Countrie profile
Boxing — Ireland
What boxing — Ireland fighters actually measure — 35 of them, from Wikipedia's own data.
Across the 35 boxing — Ireland fighters in this dataset, the median reach advantage is 1.55% — a median reach of 70″ on a median height of 68″. 78% fight orthodox.
The country's shape
Median reach
70″
177.8 cm
Median height
68″
172.7 cm
Median reach advantage
1.55%
of body height
Median finish rate
57%
of wins inside the distance
Fighters
35
13 with a reach on file
Stance
- orthodox78%
- southpaw22%
By era
- 2010s11
- 2000s10
- 1990s3
- 1960s2
- 2020s2
- 1980s2
- 1900s1
- 1940s1
Longest reach for the frame
| # | Fighter | Reach | Height | Advantage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Barry McGuigan | 70″ | 66″ | +6.09% |
| 2 | Michael Gomez | 68″ | 65″ | +4.6% |
| 3 | Jamie Kavanagh | 70.9″ | 68″ | +4.23% |
| 4 | TJ Doheny | 68″ | 66″ | +3.04% |
| 5 | Jack Doyle | 79″ | 77″ | +2.61% |
| 6 | Kevin McBride | 80″ | 78″ | +2.57% |
| 7 | Jimmy McLarnin | 67″ | 66″ | +1.55% |
| 8 | Katie Taylor | 66″ | 65″ | +1.51% |
| 9 | Matthew Macklin | 71″ | 70″ | +1.41% |
| 10 | Andy Lee | 75″ | 74″ | +1.33% |
| 11 | David Oliver Joyce | 66.9″ | 67.3″ | -0.58% |
| 12 | Steve Collins | 71″ | 72″ | -1.42% |
| 13 | John Joe Nevin | 67″ | 68″ | -1.45% |
All 35 on the site
- Andy Lee +1.33%
- Barry McGuigan +6.09%
- Bernard Dunne
- Brendan Ingle
- Cornelius Sheehan
- Darren Sutherland
- Dave Sullivan
- David Oliver Joyce -0.58%
- Deirdre Gogarty
- Eamonn Loughran
- Eamonn O'Kane
- Eric Donovan
- Francie Barrett
- Freddie Gilroy
- Hugh Russell
- Jack Doyle +2.61%
- James Moore
- Jamie Kavanagh +4.23%
- Jason Quigley
- Jimmy McLarnin +1.55%
- Joe Ward
- John Joe Nevin -1.45%
- Katie Taylor +1.51%
- Kenneth Egan
- Kevin McBride +2.57%
- Kurt Walker
- Matthew Macklin +1.41%
- Michael Gomez +4.6%
- Paddy Ryan
- Ray Moylette
- Seán McComb
- Steve Collins -1.42%
- TJ Doheny +3.04%
- Tom McCormick
- Willie Casey
How this is worked out
- Every boxing — Ireland fighter in the dataset.
- Reach advantage is (reach − height) ÷ height as a percentage.
- Medians, not means — a single outlier should not move the typical figure.
Reach advantage = (reach − height) ÷ height × 100
SOURCE·English Wikipedia infoboxes + Wikidata roster·REVIEWED AUG 2026