Jess Willard
25–7 · 32 recorded bouts · 1911–1923
Jess Willard finished 80% of 25 wins inside the distance — the 76th 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 | 78″ (198.1 cm) | |
| Stance | Orthodox | |
| Division | Heavyweight Boxing | |
| Peak era | 1900s | |
| Country | United States |
Wikipedia carries no reach figure for Jess Willard, so the reach-advantage comparison this site is built on cannot be computed. Everything below comes from the record instead.
Record
Boxing record
25–7
34 bouts on record
Finish rate
80%
of wins ended inside the distance — heavyweight boxing median 68%, 76th percentile
The career, bout by bout
32 recorded bouts from 1911 to 1923. Every incumbent shows this as a table you have to read; here it is as a shape you can see.
Career span
13y
1911–1923
Longest unbeaten run
17
without a loss — draws do not break it
Busiest year
1913
10 bouts
Recorded bouts
32
31 with a date
Fights
| Year | Result | Opponent | Method | Rd |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1923 | L | Luis Angel Firpo | KO/TKO | 8 |
| 1923 | W | Floyd Johnson | KO/TKO | 11 |
| 1919 | L | Jack Dempsey | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 1916 | W | Frank Moran | — | 10 |
| 1915 | W | Jack Johnson | KO/TKO | 26 |
| 1914 | W | George Rodel | KO/TKO | 6 |
| 1914 | W | Dan Dailey | KO/TKO | 9 |
| 1914 | L | Tom McMahon | — | 12 |
| 1913 | W | George Rodel | KO/TKO | 9 |
| 1913 | W | George Davis | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1913 | W | Carl Morris | — | 10 |
| 1913 | W | Jack Reed | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1913 | W | Bull Young | KO/TKO | 11 |
| 1913 | W | Al Williams | KO/TKO | 8 |
| 1913 | D | Charley Miller | Decision | 4 |
| 1913 | L | Gunboat Smith | Decision | 20 |
| 1913 | W | Jack Leon | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 1913 | W | Frank Bauer | KO/TKO | 5 |
| 1912 | W | Soldier Kearns | KO/TKO | 8 |
| 1912 | W | Sailor White | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1912 | D | Luther McCarty | Draw | 10 |
| 1912 | W | Arthur Pelkey | — | 10 |
| 1912 | W | Bull Young | KO/TKO | 5 |
| 1912 | W | Frank Bauer | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 1911 | L | Joe Cox | — | 5 |
| 1911 | W | Mike McKimminsky | Decision | 10 |
| 1911 | W | Frank Lyons | Decision | 10 |
| 1911 | W | William Schiller | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 1911 | W | Al Mandino | Decision | 4 |
| 1911 | W | Lewis Fink | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 1911 | W | Ed Burke | — | 3 |
| — | ? | Opponent | — | — |
5 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: Jess Willard on English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), as of 2026-07-08. Percentiles and derived figures computed here.