James Johnson
35–35 · 66 recorded bouts · 1909–1918
James Johnson finished 66% of 35 wins inside the distance — the 77th percentile for 1910s boxing, where the median is 47%. No reach is on record, so this page compares record rather than measurements.
What is on record
| Reach | not recorded | |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 71″ (180.3 cm) | |
| Stance | — | |
| Division | not recorded — compared by era instead | |
| Peak era | 1910s | |
| Country | United States |
Wikipedia carries no reach figure for James Johnson, so the reach-advantage comparison this site is built on cannot be computed. Everything below comes from the record instead.
Record
Boxing record
35–35
84 bouts on record
Finish rate
66%
of wins ended inside the distance — 1910s boxing median 47%, 77th percentile
The career, bout by bout
66 recorded bouts from 1909 to 1918. Every incumbent shows this as a table you have to read; here it is as a shape you can see.
Career span
10y
1909–1918
Longest unbeaten run
6
without a loss — draws do not break it
Busiest year
1910
13 bouts
Recorded bouts
66
65 with a date
Fights
| Year | Result | Opponent | Method | Rd |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1918 | L | Joe Jeanette | Decision | — |
| 1918 | L | Sam Langford | — | 8 |
| 1918 | L | Kid Norfolk | — | 4 |
| 1917 | L | Sam McVey | Decision | 25 |
| 1917 | W | Jeff Clark | KO/TKO | 8 |
| 1917 | L | Tango Kid | DQ | 8 |
| 1917 | L | Harry Wills | — | 10 |
| 1917 | L | Sam Langford | Decision | 12 |
| 1916 | L | Sam Langford | KO/TKO | 12 |
| 1916 | W | Lowe Simms | KO/TKO | 5 |
| 1916 | L | Joe Bonds | Decision | 10 |
| 1916 | W | Jack Thompson | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 1916 | W | Kyle Whitney | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1915 | D | Jack Thompson | Decision | 10 |
| 1915 | D | Jeff Clark | Decision | 15 |
| 1915 | L | Sam Langford | Decision | 15 |
| 1915 | L | Andre Anderson | KO/TKO | 9 |
| 1915 | D | Soldier Kearns | Draw | 10 |
| 1915 | L | Harry Wills | — | 10 |
| 1915 | L | Sam McVey | — | 10 |
| 1915 | W | Joe Jeanette | — | 10 |
| 1915 | D | Joe Battling Woods | Draw | 10 |
| 1915 | W | Arthur Pelkey | KO/TKO | 7 |
| 1915 | W | Fred Jackson | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 1914 | L | Sam McVey | — | 10 |
| 1914 | D | Joe Jeanette | Decision | 12 |
| 1914 | D | Sam Langford | Decision | 12 |
| 1914 | L | Porky Dan Flynn | Decision | 12 |
| 1913 | D | Jack Johnson | Decision | 10 |
| 1913 | W | Jim Esson | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1913 | ? | Kid Jackson | — | — |
| 1913 | W | Bob Scanlon | KO/TKO | 6 |
| 1913 | W | Gustave Marthuin | KO/TKO | 8 |
| 1913 | W | Con O'Kelly | KO/TKO | 11 |
| 1913 | L | Joe Jeanette | DQ | 15 |
| 1913 | W | Tom Overby | KO/TKO | 6 |
| 1912 | W | Bill Tate | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1912 | W | Tom Overby | — | 6 |
| 1912 | W | Black Bill | KO/TKO | 7 |
| 1912 | L | Joe Jeanette | — | 10 |
| 1912 | W | Bill Watkins | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1912 | W | Chuck Carleton | — | 6 |
| 1912 | L | Fred Storbeck | Decision | 20 |
| 1912 | W | Tom Cowler | Decision | 15 |
| 1912 | L | Alf Langford | DQ | 3 |
| 1911 | W | Dennis Haugh | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 1911 | L | Matthew Curran | DQ | 4 |
| 1911 | L | Alf Langford | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 1911 | W | Seaman George Pascall | KO/TKO | 6 |
| 1911 | W | Jewey Smith | KO/TKO | 11 |
| 1911 | W | Fred Drummond | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 1910 | L | Sam McVey | KO/TKO | 21 |
| 1910 | W | Gustave Marthuin | Decision | 10 |
| 1910 | W | Jim Maher | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 1910 | W | Alexandre Meunier | KO/TKO | 5 |
| 1910 | D | Tom Overby | Draw | 6 |
| 1910 | W | Morris Harris | — | 6 |
| 1910 | L | Sam Langford | — | 6 |
| 1910 | D | Tony Ross | Draw | 6 |
| 1910 | D | Al Kubiak | Draw | 6 |
Showing the 60 most recent of 66 recorded bouts.
23 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 60 1910s 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: Jim Johnson (boxer) on English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), as of 2026-07-03. Percentiles and derived figures computed here.