Jack Blackburn
117–24 · 136 recorded bouts · 1900–1923
Jack Blackburn finished 29% of 117 wins inside the distance — the 16th percentile for lightweight boxing, where the median is 51%. 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 | Lightweight Boxing competed at 2: welterweight, lightweight — compared here against the last | |
| Peak era | 1910s | |
| Country | United States |
Wikipedia carries no reach figure for Jack Blackburn, so the reach-advantage comparison this site is built on cannot be computed. Everything below comes from the record instead.
Record
Boxing record
117–24
168 bouts on record
Finish rate
29%
of wins ended inside the distance — lightweight boxing median 51%, 16th percentile
The career, bout by bout
136 recorded bouts from 1900 to 1923. Every incumbent shows this as a table you have to read; here it is as a shape you can see.
Career span
24y
1900–1923
Longest unbeaten run
19
without a loss — draws do not break it
Busiest year
1903
17 bouts
Recorded bouts
136
136 with a date
Fights
| Year | Result | Opponent | Method | Rd |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1923 | L | Ray Pelkey | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 1922 | L | Panama Joe Gans | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 1922 | W | Bonecrusher McNally | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1922 | W | Calvin Respress | — | 10 |
| 1920 | W | Young Jack Johnson | Decision | 8 |
| 1920 | L | Kid Norfolk | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 1920 | W | Smiling Kid Nolan | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1918 | W | Jimmy Lyggett Sr. | — | 6 |
| 1918 | W | Harry Baker | — | 8 |
| 1918 | W | Larry Williams | — | 8 |
| 1918 | W | Willie Langford | — | 12 |
| 1917 | W | Young Herman Miller | — | 6 |
| 1917 | W | Henry Hauber | — | 6 |
| 1917 | W | Joe Rosen | — | 6 |
| 1917 | W | Pat O'Malley | — | 6 |
| 1917 | W | Joe Borrell | — | 6 |
| 1917 | L | Larry Williams | — | 6 |
| 1917 | W | Harry Baker | — | 6 |
| 1917 | W | Christy Williams | Decision | 10 |
| 1916 | L | Jackie Clark | — | 10 |
| 1916 | L | Eddie Revoire | — | 6 |
| 1916 | L | Joe Borrell | — | 6 |
| 1916 | D | Young Ahearn | Draw | 10 |
| 1916 | W | George K O Samson | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1916 | W | Willie Baker | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 1916 | W | Joe Rosen | — | 6 |
| 1916 | W | One Round Sylvester | — | 8 |
| 1915 | W | One Round Sylvester | — | 8 |
| 1915 | W | Jack Watts | KO/TKO | 9 |
| 1915 | L | Eddie Palmer | Decision | 8 |
| 1915 | D | Al Rogers | Draw | 6 |
| 1915 | L | Harry Greb | — | 6 |
| 1915 | L | Harry Baker | — | 6 |
| 1914 | D | Al Grayber | Draw | 6 |
| 1914 | L | Emmett 'Kid' Wagner | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 1914 | L | Bill Watkins | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 1914 | L | Young Tommy Coleman | — | 6 |
| 1914 | L | Jack McCarron | — | 6 |
| 1914 | L | Gunboat Smith | — | 6 |
| 1914 | W | Tommy Howell | — | 6 |
| 1908 | W | Harry Mansfield | — | 6 |
| 1908 | W | Jack Robinson | — | 6 |
| 1908 | W | Mickey McDonough | — | 3 |
| 1908 | W | Professor Mike Donovan | — | 6 |
| 1908 | W | George Memsic | — | 6 |
| 1908 | N | Cy Flynn | — | 6 |
| 1908 | W | John Willie | — | 6 |
| 1908 | W | Tony Caponi | — | 6 |
| 1908 | W | George Gunther | — | 6 |
| 1908 | L | Philadelphia Jack O'Brien | — | 6 |
| 1908 | W | Steve Crosby | — | 6 |
| 1908 | W | Mark Anderson | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1908 | W | Bill Heveron | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 1908 | W | Young Tommy Coleman | — | 6 |
| 1908 | W | Terry Martin | — | 6 |
| 1908 | W | Charley Hitte | KO/TKO | 14 |
| 1908 | W | Jack Bonner | — | 6 |
| 1907 | W | Professor Mike Donovan | — | 10 |
| 1907 | W | Jack Morgan | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 1907 | W | George Gunther | KO/TKO | 5 |
Showing the 60 most recent of 136 recorded bouts.
18 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 258 lightweight 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: Jack Blackburn on English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), as of 2026-07-18. Percentiles and derived figures computed here.