Division profile
Lightweight Boxing
What lightweight Boxing fighters actually measure — 264 of them, from Wikipedia's own infobox data.
Across the 264 lightweight Boxing fighters in this dataset, the median reach advantage is 3% — a median reach of 69″ on a median height of 67″. 80% fight orthodox.
The division's shape
Median reach
69″
175.3 cm
Median height
67″
170.2 cm
Median reach advantage
3%
of body height
Median finish rate
51%
of wins inside the distance
Stance
- orthodox80%
- southpaw20%
By era
- 1890s1
- 1900s3
- 1910s1
- 1920s4
- 1930s6
- 1940s4
- 1950s5
- 1960s3
- 1970s4
- 1980s15
- 1990s10
- 2000s22
- 2010s32
- 2020s6
- 2030s1
Longest reach for the frame
| # | Fighter | Reach | Height | Advantage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Luke Campbell | 71″ | 69″ | +2.85% |
| 2 | Yuriorkis Gamboa | 65″ | 64″ | +1.54% |
How this is worked out
- Every lightweight 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