Jim Watt
38–8 · 46 recorded bouts · 1968–1981
Jim Watt finished 71% of 38 wins inside the distance — the 80th 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 | not recorded | |
| Stance | Southpaw | |
| Division | Lightweight Boxing | |
| Peak era | 1970s | |
| Country | United Kingdom |
Wikipedia carries no reach figure for Jim Watt, so the reach-advantage comparison this site is built on cannot be computed. Everything below comes from the record instead.
Record
Boxing record
38–8
46 bouts on record
Finish rate
71%
of wins ended inside the distance — lightweight boxing median 51%, 80th percentile
The career, bout by bout
46 recorded bouts from 1968 to 1981. Every incumbent shows this as a table you have to read; here it is as a shape you can see.
Career span
14y
1968–1981
Longest unbeaten run
15
without a loss — draws do not break it
Busiest year
1976
5 bouts
Recorded bouts
46
45 with a date
Fights
| Year | Result | Opponent | Method | Rd |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | L | Alexis Argüello | Decision | 15 |
| 1980 | W | Sean O'Grady | KO/TKO | 12 |
| 1980 | W | Howard Davis Jr. | Decision | 15 |
| 1980 | W | Charlie Nash | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 1979 | W | Robert Vasquez | KO/TKO | 9 |
| 1979 | W | Alfredo Pitalua | KO/TKO | 12 |
| 1978 | W | Antonio Guinaldo | KO/TKO | 5 |
| 1978 | W | Billy Vivian | Decision | 8 |
| 1978 | W | Perico Fernández | Decision | 15 |
| 1977 | W | Jeronimo Lucas | KO/TKO | 10 |
| 1977 | W | Andre Holyk | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1977 | W | Johnny Claydon | KO/TKO | 10 |
| 1976 | W | Franco Diana | KO/TKO | 6 |
| 1976 | L | Johnny Claydon | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 1976 | W | Hector Diaz | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 1976 | W | Jimmy Revie | KO/TKO | 7 |
| 1976 | W | George Turpin | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 1975 | L | Andre Holyk | Decision | 12 |
| 1975 | L | Jonathan Dele | Decision | 15 |
| 1975 | W | Billy Waith | Decision | 10 |
| 1975 | W | John Cheshire | KO/TKO | 7 |
| 1974 | L | Anthony Morodi | Decision | 10 |
| 1974 | W | Billy Waith | Decision | 12 |
| 1974 | W | Kokkie Olivier | Decision | 10 |
| 1974 | W | Andries Steyn | KO/TKO | 7 |
| 1973 | W | Angus McMillan | Decision | 8 |
| 1973 | W | Noel McIvor | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 1973 | W | John Cheshire | Decision | 8 |
| 1973 | L | Ken Buchanan | Decision | 15 |
| 1972 | W | Noel McIvor | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 1972 | W | Tony Riley | KO/TKO | 12 |
| 1972 | L | Willie Reilly | KO/TKO | 10 |
| 1971 | W | Leonard Tavarez | KO/TKO | 9 |
| 1971 | W | Willie Reilly | KO/TKO | 7 |
| 1971 | W | Henri Nesi | KO/TKO | 6 |
| 1971 | W | David Pesenti | Decision | 8 |
| 1970 | W | Ronnie Clifford | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 1970 | W | Sammy Lockhart | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1970 | W | Bryn Lewis | KO/TKO | 6 |
| 1970 | W | Victor Paul | KO/TKO | 5 |
| 1969 | W | Tommy Tiger | Decision | 8 |
| 1969 | W | Winston Thomas | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 1969 | W | Victor Paul | Decision | 8 |
| 1968 | W | Alex Gibson | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1968 | W | Santos Martins | KO/TKO | 4 |
| — | ? | Opponent | — | — |
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 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: Jim Watt (boxer) on English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), as of 2026-07-07. Percentiles and derived figures computed here.