Gus Lesnevich
72.8″ reach · +5.53% reach advantage · 81st percentile
Gus Lesnevich has a reach of 72.8″ against a height of 69″ — a reach advantage of +5.53%, long for light heavyweight boxing and the 81st percentile of the 98 compared here.
Reach in context
Reach advantage
+5.53%
72.8″ reach on a 69″ frame
Compared against 98 light heavyweight boxing fighters. Median 2.79%.
| Reach | 72.8″ (185 cm) | 42nd pct |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 69″ (175.3 cm) | 9th pct |
| Stance | Orthodox | |
| Division | Light Heavyweight Boxing | |
| Peak era | 1940s | |
| Country | United States |
Record
Boxing record
61–14
80 bouts on record
Finish rate
38%
of wins ended inside the distance — light heavyweight boxing median 58%, 19th percentile
The career, bout by bout
76 recorded bouts from 1934 to 1949. Every incumbent shows this as a table you have to read; here it is as a shape you can see.
Career span
16y
1934–1949
Longest unbeaten run
19
without a loss — draws do not break it
Busiest year
1934
12 bouts
Recorded bouts
76
75 with a date
Fights
| Year | Result | Opponent | Method | Rd |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1949 | L | Ezzard Charles | KO/TKO | 7 |
| 1949 | L | Joey Maxim | Decision | 15 |
| 1949 | W | Eldridge Eatman | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1948 | L | Freddie Mills | Decision | 15 |
| 1948 | W | Billy Fox | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1947 | W | Tami Mauriello | KO/TKO | 7 |
| 1947 | W | Melio Bettina | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1947 | W | Billy Fox | KO/TKO | 10 |
| 1946 | L | Bruce Woodcock | KO/TKO | 8 |
| 1946 | W | Freddie Mills | KO/TKO | 10 |
| 1946 | L | Lee Oma | KO/TKO | 5 |
| 1946 | W | Joe Kahut | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1942 | L | Jimmy Bivins | Decision | 10 |
| 1942 | L | Bob Pastor | Decision | 15 |
| 1941 | W | Tami Mauriello | Decision | 15 |
| 1941 | W | Anton Christoforidis | Decision | 15 |
| 1941 | W | Nathan Mann | Decision | 10 |
| 1940 | W | Jack Marshall | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 1940 | L | Al Delaney | Decision | 10 |
| 1940 | W | Henry Cooper | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 1940 | W | Wally Sears | Decision | 10 |
| 1940 | L | Billy Conn | Decision | 15 |
| 1940 | W | Dave Clark | Decision | 10 |
| 1939 | L | Billy Conn | Decision | 15 |
| 1939 | W | Dave Clark | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1939 | W | Larry Lane | Decision | 10 |
| 1939 | W | Bob Olin | Decision | 12 |
| 1939 | W | Alabama Kid | KO/TKO | 9 |
| 1938 | W | Ambrose Palmer | Decision | 12 |
| 1938 | L | Ron Richards | Decision | 15 |
| 1938 | W | Stanley Hasrato | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1938 | W | Buddy Ryan | Decision | 10 |
| 1938 | W | Lou Brouillard | Decision | 10 |
| 1938 | W | Jack Kirkland | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1938 | W | Ben Brown | Decision | 10 |
| 1938 | D | Joey Parks | Decision | 10 |
| 1937 | W | Herbie Katz | Decision | 8 |
| 1937 | D | Allen Matthews | Decision | 10 |
| 1937 | W | Alabama Kid | Decision | 10 |
| 1937 | W | Atilio Sabatino | Decision | 10 |
| 1937 | W | Young Stuhley | Decision | 10 |
| 1937 | W | Johnny Romero | KO/TKO | 7 |
| 1937 | L | Young Corbett III | KO/TKO | 5 |
| 1937 | W | Tony Celli | Decision | 8 |
| 1936 | L | Freddie Steele | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1936 | W | Young Stuhley | KO/TKO | 9 |
| 1936 | D | Marty Simmons | Decision | 10 |
| 1936 | W | Carmen Barth | Decision | 10 |
| 1936 | W | Ray Actis | Decision | 10 |
| 1936 | W | Louie Rogers | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1936 | W | Johnny Sikes | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1936 | W | Sammy Christian | Decision | 4 |
| 1936 | W | Frankie Caris | Decision | 10 |
| 1936 | W | Billy Hood | Decision | 8 |
| 1936 | W | Eddie Whalen | KO/TKO | 5 |
| 1935 | W | Butch Lynch | Decision | 10 |
| 1935 | W | Frank LoBianco | Decision | 8 |
| 1935 | W | Tony Celli | Decision | 8 |
| 1935 | W | Tom Chester | Decision | 8 |
| 1935 | W | Jimmy Varrelli | Decision | 8 |
Showing the 60 most recent of 76 recorded bouts.
16 of these opponents have their own page here.
Closest in build
light heavyweight boxing fighters with the nearest reach advantage.
- Joe Smith Jr.+5.52% 76″ reach · 80th pct
- David Morrell Jr.+5.5% 77″ reach · 77th pct
- Vicente Rondón+5.5% 77″ reach · 77th pct
- Victor Cordoba+5.5% 77″ reach · 77th pct
- Tiger Jack Fox+5.66% 75″ reach · 82nd pct
- Matthew Saad Muhammad+5.66% 75″ reach · 82nd pct
- Julius Jackson+5.37% 78″ reach · 76th pct
- Kid Norfolk+5.74% 74″ reach · 84th pct
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 98 light 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: Gus Lesnevich on English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), as of 2026-08-02. Percentiles and derived figures computed here.