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Heavyweight boxing · 1900s

Fireman Jim Flynn

81–61 · 150 recorded bouts · 1893–1925

Fireman Jim Flynn finished 69% of 81 wins inside the distance — the 53rd 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

Measurements
Reachnot recorded
Height69″ (175.3 cm)
StanceOrthodox
DivisionHeavyweight Boxing
Peak era1900s
CountryUnited States

Wikipedia carries no reach figure for Fireman Jim Flynn, so the reach-advantage comparison this site is built on cannot be computed. Everything below comes from the record instead.

1900 1910 1920 win vs W F Roberts (1893)win vs Billy Lewis (1894)win vs Swifty (1894)win vs Herman Frazier (1894)win vs Jim Freeman (1897)draw vs Ed Hennessey (1897)win vs Jim Morrissey (1897)loss vs Mose LaFontise (1899)win vs Jack Fogarty (1899)loss vs Denis Ike Hayes (1899)win vs Kid Dawson (1899)win vs Jim Francis (1899)loss vs Roy Mendy (1899)loss vs Ed Seaman (1899)win vs CA Nicholas (1899)win vs Fred Davis (1899)win vs Kid Chambers (1899)loss vs Mose LaFontise (1900)win vs Pat Malloy (1901)win vs Mex Davis (1901)win vs Ashton Yale (1902)draw vs Tom Kinsley (1902)draw vs Ed Kinsley (1902)win vs Jack Graham (1902)win vs Kid Rowley (1902)win vs Ed Burnes (1902)win vs Barney Passon (1902)draw vs Joe Cotton (1902)draw vs Mike 'Dummy' Rowan (1902)win vs Tom Hensley (1902)win vs Joe Tracey (1902)win vs Willard Bean (1902)loss vs Jack Kid Lavalle (1902)win vs George Condie (1902)win vs Jim Francis (1902)loss vs Jack Root (1903)win vs Tim Hurley (1903)draw vs Morgan Williams (1903)win vs Tom Kissell (1903)win vs Billy Malley (1903)win vs Cyclone Kelly (1903)win vs Ed Kelly (1903)draw vs Tom Reilly (1904)draw vs George Gardiner (1904)win vs Fred Cooley (1904)draw vs Morgan Williams (1904)win vs Ed McCoy (1904)draw vs Harry Peppers (1904)draw vs Andy Walsh (1904)draw vs Tom Kinsley (1905)win vs Mike 'Dummy' Rowan (1905)loss vs Tommy Burns (1906)draw vs Jack Twin Sullivan (1906)win vs Morgan Williams (1906)draw vs Tom Kinsley (1906)win vs Bill Squires (1907)loss vs Jack Johnson (1907)win vs Tony Ross (1907)win vs Frank Maxey (1907)win vs Dave Barry (1907)win vs George Gardiner (1907)? vs Jim Tremble (1907)draw vs Jack Twin Sullivan (1907)loss vs Sam Langford (1908)win vs Battling Johnson (1908)loss vs Jim Barry (1908)loss vs Al Kaufman (1908)draw vs Jack Twin Sullivan (1908)win vs Joe Willis (1909)win vs Salinas Jack Burns (1909)loss vs Philadelphia Jack O'Brien (1909)draw vs Billy Papke (1909)loss vs Montana Jack Sullivan (1909)loss vs Sam Langford (1910)win vs Tony Caponi (1911)? vs Charley Schmidt (1911)win vs Carl E. Morris (1911)win vs George Hess (1911)win vs George Haley (1911)win vs Al Kaufman (1911)win vs Al Mandino (1911)loss vs Luther McCarty (1912)win vs Charlie Miller (1912)loss vs Jack Johnson (1912)win vs Leopold McLaglan (1912)win vs Al Williams (1912)loss vs George Rodel (1913)loss vs Battling Levinsky (1913)loss vs Gunboat Smith (1913)draw vs Jim Coffey (1913)loss vs Luther McCarty (1913)win vs George Davis (1914)loss vs Carl E. Morris (1914)loss vs Battling Levinsky (1914)loss vs Jack Dillon (1914)win vs Al Norton (1914)loss vs Jim Coffey (1914)win vs Jim Francis (1914)win vs Tim Logan (1914)win vs Jack Driscoll (1914)loss vs Battling Levinsky (1915)loss vs Jack Dillon (1915)draw vs Al Reich (1915)win vs Morgan Williams (1915)win vs Andy Malloy (1915)loss vs Jim Coffey (1915)loss vs Gunboat Smith (1915)loss vs Tony Ross (1915)win vs Texas Tate (1916)loss vs Jack Dillon (1916)loss vs Fred Fulton (1916)loss vs Bob Devere (1917)win vs Jack Dempsey (1917)loss vs Billy Miske (1918)win vs Bob Williams (1918)win vs Hugh Walker (1918)loss vs Jack Dempsey (1918)win vs Pete Jessler (1919)loss vs Ole Anderson (1919)win vs Harry Aune (1919)loss vs Jimmy Darcy (1919)loss vs Jerry Schumann (1919)loss vs Bill LaRue (1919)loss vs Noel "Boy" McCormick (1920)loss vs Young Hector (1920)win vs Steve Reynolds (1920)draw vs Willie Keeler (1920)loss vs Harvey Perkins (1921)loss vs Ralph Brooks (1921)win vs Sully Montgomery (1921)win vs Jack Danforth (1921)win vs George Coplen (1921)loss vs Willie Keeler (1921)loss vs Tiny Jim Herman (1921)draw vs Ole Anderson (1922)loss vs Chief Metoquah (1922)win vs Mike Schubert (1922)win vs Ben Sheff (1922)draw vs Abe Brennan (1922)loss vs Carl E. Morris (1922)loss vs Sam Langford (1923)win vs Tiger Flowers (1923)loss vs Andres Balsa (1923)loss vs Sully Montgomery (1923)loss vs Young Spence (1924)loss vs Sam Langford (1924)loss vs Steve Ramos (1925)loss vs Tony Canales (1925)loss vs Sergeant Jack Lynch (1925)
winlossdraw / NC1893–1925

Record

Boxing record

81–61

170 bouts on record

Finish rate

69%

of wins ended inside the distance — heavyweight boxing median 68%, 53rd percentile

By knockout: 56 (69%)By decision: 25 (31%)
  • By knockout 69%
  • By decision 31%

The career, bout by bout

150 recorded bouts from 1893 to 1925. Every incumbent shows this as a table you have to read; here it is as a shape you can see.

Career span

33y

1893–1925

Longest unbeaten run

10

without a loss — draws do not break it

Busiest year

1902

15 bouts

Recorded bouts

150

149 with a date

Fights

YearResultOpponentMethodRd
1925 L Steve Ramos KO/TKO2
1925 L Tony Canales Decision3
1925 L Sergeant Jack Lynch Decision10
1924 L Young Spence 10
1924 L Sam Langford Decision8
1923 L Sam Langford KO/TKO3
1923 W Tiger Flowers KO/TKO5
1923 L Andres Balsa DQ8
1923 L Sully Montgomery KO/TKO3
1922 D Ole Anderson Decision10
1922 L Chief Metoquah KO/TKO6
1922 W Mike Schubert KO/TKO3
1922 W Ben Sheff KO/TKO2
1922 D Abe Brennan Draw10
1922 L Carl E. Morris Decision10
1921 L Harvey Perkins Decision10
1921 L Ralph Brooks 4
1921 W Sully Montgomery Decision10
1921 W Jack Danforth KO/TKO1
1921 W George Coplen KO/TKO1
1921 L Willie Keeler DQ11
1921 L Tiny Jim Herman Decision4
1920 L Noel "Boy" McCormick Decision4
1920 L Young Hector Decision4
1920 W Steve Reynolds Decision4
1920 D Willie Keeler Decision6
1919 W Pete Jessler KO/TKO3
1919 L Ole Anderson Decision4
1919 W Harry Aune KO/TKO3
1919 L Jimmy Darcy Decision4
1919 L Jerry Schumann KO/TKO2
1919 L Bill LaRue KO/TKO1
1918 L Billy Miske KO/TKO2
1918 W Bob Williams KO/TKO1
1918 W Hugh Walker 10
1918 L Jack Dempsey KO/TKO1
1917 L Bob Devere 10
1917 W Jack Dempsey KO/TKO1
1916 W Texas Tate DQ3
1916 L Jack Dillon KO/TKO4
1916 L Fred Fulton KO/TKO2
1915 L Battling Levinsky 10
1915 L Jack Dillon 10
1915 D Al Reich Decision10
1915 W Morgan Williams KO/TKO14
1915 W Andy Malloy KO/TKO2
1915 L Jim Coffey KO/TKO9
1915 L Gunboat Smith 10
1915 L Tony Ross 10
1914 W George Davis KO/TKO7
1914 L Carl E. Morris Decision10
1914 L Battling Levinsky 10
1914 L Jack Dillon Decision10
1914 W Al Norton KO/TKO6
1914 L Jim Coffey KO/TKO4
1914 W Jim Francis KO/TKO4
1914 W Tim Logan KO/TKO2
1914 W Jack Driscoll KO/TKO6
1913 L George Rodel 10
1913 L Battling Levinsky 10

Showing the 60 most recent of 150 recorded bouts.

25 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 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

Full methodology →

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

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