Division profile
Heavyweight Boxing
What heavyweight Boxing fighters actually measure — 594 of them, from Wikipedia's own infobox data.
Across the 594 heavyweight Boxing fighters in this dataset, the median reach advantage is 3.99% — a median reach of 77.2″ on a median height of 74″. 91% fight orthodox.
The division's shape
Median reach
77.2″
196 cm
Median height
74″
188 cm
Median reach advantage
3.99%
of body height
Median finish rate
68%
of wins inside the distance
Stance
- orthodox91%
- southpaw9%
By era
- 1880s1
- 1890s2
- 1900s4
- 1910s6
- 1920s9
- 1930s6
- 1940s10
- 1950s11
- 1960s12
- 1970s15
- 1980s36
- 1990s68
- 2000s69
- 2010s49
- 2020s14
- 2030s2
Longest reach for the frame
| # | Fighter | Reach | Height | Advantage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sonny Liston | 84″ | 73″ | +15.1% |
| 2 | Audley Harrison | 86″ | 77″ | +11.66% |
| 3 | Hasim Rahman | 82″ | 74″ | +10.8% |
| 4 | Buster Douglas | 83″ | 75″ | +10.66% |
| 5 | Primo Carnera | 85″ | 77″ | +10.38% |
| 6 | Max Baer Sr. | 81″ | 74″ | +9.41% |
| 7 | Frank Bruno | 82″ | 75″ | +9.34% |
| 8 | Lennox Lewis | 84″ | 77″ | +9.1% |
| 9 | Tommy Burns | 73″ | 67″ | +8.93% |
| 10 | Larry Holmes | 81″ | 75″ | +7.98% |
| 11 | Joe Bugner | 82″ | 76″ | +7.93% |
| 12 | Ken Norton | 80″ | 75″ | +6.67% |
| 13 | Félix Savón | 82″ | 77″ | +6.49% |
| 14 | John L. Sullivan | 74″ | 70″ | +5.74% |
| 15 | Archie Moore | 75″ | 71″ | +5.66% |
| 16 | Gene Tunney | 76″ | 72″ | +5.52% |
| 17 | Trevor Berbick | 78″ | 74″ | +5.37% |
| 18 | Oleg Maskaev | 79.1″ | 75.2″ | +5.24% |
| 19 | Riddick Bowe | 81″ | 77″ | +5.16% |
| 20 | Anthony Joshua | 82″ | 78″ | +5.15% |
| 21 | Filip Hrgović | 81.9″ | 78″ | +5.05% |
| 22 | Deontay Wilder | 83″ | 79″ | +5.03% |
| 23 | Tyson Fury | 85″ | 81″ | +4.96% |
| 24 | Pete Rademacher | 77.2″ | 73.6″ | +4.81% |
| 25 | Marvin Hart | 74″ | 71″ | +4.27% |
| 26 | Roy Jones Jr. | 74″ | 71″ | +4.27% |
| 27 | Andrew Golota | 79.1″ | 76″ | +4.15% |
| 28 | Leon Spinks | 76″ | 73″ | +4.1% |
| 29 | Max Schmeling | 76″ | 73″ | +4.1% |
| 30 | Jake Paul | 76″ | 73″ | +4.1% |
| 31 | Kubrat Pulev Кубрат Пулев | 79.5″ | 76.4″ | +4.07% |
| 32 | Wladimir Klitschko | 81.1″ | 78″ | +4.04% |
| 33 | David Haye | 78″ | 75″ | +3.99% |
| 34 | Muhammad Ali | 78″ | 75″ | +3.99% |
| 35 | Oleksandr Usyk | 78″ | 75″ | +3.99% |
| 36 | Marco Huck | 76.8″ | 74″ | +3.72% |
| 37 | Tony Yoka | 81.9″ | 79.1″ | +3.48% |
| 38 | Joe Louis | 76″ | 73.5″ | +3.37% |
| 39 | Jack Johnson | 74″ | 72″ | +2.79% |
| 40 | Jersey Joe Walcott | 74″ | 72″ | +2.79% |
Showing 40 of 70 published heavyweight Boxing fighters.
How this is worked out
- Every heavyweight Boxing fighter in the dataset with both a reach and a height recorded.
- Reach advantage is (reach − height) ÷ height as a percentage.
- Medians, not means — one 7-foot outlier should not move the division's typical figure.
Reach advantage = (reach − height) ÷ height × 100
SOURCE·English Wikipedia infoboxes + Wikidata roster·REVIEWED AUG 2026