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FightIndex
Era profile

1980s boxing

What 1980s boxing fighters actually measure — 313 of them, from Wikipedia's own data.

Across the 313 1980s boxing fighters in this dataset, the median reach advantage is 3.08% — a median reach of 71.5″ on a median height of 68.1″. 82% fight orthodox.

The era's shape

Median reach

71.5″

181.6 cm

Median height

68.1″

173 cm

Median reach advantage

3.08%

of body height

Median finish rate

64%

of wins inside the distance

Fighters

313

141 with a reach on file

-3.1%1980s boxing reach advantage10.7%

Stance

  • orthodox82%
  • southpaw18%

By country

  • United States125
  • United Kingdom27
  • Mexico24
  • South Korea18
  • Japan10
  • Panama10
  • Italy9
  • Argentina8
  • Thailand8
  • South Africa7

Longest reach for the frame

#FighterReachHeightAdvantage
1Carl Williams85″76″+11.87%
2Mark Medal79″71″+11.31%
3Buster Douglas83″75″+10.66%
4Mike McCallum78″71″+9.87%
5Gabriel Bernal68″62″+9.65%
6James Tillis80″73″+9.6%
7Greg Page81″74″+9.41%
8Marian Trimiar70″64″+9.35%
9Frank Bruno82″75″+9.34%
10Mike Williams83″76″+9.22%
11Charlie Brown72″66″+9.13%
12Amado Ursua70.9″65″+9.09%
13Juan Martín Coggi73″67″+8.93%
14Marlon Starling74″68″+8.86%
15Ras-I Alujah Bramble74″68″+8.86%
16Herol Graham77″71″+8.49%
17S. T. Gordon78″72″+8.31%
18John Mugabi74″68.5″+8.05%
19James Smith82″76″+7.93%
20Leroy Haley69″64″+7.81%
21Gerrie Coetzee81.1″75.6″+7.29%
22Marvelous Marvin Hagler75″70″+7.14%
23J. B. Williamson78″73″+6.85%
24Thomas Hearns78″73″+6.85%
25Dwight Muhammad Qawi71″66.5″+6.69%
26Mitch Green82″77″+6.49%
27Tony Tucker82″77″+6.49%
28Marcos Villasana68″64″+6.21%
29Sot Chitalada68″64″+6.21%
30Alfonso Zamora68″64″+6.21%
31Mike Ayala70″66″+6.09%
32Barry McGuigan70″66″+6.09%
33Lindell Holmes72″68″+5.91%
34Anaclet Wamba79.1″74.8″+5.79%
35Antonio Avelar72″68.1″+5.78%
36Ayub Kalule73″69″+5.76%
37Sugar Ray Leonard74″70″+5.74%
38Matthew Saad Muhammad75″71″+5.66%
39Tony Tubbs79″74.8″+5.63%
40Marvis Frazier76″72″+5.52%

Showing 40 of 141.

All 313 on the site

How this is worked out

  1. Every 1980s 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

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