Nonpareil Jack Dempsey
51–3 · 69 recorded bouts · 1883–1895
Nonpareil Jack Dempsey finished 47% of 51 wins inside the distance — the 25th percentile for middleweight boxing, where the median is 60%. No reach is on record, so this page compares record rather than measurements.
What is on record
| Reach | not recorded | |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 68.1″ (173 cm) | |
| Stance | Orthodox | |
| Division | Middleweight Boxing | |
| Peak era | 1880s | |
| Country | United States |
Wikipedia carries no reach figure for Nonpareil Jack Dempsey, so the reach-advantage comparison this site is built on cannot be computed. Everything below comes from the record instead.
Record
Boxing record
51–3
69 bouts on record
Finish rate
47%
of wins ended inside the distance — middleweight boxing median 60%, 25th percentile
The career, bout by bout
69 recorded bouts from 1883 to 1895. Every incumbent shows this as a table you have to read; here it is as a shape you can see.
Career span
13y
1883–1895
Longest unbeaten run
49
without a loss — draws do not break it
Busiest year
1884
17 bouts
Recorded bouts
69
68 with a date
Fights
| Year | Result | Opponent | Method | Rd |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1895 | L | Tommy Ryan | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 1895 | D | Billy McCarthy | Decision | 20 |
| 1893 | W | Billy Keough | Decision | 4 |
| 1891 | L | Bob Fitzsimmons | KO/TKO | 13 |
| 1890 | W | Billy McCarthy | KO/TKO | 28 |
| 1889 | L | George LaBlanche | KO/TKO | 32 |
| 1889 | W | Mike Dempsey | KO/TKO | 7 |
| 1888 | D | Mike Donovan | Decision | 6 |
| 1888 | W | James Stevens | Decision | 4 |
| 1888 | W | Billy Baker | Decision | 10 |
| 1888 | W | Dominick McCaffrey | Decision | 10 |
| 1887 | W | John Reagan | KO/TKO | 45 |
| 1887 | W | Bill Gabig | Decision | 4 |
| 1887 | W | Denny Kelliher | Decision | 4 |
| 1887 | W | Frank Bosworth | Decision | 4 |
| 1887 | W | Ned McCann | Decision | 4 |
| 1887 | W | Billy Dacey | Decision | 4 |
| 1887 | W | Jim McHugh | Decision | 4 |
| 1887 | W | Eddie Reede | Decision | 6 |
| 1887 | D | Reddy Gallagher | Decision | 6 |
| 1887 | ? | Billy Baker | — | 4 |
| 1887 | W | Denny Killen | Decision | 4 |
| 1887 | W | Jack Langdon | Decision | 4 |
| 1887 | W | Mike Boded | Decision | 10 |
| 1886 | D | Jack Burke | Decision | 10 |
| 1886 | W | Ed Moehler | Decision | 4 |
| 1886 | W | Paddy Norton | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 1886 | W | Jimmy Ryan | Decision | 4 |
| 1886 | W | Charle McCarthy | Decision | 4 |
| 1886 | W | Ned McCann | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 1886 | W | George LaBlanche | KO/TKO | 13 |
| 1886 | W | Pete McCoy | Decision | 6 |
| 1886 | W | Jack Fogarty | KO/TKO | 27 |
| 1886 | W | Jim Murray | Decision | 4 |
| 1886 | W | Tom Henry | Decision | 4 |
| 1886 | ? | Mike Donovan | — | 4 |
| 1885 | W | Tom Berry | KO/TKO | 6 |
| 1885 | W | Dave Campbell | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 1885 | W | Tom Norton | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 1885 | W | Young Billy Manning | KO/TKO | 8 |
| 1885 | W | Jack Keenan | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1885 | W | Jim Carr | KO/TKO | 9 |
| 1885 | W | Tommy Cleary | KO/TKO | 5 |
| 1885 | W | Tom Barry | KO/TKO | 5 |
| 1885 | W | Charles Bixamos | KO/TKO | 5 |
| 1885 | W | Jim Fell | Decision | 4 |
| 1885 | D | Bill Frazier | Decision | 4 |
| 1885 | W | Jimmy Ryan | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 1884 | W | George Wilson | — | 4 |
| 1884 | W | Mike Malone | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1884 | W | Bill Frazier | KO/TKO | 5 |
| 1884 | W | Tom Ferguson | Decision | 4 |
| 1884 | W | Tom Henry | Decision | 6 |
| 1884 | W | Bob Turnbull | Decision | 8 |
| 1884 | D | Jimmy Ryan | Decision | 7 |
| 1884 | W | Mike Dempsey | KO/TKO | 7 |
| 1884 | W | George Fulljames | KO/TKO | 21 |
| 1884 | D | Jack Hayes | Decision | 6 |
| 1884 | W | Bill Dacey | KO/TKO | 9 |
| 1884 | W | Tommy Sullivan | Decision | 2 |
Showing the 60 most recent of 69 recorded bouts.
3 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 256 middleweight 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: Nonpareil Jack Dempsey on English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), as of 2026-07-07. Percentiles and derived figures computed here.