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Lightweight boxing · 1920s

Mike Ballerino

39–36 · 80 recorded bouts · 1920–1934

Mike Ballerino finished 13% of 39 wins inside the distance — the 6th 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

Measurements
Reachnot recorded
Height64″ (162.6 cm)
StanceOrthodox
DivisionLightweight Boxing
competed at 2: super featherweight, lightweight — compared here against the last
Peak era1920s
CountryUnited States

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

1920 1930 loss vs Irineo Flores (1920)loss vs Syd Keenan (1920)win vs Eddie Moore (1920)win vs Leoncio Bernabe (1920)win vs Kid Taylor (1920)win vs Kid Ponzo (1920)loss vs Pancho Villa (1920)win vs Kid Saunders (1920)win vs Kid Aquila (1920)draw vs Frankie Britt (1921)loss vs Pancho Villa (1921)draw vs Pete Sarmiento (1921)loss vs Cowboy Reyes (1921)win vs Tip O'Neill (1921)win vs Young Givinni (1921)draw vs Young Bud Ridley (1922)draw vs Vic Foley (1922)draw vs Sammy Gordon (1922)win vs Ernie Daley (1922)loss vs Mike DePinto (1922)win vs Kid LaRose (1922)win vs Frank Pantley (1922)win vs Soldier Toth (1922)win vs Soldier Shea (1922)win vs Mike Mitchell (1922)loss vs Mirillo Guida (1922)win vs Jimmy Cole (1922)win vs Eddie Moore (1922)win vs Mickey Brown (1923)win vs Al Markie (1923)win vs Joe Nelson (1923)win vs Joe O'Donnell (1923)win vs Harry Foley (1923)loss vs Charley Goodman (1923)loss vs Cuddy DeMarco (1923)loss vs Bobby Wolgast (1923)loss vs Harvey Bright (1923)win vs Billy Fitzsimmons (1923)loss vs Carl Tremaine (1923)draw vs Frankie Jerome (1923)win vs Steve Sullivan (1924)win vs Tony Vaccarelli (1924)win vs Allentown Johnny Leonard (1924)win vs Vincent Martin (1924)win vs Joe Celmars (1924)win vs Joe Ryder (1924)win vs Joe Souza (1924)loss vs Tod Morgan (1925)loss vs Ace Hudkins (1925)win vs Billy Henry (1925)win vs Vincent Martin (1925)draw vs Babe Ruth (1925)draw vs Frankie Schaeffer (1925)win vs Frankie Callahan (1925)win vs Mickey Brown (1925)win vs Steve Sullivan (1925)loss vs Frankie Monroe (1925)draw vs Joe Glick (1926)win vs Georgie Balduc (1926)loss vs Tommy Herman (1926)win vs Eddie Lord (1926)win vs Johnny Kochansky (1926)loss vs Georgie Day (1926)win vs Allentown Johnny Leonard (1926)loss vs Augie Pisano (1926)win vs Petey Mack (1926)loss vs Mike Dundee (1927)loss vs Joey Medill (1927)loss vs Benny Bass (1927)loss vs Bobby Burns (1927)loss vs King Tut (1927)loss vs Jack Duffy (1927)loss vs Nat Kawler (1927)draw vs Marty Silvers (1927)draw vs Maxie Holub (1927)loss vs Al Foreman (1927)loss vs Maxie Strub (1928)loss vs Tommy Grogan (1928)loss vs Patsy Bernardella (1932)loss vs Young Dominick (1934)
winlossdraw / NC1920–1934

Record

Boxing record

39–36

98 bouts on record

Finish rate

13%

of wins ended inside the distance — lightweight boxing median 51%, 6th percentile

By knockout: 5 (13%)By decision: 34 (87%)
  • By knockout 13%
  • By decision 87%

The career, bout by bout

80 recorded bouts from 1920 to 1934. Every incumbent shows this as a table you have to read; here it is as a shape you can see.

Career span

15y

1920–1934

Longest unbeaten run

7

without a loss — draws do not break it

Busiest year

1922

13 bouts

Recorded bouts

80

80 with a date

Fights

YearResultOpponentMethodRd
1934 L Young Dominick KO/TKO6
1932 L Patsy Bernardella KO/TKO2
1928 L Maxie Strub Decision10
1928 L Tommy Grogan KO/TKO4
1927 L Mike Dundee KO/TKO10
1927 L Joey Medill Decision10
1927 L Benny Bass Decision10
1927 L Bobby Burns Decision6
1927 L King Tut 10
1927 L Jack Duffy 10
1927 L Nat Kawler Decision10
1927 D Marty Silvers Decision6
1927 D Maxie Holub Draw10
1927 L Al Foreman Decision10
1926 D Joe Glick Decision10
1926 W Georgie Balduc Decision10
1926 L Tommy Herman Decision10
1926 W Eddie Lord Decision10
1926 W Johnny Kochansky 10
1926 L Georgie Day Decision10
1926 W Allentown Johnny Leonard 10
1926 L Augie Pisano Decision6
1926 W Petey Mack 10
1925 L Tod Morgan KO/TKO10
1925 L Ace Hudkins Decision10
1925 W Billy Henry 10
1925 W Vincent Martin Decision15
1925 D Babe Ruth Decision10
1925 D Frankie Schaeffer Draw10
1925 W Frankie Callahan Decision10
1925 W Mickey Brown 12
1925 W Steve Sullivan Decision10
1925 L Frankie Monroe 10
1924 W Steve Sullivan 10
1924 W Tony Vaccarelli Decision10
1924 W Allentown Johnny Leonard Decision12
1924 W Vincent Martin Decision12
1924 W Joe Celmars 12
1924 W Joe Ryder Decision12
1924 W Joe Souza Decision10
1923 W Mickey Brown Decision10
1923 W Al Markie 8
1923 W Joe Nelson Decision10
1923 W Joe O'Donnell 8
1923 W Harry Foley Decision8
1923 L Charley Goodman Decision6
1923 L Cuddy DeMarco 10
1923 L Bobby Wolgast 8
1923 L Harvey Bright Decision10
1923 W Billy Fitzsimmons Decision10
1923 L Carl Tremaine KO/TKO2
1923 D Frankie Jerome Decision12
1922 D Young Bud Ridley Decision6
1922 D Vic Foley Decision10
1922 D Sammy Gordon Decision6
1922 W Ernie Daley Decision6
1922 L Mike DePinto Decision4
1922 W Kid LaRose Decision4
1922 W Frank Pantley Decision4
1922 W Soldier Toth KO/TKO3

Showing the 60 most recent of 80 recorded bouts.

6 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 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

Full methodology →

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

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