessy | Decision | 3 |
| 1909 | W | Sergeant Gale | — | 2 |
| 1909 | W | Corporal Gouldburn | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1909 | W | Private Tansell | KO/TKO | 2 |
Showing the 60 most recent of 62 recorded bouts.
8 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 587 heavyweight 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: Bombardier Billy Wells on English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), as of 2026-08-03. Percentiles and derived figures computed here.