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FightIndex
Era profile

1970s boxing

What 1970s boxing fighters actually measure — 182 of them, from Wikipedia's own data.

Across the 182 1970s boxing fighters in this dataset, the median reach advantage is 3.09% — a median reach of 70″ on a median height of 68″. 86% fight orthodox.

The era's shape

Median reach

70″

177.8 cm

Median height

68″

172.7 cm

Median reach advantage

3.09%

of body height

Median finish rate

57%

of wins inside the distance

Fighters

182

58 with a reach on file

-1.5%1970s boxing reach advantage15%

Stance

  • orthodox86%
  • southpaw14%

By country

  • United States44
  • Mexico17
  • United Kingdom16
  • Japan14
  • Italy8
  • Spain8
  • Colombia6
  • Philippines6
  • Argentina5
  • France5

Longest reach for the frame

#FighterReachHeightAdvantage
1Rudy Koopmans83.1″72″+15.3%
2Arnold Taylor69″60″+15.03%
3Pedro Flores70″62″+12.89%
4Earnie Shavers79″72″+9.73%
5Duane Bobick81.9″74.8″+9.47%
6Chucho Castillo70″64″+9.35%
7Franz Csandl74″67.7″+9.3%
8Larry Holmes81″75″+7.98%
9Joe Bugner82″76″+7.93%
10Marvin Camel79.1″74″+6.91%
11Mike Weaver78″73″+6.85%
12Fighting Harada64″60″+6.69%
13Ken Norton80″75″+6.67%
14Jack O'Halloran83″78″+6.46%
15Betulio González66″62″+6.41%
16Danny Lopez71″67″+5.93%
17Antonio Cervantes72″68″+5.91%
18Rodolfo Martínez72″68.1″+5.78%
19John Conteh MBE76″72″+5.52%
20Miguel Canto63″60″+4.99%
21Esteban de Jesús67″64″+4.67%
22Yasutsune Uehara 上原 康恒68″65″+4.6%
23Eddie Gazo69″66″+4.59%
24John H. Stracey70″67″+4.47%
25Ricardo Cardona70″67″+4.47%
26Bennie Briscoe71″68″+4.4%
27Samuel Serrano71″68″+4.4%
28Leroy Jones80″77″+3.89%
29Ben Villaflor67″65″+3.09%
30Rubén Olivares67″65″+3.09%
31Oscar Albarado68″66″+3.04%
32Ernesto Marcel68.1″66.1″+2.98%
33Saoul Mamby70″68″+2.95%
34Rodrigo Valdez70″68″+2.95%
35Alexis Argüello72″70″+2.87%
36José Durán71″69″+2.85%
37Eckhard Dagge73″71″+2.83%
38Carlos Palomino71.3″69.7″+2.26%
39Rafael Herrera65″64″+1.54%
40Everaldo Costa Azevedo69″68″+1.51%

Showing 40 of 58.

All 182 on the site

How this is worked out

  1. Every 1970s boxing 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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