Al Hostak
73″ reach · +1.37% reach advantage · 26th percentile
Al Hostak has a reach of 73″ against a height of 72″ — a reach advantage of +1.37%, short for middleweight boxing and the 26th percentile of the 123 compared here.
Reach in context
Reach advantage
+1.37%
73″ reach on a 72″ frame
Compared against 123 middleweight boxing fighters. Median 2.83%.
| Reach | 73″ (185.4 cm) | 64th pct |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 72″ (182.9 cm) | 80th pct |
| Stance | Orthodox | |
| Division | Middleweight Boxing | |
| Peak era | 1940s | |
| Country | United States |
Record
Boxing record
64–9
84 bouts on record
Finish rate
64%
of wins ended inside the distance — middleweight boxing median 60%, 61st percentile
The career, bout by bout
75 recorded bouts from 1932 to 1949. Every incumbent shows this as a table you have to read; here it is as a shape you can see.
Career span
18y
1932–1949
Longest unbeaten run
22
without a loss — draws do not break it
Busiest year
1935
10 bouts
Recorded bouts
75
74 with a date
Fights
| Year | Result | Opponent | Method | Rd |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1949 | W | Jack Snapp | KO/TKO | 9 |
| 1948 | W | Paul Perkins | Decision | 10 |
| 1948 | L | Jack Snapp | Decision | 10 |
| 1947 | D | George Duke | Decision | 10 |
| 1947 | W | Steve Belloise | Decision | 10 |
| 1947 | W | Anton Raadik | KO/TKO | 5 |
| 1947 | W | Benny Droll | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1946 | W | Sam Hughes | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1946 | W | George Evans | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1946 | W | Roman Starr | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 1944 | W | Glen Lee | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 1944 | W | George Baratko | KO/TKO | 5 |
| 1942 | D | Harry Matthews | Decision | 10 |
| 1941 | L | Ken Overlin | Decision | 10 |
| 1941 | L | Tony Zale | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1941 | W | Atilio Sabatino | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1941 | W | Ben Brown | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 1941 | W | George Burnette | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1940 | L | Tony Zale | KO/TKO | 13 |
| 1939 | W | Erich Seelig | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1939 | W | Charley Coates | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 1939 | W | Solly Krieger | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 1939 | W | Johnny Erjavec | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 1938 | L | Solly Krieger | Decision | 15 |
| 1938 | W | Young Stuhley | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 1938 | W | Freddie Steele | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1938 | W | Chief Parris | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 1938 | W | Swede Berglund | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1938 | W | Jack Hibbard | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1937 | W | Don La Rue | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1937 | W | Bob Turner | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1937 | W | Otto Blackwell | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 1937 | W | Allen Matthews | KO/TKO | 9 |
| 1937 | W | Eddie Babe Risko | KO/TKO | 7 |
| 1937 | W | Young Terry | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1937 | W | Johnny Sikes | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1937 | W | Leonard Bennett | KO/TKO | 8 |
| 1937 | W | Tony Fisher | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1936 | W | Irish Johnny Smith | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1936 | W | Jim Nealey | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1936 | W | Don La Rue | Decision | 8 |
| 1936 | W | Mike Bazzone | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 1936 | D | Irish Ed Bradley | Decision | 6 |
| 1936 | W | Billy Lancaster | Decision | 6 |
| 1936 | W | Sidney Brent | Decision | 6 |
| 1936 | D | Jimmy Best | Decision | 6 |
| 1935 | W | Baby Joe Gans | Decision | 8 |
| 1935 | W | Billy Lancaster | Decision | 6 |
| 1935 | W | Eddie Ivory | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1935 | W | Wild Willie Walker | Decision | 4 |
| 1935 | W | Sidney Brent | Decision | 4 |
| 1935 | L | Jimmy Best | Decision | 6 |
| 1935 | D | Dick Johnson | Decision | 6 |
| 1935 | D | Cecil Jordan | Decision | 6 |
| 1935 | D | Johnny Foster | Decision | 6 |
| 1935 | D | Jack Hibbard | Decision | 6 |
| 1934 | W | Jimmy Ireland | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1934 | W | Eddie Foster | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1934 | W | Jimmy Hefferman | Decision | 4 |
| 1934 | W | Jimmy Kid Swanson | Decision | 6 |
Showing the 60 most recent of 75 recorded bouts.
9 of these opponents have their own page here.
Closest in build
middleweight boxing fighters with the nearest reach advantage.
- Serhii Bohachuk+1.37% 73″ reach · 26th pct
- Darren Barker+1.37% 73″ reach · 26th pct
- Matthew Macklin+1.41% 71″ reach · 28th pct
- José Benavidez Jr.+1.41% 71″ reach · 28th pct
- Ishe Smith+1.41% 71″ reach · 28th pct
- Kelly Pavlik+1.33% 75″ reach · 25th pct
- James Kirkland+1.43% 70″ reach · 31st pct
- Ken Overlin+1.43% 70″ reach · 31st pct
How this is worked out
- Measurements and records are read from the fighter's English Wikipedia infobox; the fight list is parsed from the article's own results table.
- Reach advantage is (reach − height) ÷ height as a percentage, so fighters of different sizes compare directly.
- Percentiles rank this fighter among the 123 middleweight boxing fighters in the dataset — chosen because it is the most specific group of at least 30 that this fighter belongs to.
Reach advantage = (reach − height) ÷ height × 100
Source: Al Hostak on English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), as of 2026-07-06. Percentiles and derived figures computed here.