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Heavyweight boxing · 1890s

Joe Choynski

59–17 · 82 recorded bouts · 1888–1904

Joe Choynski finished 66% of 59 wins inside the distance — the 46th 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

Measurements
Reachnot recorded
Height72″ (182.9 cm)
StanceOrthodox
DivisionHeavyweight Boxing
Peak era1890s
CountryUnited States

Wikipedia carries no reach figure for Joe Choynski, so the reach-advantage comparison this site is built on cannot be computed. Everything below comes from the record instead.

1890 1900 win vs H McDonald (1888)win vs George Bush (1888)? vs Billy McCarthy (1889)loss vs James J. Corbett (1889)win vs Frank Glover (1889)win vs Jim Fogarty (1890)win vs Jack Davies (1890)win vs Billy Wilson (1890)win vs Frank McLarney (1890)win vs Billy Woods (1891)loss vs Joe Goddard (1891)win vs Owen Sullivan (1891)win vs Mick Dooley (1891)win vs Mike Boden (1892)win vs Bob Ferguson (1892)win vs Jack Fallon (1892)win vs Denny Kelliher (1892)win vs Charles C. Smith (1892)win vs George Godfrey (1892)win vs Jack Hart (1892)win vs William Patmore (1892)win vs Mike Horrigan (1892)win vs Denver Ed Smith (1892)win vs Philadelphia Tommy Ryan (1892)win vs Charles Bull McCarthy (1892)win vs Jerry Slattery (1892)win vs Joe Godfrey (1892)loss vs Jim Hall (1892)win vs Tommy West (1893)draw vs Bob Armstrong (1894)win vs Mike Boden (1894)win vs Harry Miller (1894)draw vs Bob Fitzsimmons (1894)win vs Frank Childs (1895)win vs Dick Wilson (1895)win vs Jack Cattanach (1895)draw vs Dan Creedon (1895)win vs Mike Madden (1895)win vs Jim Douglass (1895)loss vs Peter Maher (1896)win vs Joe McAuliffe (1896)loss vs Tom Sharkey (1896)win vs Jim Hall (1896)draw vs James J. Jeffries (1897)win vs Herman Bernau (1897)win vs Denver Ed Smith (1897)win vs Frank Dwyer (1897)win vs Ed Dunkhorst (1898)loss vs Gus Ruhlin (1898)win vs Joe Goddard (1898)draw vs Tom Sharkey (1898)win vs Tom Carey (1899)win vs Steve O'Donnell (1899)win vs Dick Moore (1899)win vs Australian Jim Ryan (1899)draw vs Charles Kid McCoy (1899)nc vs Ed Dunkhorst (1899)win vs Jim Hall (1899)win vs Mexican Pete Everett (1899)win vs Jack McCormick (1899)? vs Willard Bean (1899)win vs Fred Russell (1900)win vs John Matthews (1900)win vs Jimmy Smith (1900)loss vs Tom Sharkey (1900)loss vs Barbados Joe Walcott (1900)win vs Peter Maher (1900)win vs M Woods (1900)loss vs Charles Kid McCoy (1900)win vs Frank Childs (1901)loss vs Philadelphia Jack O'Brien (1901)win vs Al Weinig (1901)loss vs Kid Carter (1901)win vs Wild Bill Hanrahan (1901)win vs Jack Johnson (1901)loss vs Marvin Hart (1903)win vs Nick Burley (1903)loss vs Philadelphia Jack O'Brien (1903)win vs Peter Maher (1903)win vs Jack Williams (1904)loss vs Kid Carter (1904)
winlossdraw / NC1888–1904

Record

Boxing record

59–17

86 bouts on record

Finish rate

66%

of wins ended inside the distance — heavyweight boxing median 68%, 46th percentile

By knockout: 39 (66%)By decision: 20 (34%)
  • By knockout 66%
  • By decision 34%

The career, bout by bout

82 recorded bouts from 1888 to 1904. Every incumbent shows this as a table you have to read; here it is as a shape you can see.

Career span

17y

1888–1904

Longest unbeaten run

16

without a loss — draws do not break it

Busiest year

1892

15 bouts

Recorded bouts

82

81 with a date

Fights

YearResultOpponentMethodRd
1904 W Jack Williams 6
1904 L Kid Carter KO/TKO1
1903 L Marvin Hart 6
1903 W Nick Burley KO/TKO7
1903 L Philadelphia Jack O'Brien 6
1903 W Peter Maher KO/TKO2
1901 W Frank Childs Decision6
1901 L Philadelphia Jack O'Brien Decision6
1901 W Al Weinig KO/TKO6
1901 L Kid Carter KO/TKO1
1901 W Wild Bill Hanrahan KO/TKO5
1901 W Jack Johnson KO/TKO3
1900 W Fred Russell DQ4
1900 W John Matthews Decision3
1900 W Jimmy Smith KO/TKO2
1900 L Tom Sharkey KO/TKO3
1900 L Barbados Joe Walcott KO/TKO7
1900 W Peter Maher Decision6
1900 W M Woods KO/TKO2
1900 L Charles Kid McCoy KO/TKO4
1899 W Tom Carey KO/TKO2
1899 W Steve O'Donnell KO/TKO6
1899 W Dick Moore KO/TKO3
1899 W Australian Jim Ryan KO/TKO7
1899 D Charles Kid McCoy Decision6
1899 N Ed Dunkhorst 20
1899 W Jim Hall KO/TKO3
1899 W Mexican Pete Everett DQ7
1899 W Jack McCormick Decision6
1899 ? Willard Bean 10
1898 W Ed Dunkhorst Decision6
1898 L Gus Ruhlin Decision6
1898 W Joe Goddard 6
1898 D Tom Sharkey Decision8
1897 D James J. Jeffries Decision20
1897 W Herman Bernau KO/TKO4
1897 W Denver Ed Smith DQ4
1897 W Frank Dwyer Decision4
1896 L Peter Maher KO/TKO6
1896 W Joe McAuliffe KO/TKO4
1896 L Tom Sharkey Decision8
1896 W Jim Hall KO/TKO13
1895 W Frank Childs KO/TKO3
1895 W Dick Wilson KO/TKO2
1895 W Jack Cattanach KO/TKO2
1895 D Dan Creedon Decision6
1895 W Mike Madden Decision4
1895 W Jim Douglass Decision3
1894 D Bob Armstrong Decision6
1894 W Mike Boden KO/TKO3
1894 W Harry Miller KO/TKO3
1894 D Bob Fitzsimmons Decision5
1893 W Tommy West Decision3
1892 W Mike Boden KO/TKO4
1892 W Bob Ferguson Decision4
1892 W Jack Fallon KO/TKO4
1892 W Denny Kelliher Decision2
1892 W Charles C. Smith KO/TKO4
1892 W George Godfrey KO/TKO15
1892 W Jack Hart Decision3

Showing the 60 most recent of 82 recorded bouts.

23 of these opponents have their own page here.

How this is worked out

  1. Measurements and records are read from the fighter's English Wikipedia infobox; the fight list is parsed from the article's own results table.
  2. Reach advantage is (reach − height) ÷ height as a percentage, so fighters of different sizes compare directly.
  3. 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

Full methodology →

Source: Joe Choynski on English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), as of 2026-07-07. Percentiles and derived figures computed here.

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