Tom Heeney
72″ reach · +2.87% reach advantage · 42nd percentile
Tom Heeney has a reach of 72″ against a height of 70″ — a reach advantage of +2.87%, short for heavyweight boxing and the 42nd percentile of the 317 compared here.
Reach in context
Reach advantage
+2.87%
72″ reach on a 70″ frame
Compared against 317 heavyweight boxing fighters. Median 3.99%.
| Reach | 72″ (182.9 cm) | 8th pct |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 70″ (177.8 cm) | 4th pct |
| Stance | — | |
| Division | Heavyweight Boxing | |
| Peak era | 1920s | |
| Country | New Zealand |
Record
Boxing record
37–23
70 bouts on record
Finish rate
41%
of wins ended inside the distance — heavyweight boxing median 68%, 9th percentile
The career, bout by bout
64 recorded bouts from 1920 to 1933. Every incumbent shows this as a table you have to read; here it is as a shape you can see.
Career span
14y
1920–1933
Longest unbeaten run
9
without a loss — draws do not break it
Busiest year
1922
7 bouts
Recorded bouts
64
63 with a date
Fights
| Year | Result | Opponent | Method | Rd |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1933 | L | Stanley Poreda | KO/TKO | 10 |
| 1933 | L | Charley Retzlaff | — | 10 |
| 1932 | L | Patsy Perroni | Decision | 10 |
| 1932 | D | John Schwake | Decision | 10 |
| 1932 | W | Hans Birkie | Decision | 10 |
| 1932 | L | Max Baer | Decision | 10 |
| 1931 | D | Giacomo Bergomas | Decision | 10 |
| 1931 | D | Jose Santa | Decision | 10 |
| 1931 | L | Jimmy Slattery | Decision | 6 |
| 1931 | L | Johnny Risko | Decision | 10 |
| 1931 | L | Charley Retzlaff | KO/TKO | 7 |
| 1931 | L | Max Baer | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 1930 | L | Emmett Rocco | Decision | 10 |
| 1930 | L | Frank Cawley | Decision | 10 |
| 1930 | W | George Panka | Decision | 10 |
| 1930 | L | Tuffy Griffiths | KO/TKO | 10 |
| 1929 | W | George Hoffman | Decision | 10 |
| 1929 | L | Victorio Campolo | KO/TKO | 9 |
| 1929 | W | Elzear Rioux | DQ | 8 |
| 1929 | L | Otto von Porat | Decision | 10 |
| 1929 | L | Jim Maloney | Decision | 10 |
| 1928 | L | Gene Tunney | KO/TKO | 11 |
| 1928 | W | Jack Delaney | Decision | 15 |
| 1928 | D | Jack Sharkey | Decision | 12 |
| 1927 | W | Johnny Risko | Decision | 10 |
| 1927 | W | Jim Maloney | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1927 | D | Paulino Uzcudun | Decision | 15 |
| 1927 | W | Bud Gorman | DQ | 3 |
| 1927 | W | Jack DeMave | Decision | 10 |
| 1927 | W | Charley Anderson | KO/TKO | 8 |
| 1926 | W | Jack Stanley | Decision | 15 |
| 1926 | W | Bartley Madden | Decision | 20 |
| 1926 | L | Phil Scott | Decision | 10 |
| 1926 | W | Tom Berry | Decision | 15 |
| 1926 | W | Charley Smith | DQ | 5 |
| 1925 | L | George 'Blackie' Miller | DQ | 5 |
| 1925 | W | Vic Morace | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 1925 | W | Johnny Squires | KO/TKO | 18 |
| 1925 | L | George Cook | Decision | 20 |
| 1925 | W | Trooper Jim Young | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 1924 | ? | Frans Hendrickx | — | 6 |
| 1924 | L | Phil Scott | Decision | 20 |
| 1924 | W | Ern Young | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 1923 | W | Jim O'Sullivan | KO/TKO | 9 |
| 1923 | W | Jim Savage | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1923 | W | Brian McCleary | KO/TKO | 14 |
| 1923 | W | Jim Flett | KO/TKO | 9 |
| 1923 | W | Cyril Whittaker | KO/TKO | 15 |
| 1923 | W | Jack Complin | KO/TKO | 9 |
| 1922 | D | Ern Waddy | Decision | 20 |
| 1922 | D | Charlie Taylor | Decision | 20 |
| 1922 | W | Tom Batho | KO/TKO | 14 |
| 1922 | L | Colin Bell | Decision | 20 |
| 1922 | W | Jack Leahy | Decision | 20 |
| 1922 | W | Jim Flett | Decision | 15 |
| 1922 | W | Max Gornik | KO/TKO | 15 |
| 1921 | D | Colin Bell | Decision | 15 |
| 1921 | W | Jack Cole | Decision | 15 |
| 1921 | W | Albert Pooley | Decision | 15 |
| 1920 | W | Albert Pooley | Decision | 15 |
Showing the 60 most recent of 64 recorded bouts.
9 of these opponents have their own page here.
Closest in build
heavyweight boxing fighters with the nearest reach advantage.
- Freddie Mills+2.87% 72″ reach · 42nd pct
- Marcelo Domínguez+2.85% 71″ reach · 42nd pct
- Cliff Couser+2.83% 73″ reach · 41st pct
- Tommy Loughran+2.83% 73″ reach · 41st pct
- Jack Johnson+2.79% 74″ reach · 40th pct
- Jersey Joe Walcott+2.79% 74″ reach · 40th pct
- Mariusz Wach+2.97% 81.9″ reach · 43rd pct
- Rubin Williams+2.75% 75″ reach · 39th 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: Tom Heeney on English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), as of 2026-07-25. Percentiles and derived figures computed here.