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Welterweight boxing · 1910s

Willie Ritchie

45–14 · 66 recorded bouts · 1906–1927

Willie Ritchie finished 20% of 45 wins inside the distance — the 7th percentile for welterweight boxing, where the median is 54%. No reach is on record, so this page compares record rather than measurements.

What is on record

Measurements
Reachnot recorded
Height66.3″ (168.3 cm)
StanceOrthodox
DivisionWelterweight Boxing
inferred from the listed weight, not stated as a class
Peak era1910s
CountryUnited States

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

1910 1920 loss vs Eddie Steele (1906)draw vs Oakland Eddie Murphy (1907)loss vs Jack Davis (1907)draw vs Kid Austin (1907)win vs Deacon Jones (1907)win vs Monk Enoch (1907)? vs Eddie Menney (1908)win vs Willie O'Neill (1908)draw vs Tommy McCarthy (1908)win vs Jimmy Reagan (1908)win vs Alex McDonald (1908)win vs Harry Dell (1908)win vs Anton LaGrave (1909)win vs Kid French (1909)loss vs Oakland Frankie Burns (1909)win vs Jim Ford (1909)loss vs Charley Reilly (1909)win vs Tony Joseph (1909)win vs Guy Lee (1910)win vs Abe Label (1910)draw vs Jimmy Fitton (1910)loss vs Freddie Welsh (1911)win vs Jerry Murphy (1911)win vs Jack Britton (1911)draw vs Johnny McCarthy (1911)win vs Tommy McFarland (1911)loss vs Matty Baldwin (1911)win vs Charley Reilly (1911)win vs Ad Wolgast (1912)draw vs Joe Mandot (1912)draw vs Phil Brock (1912)loss vs Charley Turner (1912)win vs Young Erne (1912)win vs Harry Trendall (1912)win vs Yankee Schwartz (1912)win vs Milburn Saylor (1912)draw vs Paul Köhler (1912)win vs Leach Cross (1913)win vs Mexican Joe Rivers (1913)draw vs Johnny Dundee (1914)loss vs Freddie Welsh (1914)loss vs Charley White (1914)win vs Harlem Tommy Murphy (1914)win vs Ad Wolgast (1914)loss vs Ted Kid Lewis (1915)win vs Eddie McAndrews (1915)loss vs Johnny Dundee (1915)draw vs Matty Baldwin (1915)win vs Johnny Griffiths (1915)win vs Freddie Welsh (1915)win vs Sid Mitchell (1916)draw vs Johnny McCarthy (1916)win vs Willie Hoppe (1916)win vs Ralph Gruman (1916)loss vs Marty Farrell (1917)win vs Battling Ortega (1917)win vs Frank Barrieau (1917)win vs Johnny McCarthy (1917)win vs Frankie Jones (1918)loss vs Benny Leonard (1919)win vs Buck Holley (1923)loss vs Joe Simonich (1924)win vs Dick Hoppe (1927)win vs Bobby LaSalle (1927)win vs Tommy Comiskey (1927)
winlossdraw / NC1906–1927

Record

Boxing record

45–14

77 bouts on record

Finish rate

20%

of wins ended inside the distance — welterweight boxing median 54%, 7th percentile

By knockout: 9 (20%)By decision: 36 (80%)
  • By knockout 20%
  • By decision 80%

The career, bout by bout

66 recorded bouts from 1906 to 1927. Every incumbent shows this as a table you have to read; here it is as a shape you can see.

Career span

22y

1906–1927

Longest unbeaten run

8

without a loss — draws do not break it

Busiest year

1912

9 bouts

Recorded bouts

66

65 with a date

Fights

YearResultOpponentMethodRd
1927 W Dick Hoppe Decision6
1927 W Bobby LaSalle Decision6
1927 W Tommy Comiskey KO/TKO4
1924 L Joe Simonich Decision4
1923 W Buck Holley Decision4
1919 L Benny Leonard KO/TKO8
1918 W Frankie Jones Decision4
1917 L Marty Farrell Decision4
1917 W Battling Ortega Decision4
1917 W Frank Barrieau Decision4
1917 W Johnny McCarthy Decision4
1916 W Sid Mitchell KO/TKO4
1916 D Johnny McCarthy Decision10
1916 W Willie Hoppe Decision4
1916 W Ralph Gruman 6
1915 L Ted Kid Lewis 10
1915 W Eddie McAndrews 6
1915 L Johnny Dundee 10
1915 D Matty Baldwin Decision12
1915 W Johnny Griffiths 6
1915 W Freddie Welsh 10
1914 D Johnny Dundee Decision4
1914 L Freddie Welsh Decision20
1914 L Charley White 10
1914 W Harlem Tommy Murphy Decision20
1914 W Ad Wolgast 10
1913 W Leach Cross 10
1913 W Mexican Joe Rivers KO/TKO11
1912 W Ad Wolgast DQ16
1912 D Joe Mandot Draw10
1912 D Phil Brock Decision10
1912 L Charley Turner 6
1912 W Young Erne 6
1912 W Harry Trendall 6
1912 W Yankee Schwartz KO/TKO2
1912 W Milburn Saylor 6
1912 D Paul Köhler Decision12
1911 L Freddie Welsh Decision20
1911 W Jerry Murphy Decision4
1911 W Jack Britton Decision4
1911 D Johnny McCarthy Decision10
1911 W Tommy McFarland KO/TKO4
1911 L Matty Baldwin Decision20
1911 W Charley Reilly Decision4
1910 W Guy Lee Decision4
1910 W Abe Label Decision4
1910 D Jimmy Fitton Decision4
1909 W Anton LaGrave Decision6
1909 W Kid French KO/TKO8
1909 L Oakland Frankie Burns Decision6
1909 W Jim Ford Decision4
1909 L Charley Reilly Decision6
1909 W Tony Joseph KO/TKO3
1908 ? Eddie Menney 6
1908 W Willie O'Neill Decision6
1908 D Tommy McCarthy Decision4
1908 W Jimmy Reagan Decision6
1908 W Alex McDonald Decision6
1908 W Harry Dell Decision4
1907 D Oakland Eddie Murphy Decision4

Showing the 60 most recent of 66 recorded bouts.

16 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 292 welterweight 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: Willie Ritchie on English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), as of 2026-07-25. Percentiles and derived figures computed here.

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