James J. Jeffries
19–1 · 24 recorded bouts · 1895–1910
James J. Jeffries finished 84% of 19 wins inside the distance — the 84th 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 | 73.6″ (187 cm) | |
| Stance | Orthodox | |
| Division | Heavyweight Boxing | |
| Peak era | 1900s | |
| Country | United States |
Wikipedia carries no reach figure for James J. Jeffries, so the reach-advantage comparison this site is built on cannot be computed. Everything below comes from the record instead.
Record
Boxing record
19–1
24 bouts on record
Finish rate
84%
of wins ended inside the distance — heavyweight boxing median 68%, 84th percentile
The career, bout by bout
24 recorded bouts from 1895 to 1910. Every incumbent shows this as a table you have to read; here it is as a shape you can see.
Career span
16y
1895–1910
Longest unbeaten run
19
without a loss — draws do not break it
Busiest year
1897
5 bouts
Recorded bouts
24
24 with a date
Fights
| Year | Result | Opponent | Method | Rd |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1910 | L | Jack Johnson | KO/TKO | 15 |
| 1904 | W | Jack Munroe | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1903 | W | James J. Corbett | KO/TKO | 10 |
| 1902 | W | Bob Fitzsimmons | KO/TKO | 8 |
| 1901 | W | Gus Ruhlin | KO/TKO | 6 |
| 1901 | W | Joe Kennedy | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1901 | ? | Hank Griffin | — | 4 |
| 1900 | W | James J. Corbett | KO/TKO | 23 |
| 1900 | W | John Finnegan | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1899 | W | Tom Sharkey | Decision | 25 |
| 1899 | W | Bob Fitzsimmons | KO/TKO | 11 |
| 1898 | W | Bob Armstrong | Decision | 10 |
| 1898 | W | Tom Sharkey | Decision | 20 |
| 1898 | W | Mexican Pete Everett | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 1898 | W | Peter Jackson | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 1898 | W | Joe Goddard | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 1897 | D | Joe Choynski | Decision | 20 |
| 1897 | ? | Dan Long | — | 6 |
| 1897 | D | Gus Ruhlin | Draw | 20 |
| 1897 | W | Henry Baker | KO/TKO | 9 |
| 1897 | W | Theodore Van Buskirk | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1896 | W | Hank Griffin | KO/TKO | 14 |
| 1896 | W | Dan Long | — | 2 |
| 1895 | W | Hank Lorraine | — | 2 |
9 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: James J. Jeffries on English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), as of 2026-07-07. Percentiles and derived figures computed here.