Sam McVey
75″ reach · +6.37% reach advantage · 77th percentile
Sam McVey has a reach of 75″ against a height of 70.5″ — a reach advantage of +6.37%, long for heavyweight boxing and the 77th percentile of the 317 compared here.
Reach in context
Reach advantage
+6.37%
75″ reach on a 70.5″ frame
Compared against 317 heavyweight boxing fighters. Median 3.99%.
| Reach | 75″ (190.5 cm) | 24th pct |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 70.5″ (179.1 cm) | 8th pct |
| Stance | Orthodox | |
| Division | Heavyweight Boxing | |
| Peak era | 1910s | |
| Country | United States |
Record
Boxing record
78–18
112 bouts on record
Finish rate
77%
of wins ended inside the distance — heavyweight boxing median 68%, 70th percentile
The career, bout by bout
85 recorded bouts from 1902 to 1921. Every incumbent shows this as a table you have to read; here it is as a shape you can see.
Career span
20y
1902–1921
Longest unbeaten run
32
without a loss — draws do not break it
Busiest year
1908
9 bouts
Recorded bouts
85
84 with a date
Fights
| Year | Result | Opponent | Method | Rd |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1921 | D | Jeff Clark | Draw | 10 |
| 1921 | N | Jack Thompson | — | 6 |
| 1920 | N | Harry Wills | — | 6 |
| 1920 | W | Jack Ward | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1920 | L | Sam Langford | — | 10 |
| 1920 | L | Pinky Lewis | Decision | 10 |
| 1918 | W | Clem Johnson | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 1918 | D | Jack Livingstone | Decision | 10 |
| 1918 | L | Harry Wills | Decision | 20 |
| 1917 | W | Battling Jim Johnson | Decision | 25 |
| 1917 | W | Jeff Clark | KO/TKO | 15 |
| 1917 | W | Jim Barry | KO/TKO | 7 |
| 1917 | W | Jim Briggs | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1917 | W | Fitz Brathwaite | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1917 | W | Jack Livingstone | KO/TKO | 5 |
| 1916 | W | Bob Devere | Decision | 10 |
| 1916 | D | Sam Langford | Decision | 20 |
| 1916 | L | Jack Thompson | Decision | 8 |
| 1915 | D | Sam Langford | Draw | 10 |
| 1915 | W | Jeff Clark | Decision | 10 |
| 1915 | L | Harry Wills | Decision | 12 |
| 1915 | W | Sandy Ferguson | KO/TKO | 8 |
| 1915 | W | Battling Jim Johnson | — | 10 |
| 1915 | D | Joe Jennette | Decision | 12 |
| 1914 | W | Harry Wills | Decision | 20 |
| 1914 | W | Battling Jim Johnson | — | 10 |
| 1914 | W | Arthur Pelkey | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 1913 | W | Colin Bell | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1913 | W | Professor Stevenson | KO/TKO | 5 |
| 1913 | D | Sam Langford | Decision | 20 |
| 1912 | L | Sam Langford | KO/TKO | 13 |
| 1912 | W | Jim Barry | Decision | 20 |
| 1911 | W | Sam Langford | Decision | 20 |
| 1911 | W | Jack Lester | KO/TKO | 8 |
| 1911 | W | Bill Lang | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1911 | W | Alf Langford | KO/TKO | 9 |
| 1911 | W | George Rodel | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1911 | W | Andrew Dixon | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 1911 | W | Charley Harris | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 1911 | W | Seaman Fred Parsons | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1910 | W | Battling Jim Johnson | KO/TKO | 21 |
| 1910 | W | Sergeant Sunshine | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1910 | W | Peter Rice | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 1910 | W | Joe Grim | KO/TKO | 13 |
| 1910 | W | Jim Stewart | KO/TKO | 6 |
| 1910 | W | Arthur Bennett | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 1910 | W | Herbert Sinnott | KO/TKO | 5 |
| 1910 | W | Al Kubiak | KO/TKO | 10 |
| 1910 | W | Fred Drummond | KO/TKO | 5 |
| 1909 | D | Joe Jennette | Decision | 30 |
| 1909 | W | Fred Drummond | KO/TKO | 7 |
| 1909 | W | Jim Barry | DQ | 15 |
| 1909 | W | Bill Harris | KO/TKO | 5 |
| 1909 | W | 'Cyclone' Billy Warren | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1909 | W | Herbert Sinnott | KO/TKO | 5 |
| 1909 | W | Bill Rickard | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1908 | D | Fred Drummond | Decision | — |
| 1908 | W | Camerlings | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1908 | W | Herbert Sinnott | KO/TKO | 5 |
| 1908 | W | Guionnet | KO/TKO | 3 |
Showing the 60 most recent of 85 recorded bouts.
18 of these opponents have their own page here.
Closest in build
heavyweight boxing fighters with the nearest reach advantage.
- Carlos Negrón+6.41% 83″ reach · 77th pct
- Gary Cornish+6.33% 84″ reach · 76th pct
- Jack O'Halloran+6.46% 83″ reach · 77th pct
- Mitch Green+6.49% 82″ reach · 78th pct
- Tony Tucker+6.49% 82″ reach · 78th pct
- David Defiagbon+6.49% 82″ reach · 78th pct
- Félix Savón+6.49% 82″ reach · 78th pct
- Malik Scott+6.58% 81″ reach · 79th pct
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 317 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
Source: Sam McVey on English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), as of 2026-07-08. Percentiles and derived figures computed here.