Division profile
Middleweight Boxing
What middleweight Boxing fighters actually measure — 264 of them, from Wikipedia's own infobox data.
Across the 264 middleweight Boxing fighters in this dataset, the median reach advantage is 2.83% — a median reach of 72″ on a median height of 70″. 80% fight orthodox.
The division's shape
Median reach
72″
182.9 cm
Median height
70″
177.8 cm
Median reach advantage
2.83%
of body height
Median finish rate
60%
of wins inside the distance
Stance
- orthodox80%
- southpaw20%
By era
- 1910s3
- 1920s4
- 1930s8
- 1940s4
- 1950s5
- 1960s5
- 1970s3
- 1980s9
- 1990s19
- 2000s24
- 2010s29
- 2020s8
Longest reach for the frame
| # | Fighter | Reach | Height | Advantage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Emile Griffith | 72″ | 66.5″ | +8.29% |
| 2 | Marvelous Marvin Hagler | 75″ | 70″ | +7.14% |
| 3 | Carlos Monzón | 76″ | 71.3″ | +6.63% |
| 4 | Rubin Carter | 72″ | 68.1″ | +5.72% |
| 5 | Marcel Cerdan | 69″ | 66″ | +4.59% |
| 6 | Ryōta Murata | 75″ | 72″ | +4.16% |
| 7 | Amir Khan | 71″ | 68.5″ | +3.62% |
| 8 | Henry Armstrong | 67″ | 65″ | +3.09% |
| 9 | Oscar De La Hoya | 73″ | 71″ | +2.83% |
| 10 | Félix Trinidad | 72″ | 71″ | +1.44% |
| 11 | Miguel Cotto | 67″ | 68″ | -1.45% |
How this is worked out
- Every middleweight 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