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Stanley Ketchel

70″ reach · +1.43% reach advantage · 27th percentile

Stanley Ketchel has a reach of 70″ against a height of 69″ — a reach advantage of +1.43%, short for heavyweight boxing and the 27th percentile of the 317 compared here.

Reach in context

Reach advantage

+1.43%

70″ reach on a 69″ frame

Compared against 317 heavyweight boxing fighters. Median 3.99%.

-2.8%heavyweight boxing reach advantage12%
Measurements
Reach70″ (177.8 cm)2nd pct
Height69″ (175.3 cm)3rd pct
Stance
DivisionHeavyweight Boxing
competed at 2: middleweight, heavyweight — compared here against the last
Peak era1910s
CountryUnited States

Record

Boxing record

51–7

62 bouts on record

Finish rate

90%

of wins ended inside the distance — heavyweight boxing median 68%, 92nd percentile

By knockout: 46 (90%)By decision: 5 (10%)
  • By knockout 90%
  • By decision 10%

The career, bout by bout

54 recorded bouts from 1903 to 1910. Every incumbent shows this as a table you have to read; here it is as a shape you can see.

1910 loss vs Maurice Thompson (1903)win vs Kid Tracy (1903)win vs Kid Foley (1904)win vs Jack Grimes (1904)win vs Kid Herrick (1904)win vs Joe Mudro (1904)loss vs Kid Lee (1904)win vs Jimmy Kelly (1904)loss vs Maurice Thompson (1904)win vs Bob Merrywell (1904)win vs Jimmy Murray (1904)win vs Johnny Gilsey (1904)win vs Kid Leroy (1904)win vs Jim Kid McGuire (1904)win vs Jimmy Quinn (1904)win vs Kid Foley (1905)win vs Jerry McCarthy (1905)win vs Jack Bennett (1905)win vs Marysville Kid (1905)win vs Bob Senate (1905)win vs Kid Fredericks (1905)win vs Roy Hart (1905)win vs Jimmy Kelly (1905)win vs Kid Lee (1905)win vs Kid Pecor (1905)win vs Curley Rhue (1905)win vs Sid LaFontise (1905)draw vs Rudolph Hinz (1905)win vs Kid Thomas (1905)win vs Kid Foley (1906)win vs Mike Tierney (1906)win vs Paddy Hall (1906)nc vs Warren Zurbrick (1906)draw vs Montana Jack Sullivan (1906)win vs Joe Thomas (1907)win vs George Brown (1907)win vs Benny Hart (1907)win vs Mike McClure (1907)win vs Billy Papke (1908)win vs Joe Thomas (1908)win vs Hugo Kelly (1908)win vs Jack Twin Sullivan (1908)win vs Mike Twin Sullivan (1908)loss vs Jack Johnson (1909)win vs Billy Papke (1909)win vs Philadelphia Jack O'Brien (1909)win vs Tony Caponi (1909)win vs Hugh McGann (1909)win vs Jim Smith (1910)win vs Willie Lewis (1910)win vs Porky Flynn (1910)loss vs Sam Langford (1910)loss vs Frank Klaus (1910)
winlossdraw / NC1903–1910

Career span

8y

1903–1910

Longest unbeaten run

31

without a loss — draws do not break it

Busiest year

1905

14 bouts

Recorded bouts

54

53 with a date

Fights

YearResultOpponentMethodRd
1910 W Jim Smith KO/TKO5
1910 W Willie Lewis KO/TKO2
1910 W Porky Flynn KO/TKO3
1910 L Sam Langford 6
1910 L Frank Klaus 6
1909 L Jack Johnson KO/TKO12
1909 W Billy Papke Decision20
1909 W Philadelphia Jack O'Brien KO/TKO3
1909 W Tony Caponi KO/TKO4
1909 W Hugh McGann 6
1908 W Billy Papke KO/TKO11
1908 W Joe Thomas KO/TKO2
1908 W Hugo Kelly KO/TKO3
1908 W Jack Twin Sullivan KO/TKO20
1908 W Mike Twin Sullivan KO/TKO1
1907 W Joe Thomas Decision20
1907 W George Brown KO/TKO2
1907 W Benny Hart KO/TKO8
1907 W Mike McClure KO/TKO7
1906 W Kid Foley KO/TKO11
1906 W Mike Tierney KO/TKO7
1906 W Paddy Hall KO/TKO1
1906 N Warren Zurbrick 2
1906 D Montana Jack Sullivan Decision20
1905 W Kid Foley KO/TKO4
1905 W Jerry McCarthy KO/TKO11
1905 W Jack Bennett KO/TKO5
1905 W Marysville Kid KO/TKO3
1905 W Bob Senate KO/TKO11
1905 W Kid Fredericks KO/TKO11
1905 W Roy Hart KO/TKO1
1905 W Jimmy Kelly KO/TKO8
1905 W Kid Lee KO/TKO17
1905 W Kid Pecor KO/TKO5
1905 W Curley Rhue KO/TKO12
1905 W Sid LaFontise KO/TKO7
1905 D Rudolph Hinz Decision20
1905 W Kid Thomas KO/TKO1
1904 W Kid Foley KO/TKO7
1904 W Jack Grimes KO/TKO10
1904 W Kid Herrick KO/TKO7
1904 W Joe Mudro KO/TKO4
1904 L Kid Lee KO/TKO8
1904 W Jimmy Kelly KO/TKO1
1904 L Maurice Thompson Decision10
1904 W Bob Merrywell KO/TKO3
1904 W Jimmy Murray KO/TKO3
1904 W Johnny Gilsey KO/TKO4
1904 W Kid Leroy KO/TKO1
1904 W Jim Kid McGuire KO/TKO1
1904 W Jimmy Quinn KO/TKO3
1903 L Maurice Thompson Decision6
1903 W Kid Tracy KO/TKO1
? Opponent

8 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 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

Full methodology →

Source: Stanley Ketchel on English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), as of 2026-07-30. Percentiles and derived figures computed here.

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