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Don Cockell

70.9″ reach · 0% reach advantage · 6th percentile

Don Cockell has a reach of 70.9″ against a height of 70.9″ — a reach advantage of 0%, unusually short for heavyweight boxing and the 6th percentile of the 317 compared here.

Reach in context

Reach advantage

0%

70.9″ reach on a 70.9″ frame

Compared against 317 heavyweight boxing fighters. Median 3.99%.

-2.8%heavyweight boxing reach advantage12%
Measurements
Reach70.9″ (180 cm)4th pct
Height70.9″ (180 cm)8th pct
StanceOrthodox
DivisionHeavyweight Boxing
competed at 2: light heavyweight, heavyweight — compared here against the last
Peak era1950s
CountryUnited Kingdom

Record

Boxing record

66–14

81 bouts on record

Finish rate

58%

of wins ended inside the distance — heavyweight boxing median 68%, 31st percentile

By knockout: 38 (58%)By decision: 28 (42%)
  • By knockout 58%
  • By decision 42%

The career, bout by bout

73 recorded bouts from 1946 to 1956. Every incumbent shows this as a table you have to read; here it is as a shape you can see.

1950 win vs Harold Anthony (1946)win vs Battling Joe Igo (1946)win vs Jimmy Carroll (1946)win vs Reg Spring (1946)win vs Paddy Roche (1946)win vs Frank Johnson (1946)win vs Harry O'Grady (1946)loss vs Jock Taylor (1946)win vs Trevor Lowder (1946)win vs Harry Lawrence (1946)win vs Ron Baker (1946)win vs Frank Baldwin (1946)win vs Sid Watts (1946)win vs Reg Spring (1947)loss vs Dave Goodwin (1947)win vs Trevor Burt (1947)win vs Paddy Roche (1947)win vs Arthur Sadd (1947)win vs Matt Hardy (1947)win vs Ronnie Croad (1947)win vs Harold Anthony (1947)win vs Jimmy Carroll (1947)loss vs Jock Taylor (1947)win vs Doug Richards (1948)win vs Johnny Barton (1948)win vs Gene Fowler (1948)win vs Henry Palmer (1948)loss vs Johnny Williams (1948)win vs Trevor Burt (1948)win vs Dave Goodwin (1948)win vs Battling Joe Igo (1948)win vs Koffi Kiteman (1948)win vs Paddy Roche (1948)win vs George Barratt (1948)win vs Jimmy Carroll (1948)loss vs Reg Spring (1948)win vs Jimmy Sales (1948)win vs Charlie Collet (1949)win vs Don Mogard (1949)win vs Gabriel Bigotte (1949)win vs Bert Gilroy (1949)loss vs Jimmy Carroll (1949)win vs Paddy Slavin (1949)win vs Mark Hart (1949)win vs Lloyd Barnett (1949)win vs Lloyd Marshall (1950)win vs Mark Hart (1950)win vs Jimmy Carroll (1950)win vs Lloyd Barnett (1950)loss vs Aaron Wilson (1950)win vs Georges Rogiers (1950)win vs André Lefranc (1950)loss vs Jimmy Slade (1951)win vs Albert Finch (1951)win vs Nick Barone (1951)win vs Freddie Beshore (1951)win vs Albert Yvel (1951)win vs Lloyd Marshall (1951)win vs Frank Bell (1952)win vs Paddy Slavin (1952)loss vs Randolph Turpin (1952)win vs Renato Tontini (1952)win vs Uber Baccilieri (1953)win vs Harry Matthews (1953)win vs Johnny Williams (1953)win vs Tommy Farr (1953)win vs Harry Matthews (1954)win vs Roland La Starza (1954)win vs Johnny Arthur (1954)loss vs Niño Valdés (1955)loss vs Rocky Marciano (1955)loss vs Kitione Lave (1956)
winlossdraw / NC1946–1956

Career span

11y

1946–1956

Longest unbeaten run

8

without a loss — draws do not break it

Busiest year

1948

14 bouts

Recorded bouts

73

72 with a date

Fights

YearResultOpponentMethodRd
1956 L Kitione Lave KO/TKO2
1955 L Niño Valdés KO/TKO3
1955 L Rocky Marciano KO/TKO9
1954 W Harry Matthews KO/TKO7
1954 W Roland La Starza Decision10
1954 W Johnny Arthur Decision15
1953 W Uber Baccilieri Decision10
1953 W Harry Matthews Decision10
1953 W Johnny Williams Decision15
1953 W Tommy Farr KO/TKO7
1952 W Frank Bell KO/TKO8
1952 W Paddy Slavin KO/TKO2
1952 L Randolph Turpin KO/TKO11
1952 W Renato Tontini Decision10
1951 L Jimmy Slade KO/TKO4
1951 W Albert Finch KO/TKO7
1951 W Nick Barone KO/TKO6
1951 W Freddie Beshore Decision10
1951 W Albert Yvel KO/TKO6
1951 W Lloyd Marshall KO/TKO1
1950 W Lloyd Marshall DQ7
1950 W Mark Hart KO/TKO14
1950 W Jimmy Carroll KO/TKO7
1950 W Lloyd Barnett Decision8
1950 L Aaron Wilson Decision8
1950 W Georges Rogiers Decision8
1950 W André Lefranc KO/TKO5
1949 W Charlie Collet KO/TKO1
1949 W Don Mogard Decision8
1949 W Gabriel Bigotte KO/TKO1
1949 W Bert Gilroy Decision8
1949 L Jimmy Carroll DQ5
1949 W Paddy Slavin Decision8
1949 W Mark Hart Decision8
1949 W Lloyd Barnett Decision8
1948 W Doug Richards KO/TKO5
1948 W Johnny Barton Decision8
1948 W Gene Fowler Decision8
1948 W Henry Palmer KO/TKO5
1948 L Johnny Williams KO/TKO2
1948 W Trevor Burt KO/TKO1
1948 W Dave Goodwin KO/TKO2
1948 W Battling Joe Igo KO/TKO4
1948 W Koffi Kiteman KO/TKO5
1948 W Paddy Roche KO/TKO3
1948 W George Barratt KO/TKO1
1948 W Jimmy Carroll KO/TKO4
1948 L Reg Spring Decision8
1948 W Jimmy Sales KO/TKO2
1947 W Reg Spring KO/TKO5
1947 L Dave Goodwin KO/TKO7
1947 W Trevor Burt KO/TKO10
1947 W Paddy Roche Decision8
1947 W Arthur Sadd Decision6
1947 W Matt Hardy KO/TKO7
1947 W Ronnie Croad KO/TKO3
1947 W Harold Anthony KO/TKO4
1947 W Jimmy Carroll KO/TKO5
1947 L Jock Taylor KO/TKO6
1946 W Harold Anthony Decision10

Showing the 60 most recent of 73 recorded bouts.

10 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 317 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

Full methodology →

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

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