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Featherweight boxing · 1980s

Barry McGuigan

70″ reach · +6.09% reach advantage · 88th percentile

Barry McGuigan has a reach of 70″ against a height of 66″ — a reach advantage of +6.09%, long for featherweight boxing and the 88th percentile of the 101 compared here.

Reach in context

Reach advantage

+6.09%

70″ reach on a 66″ frame

Compared against 101 featherweight boxing fighters. Median 3%.

-3.7%featherweight boxing reach advantage9.3%
Measurements
Reach70″ (177.8 cm)80th pct
Height66″ (167.6 cm)39th pct
StanceOrthodox
DivisionFeatherweight Boxing
Peak era1980s
CountryIreland

Record

Boxing record

32–3

35 bouts on record

Finish rate

88%

of wins ended inside the distance — featherweight boxing median 51%, 95th percentile

By knockout: 28 (88%)By decision: 4 (13%)
  • By knockout 88%
  • By decision 13%

The career, bout by bout

36 recorded bouts from 1981 to 1989. Every incumbent shows this as a table you have to read; here it is as a shape you can see.

win vs Peter Eubank (1981)win vs Terry Pizzaro (1981)win vs Jean-Marc Renard (1981)win vs Gary Lucas (1981)win vs Selvin Bell (1981)win vs Paul Huggins (1982)win vs Jimmy Duncan (1982)win vs Young Ali (1982)win vs Gary Lucas (1982)win vs Angelo Licata (1982)win vs Angel Oliver (1982)win vs Ian Murray (1982)win vs Luis de la Sagra (1982)win vs Valerio Nati (1983)win vs Ruben Dario Herasme (1983)win vs Lavon McGowan (1983)win vs Samuel Meck (1983)win vs Vernon Penprase (1983)win vs Clyde Ruan (1984)win vs Felipe Orozco (1984)win vs Paul DeVorce (1984)win vs Esteban Eguia (1984)win vs Jose Caba (1984)win vs Charm Chiteule (1984)win vs Bernard Taylor (1985)win vs Eusebio Pedroza (1985)win vs Farid Gallouze (1985)win vs Juan Laporte (1985)loss vs Steve Cruz (1986)win vs Danilo Cabrera (1986)win vs Julio César Miranda (1988)win vs Francisco Tomas da Cruz (1988)win vs Nicky Perez (1988)loss vs Jim McDonnell (1989)
winlossdraw / NC1981–1989

Career span

9y

1981–1989

Longest unbeaten run

28

without a loss — draws do not break it

Busiest year

1982

8 bouts

Recorded bouts

36

34 with a date

Fights

YearResultOpponentMethodRd
1989 L Jim McDonnell KO/TKO4
1988 W Julio César Miranda KO/TKO8
1988 W Francisco Tomas da Cruz KO/TKO4
1988 W Nicky Perez KO/TKO4
1986 L Steve Cruz Decision15
1986 W Danilo Cabrera KO/TKO14
1985 W Bernard Taylor KO/TKO8
1985 W Eusebio Pedroza 15
1985 W Farid Gallouze KO/TKO2
1985 W Juan Laporte Decision10
1984 W Clyde Ruan KO/TKO4
1984 W Felipe Orozco KO/TKO2
1984 W Paul DeVorce KO/TKO5
1984 W Esteban Eguia KO/TKO3
1984 W Jose Caba KO/TKO7
1984 W Charm Chiteule KO/TKO10
1983 W Valerio Nati KO/TKO6
1983 W Ruben Dario Herasme KO/TKO2
1983 W Lavon McGowan KO/TKO1
1983 W Samuel Meck KO/TKO6
1983 W Vernon Penprase KO/TKO2
1982 W Paul Huggins KO/TKO5
1982 W Jimmy Duncan 4
1982 W Young Ali KO/TKO6
1982 W Gary Lucas 1
1982 W Angelo Licata KO/TKO2
1982 W Angel Oliver KO/TKO3
1982 W Ian Murray KO/TKO3
1982 W Luis de la Sagra Decision8
1981 W Peter Eubank KO/TKO8
1981 W Terry Pizzaro KO/TKO4
1981 W Jean-Marc Renard Decision8
1981 W Gary Lucas KO/TKO4
1981 W Selvin Bell 2
W Eusebio Pedroza 1
? Opponent

7 of these opponents have their own page here.

How this is worked out

  1. Measurements and records are read from the fighter's English Wikipedia infobox; the fight list is parsed from the article's own results table.
  2. Reach advantage is (reach − height) ÷ height as a percentage, so fighters of different sizes compare directly.
  3. Percentiles rank this fighter among the 101 featherweight 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

Full methodology →

Source: Barry McGuigan on English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), as of 2026-07-13. Percentiles and derived figures computed here.

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