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FightIndex
Countrie profile

Boxing — United Kingdom

What boxing — United Kingdom fighters actually measure — 320 of them, from Wikipedia's own data.

Across the 320 boxing — United Kingdom fighters in this dataset, the median reach advantage is 1.62% — a median reach of 71″ on a median height of 70″. 79% fight orthodox.

The country's shape

Median reach

71″

180.3 cm

Median height

70″

177.8 cm

Median reach advantage

1.62%

of body height

Median finish rate

54%

of wins inside the distance

Fighters

320

116 with a reach on file

-4.1%boxing — United Kingdom reach advantage9.4%

Stance

  • orthodox79%
  • southpaw21%

By era

  • 2010s81
  • 2000s58
  • 1990s51
  • 2020s31
  • 1980s27
  • 1970s16
  • 1960s15
  • 1910s9

Longest reach for the frame

#FighterReachHeightAdvantage
1Audley Harrison86″77″+11.66%
2Swarmz77″69″+11.58%
3Johnny Nelson81″74″+9.41%
4Frank Bruno82″75″+9.34%
5Henry Akinwande86″79″+8.82%
6Herol Graham77″71″+8.49%
7Danny Williams79″73″+8.25%
8Robin Reid76″71″+7.04%
9Jack Gardner78″73″+6.85%
10Neil Simpson79″74″+6.76%
11Jimmy Wilde66″62″+6.41%
12Owen Moran67″63″+6.37%
13Gary Cornish84″79″+6.33%
14Galal Yafai68″64″+6.21%
15Shea Neary71″67″+5.93%
16Nigel Benn73″69″+5.76%
17Jason Matthews74″70″+5.74%
18John Conteh MBE76″72″+5.52%
19KSI76″72″+5.52%
20Anthony Joshua82″78″+5.15%
21Tyson Fury85″81″+4.96%
22John H. Stracey70″67″+4.47%
23John Ryder72″69″+4.34%
24George Groves74″71″+4.27%
25Carl Thompson75″72″+4.16%
26Scott Gammer78″75″+3.99%
27Callum Smith78″75″+3.99%
28David Haye78″75″+3.99%
29Amir Khan71″68.5″+3.62%
30Martin Murray73″70.5″+3.52%
31Ryan Burnett66″64″+3.08%
32Charley White68″66″+3.04%
33Scott Harrison69″67″+3%
34Eamonn Magee70″68″+2.95%
35Paul McCloskey70″68″+2.95%
36John Murray70″68″+2.95%
37Glenn Catley70″68″+2.95%
38Neil Sinclair72″70″+2.87%
39Freddie Mills72″70″+2.87%
40Jamie McDonnell72″70″+2.87%

Showing 40 of 116.

All 320 on the site

How this is worked out

  1. Every boxing — United Kingdom fighter in the dataset.
  2. Reach advantage is (reach − height) ÷ height as a percentage.
  3. Medians, not means — a single outlier should not move the typical figure.
Reach advantage = (reach − height) ÷ height × 100

Full methodology →

SOURCE·English Wikipedia infoboxes + Wikidata roster·REVIEWED AUG 2026

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