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Carl Williams

85″ reach · +11.87% reach advantage · 97th percentile

Carl Williams has a reach of 85″ against a height of 76″ — a reach advantage of +11.87%, exceptional for heavyweight boxing and the 97th percentile of the 317 compared here.

Reach in context

Reach advantage

+11.87%

85″ reach on a 76″ frame

Compared against 317 heavyweight boxing fighters. Median 3.99%.

-2.8%heavyweight boxing reach advantage12%
Measurements
Reach85″ (215.9 cm)97th pct
Height76″ (193 cm)71st pct
StanceOrthodox
DivisionHeavyweight Boxing
Peak era1980s
CountryUnited States

Record

Boxing record

30–10

41 bouts on record

Finish rate

70%

of wins ended inside the distance — heavyweight boxing median 68%, 55th percentile

By knockout: 21 (70%)By decision: 9 (30%)
  • By knockout 70%
  • By decision 30%

The career, bout by bout

42 recorded bouts from 1982 to 1997. Every incumbent shows this as a table you have to read; here it is as a shape you can see.

1990 win vs Leroy Boone (1982)win vs Michael Greer (1982)win vs David Starkey (1982)win vs Barry Funches (1982)win vs Donny Townsend (1982)win vs Louis Alexander (1982)win vs Dwight Triplett (1982)win vs Greg Stephany (1982)win vs Percell Davis (1983)win vs Woody Clark (1983)win vs David Jaco (1983)win vs Robert Hill (1983)win vs Richard Cade (1983)win vs James Tillis (1984)win vs Terry Mims (1984)win vs Lou Benson Jr. (1984)win vs Jesse Ferguson (1985)loss vs Larry Holmes (1985)loss vs Mike Weaver (1986)win vs Mike Gans (1987)win vs Bert Cooper (1987)win vs Mike Rouse (1988)win vs Trevor Berbick (1988)win vs Rodney Frazier (1988)loss vs Mike Tyson (1989)win vs Melton Bowen (1990)? vs Kimmuel Odum (1991)loss vs Tim Witherspoon (1991)win vs Jimmy Lee Smith (1992)win vs Ossie Ocasio (1992)loss vs Jerry Jones (1992)win vs Marshall Tillman (1992)loss vs Frank Bruno (1993)loss vs Tommy Morrison (1993)loss vs Alexandr Zolkin (1994)loss vs Melvin Foster (1995)win vs Domingo Monroe (1996)win vs Lou Turchiarelli (1996)win vs Sean Hart (1996)loss vs Anthony Green (1997)win vs Marion Wilson (1997)
winlossdraw / NC1982–1997

Career span

16y

1982–1997

Longest unbeaten run

17

without a loss — draws do not break it

Busiest year

1982

8 bouts

Recorded bouts

42

41 with a date

Fights

YearResultOpponentMethodRd
1997 L Anthony Green KO/TKO7
1997 W Marion Wilson Decision10
1996 W Domingo Monroe Decision8
1996 W Lou Turchiarelli KO/TKO2
1996 W Sean Hart DQ3
1995 L Melvin Foster Decision10
1994 L Alexandr Zolkin KO/TKO7
1993 L Frank Bruno KO/TKO10
1993 L Tommy Morrison KO/TKO8
1992 W Jimmy Lee Smith KO/TKO3
1992 W Ossie Ocasio Decision10
1992 L Jerry Jones Decision10
1992 W Marshall Tillman KO/TKO2
1991 ? Kimmuel Odum 10
1991 L Tim Witherspoon Decision12
1990 W Melton Bowen KO/TKO5
1989 L Mike Tyson KO/TKO1
1988 W Mike Rouse KO/TKO3
1988 W Trevor Berbick Decision12
1988 W Rodney Frazier KO/TKO1
1987 W Mike Gans KO/TKO7
1987 W Bert Cooper KO/TKO7
1986 L Mike Weaver KO/TKO2
1985 W Jesse Ferguson KO/TKO10
1985 L Larry Holmes Decision15
1984 W James Tillis Decision10
1984 W Terry Mims KO/TKO3
1984 W Lou Benson Jr. KO/TKO2
1983 W Percell Davis KO/TKO4
1983 W Woody Clark Decision10
1983 W David Jaco KO/TKO1
1983 W Robert Hill KO/TKO3
1983 W Richard Cade KO/TKO1
1982 W Leroy Boone Decision8
1982 W Michael Greer KO/TKO3
1982 W David Starkey KO/TKO3
1982 W Barry Funches KO/TKO6
1982 W Donny Townsend KO/TKO1
1982 W Louis Alexander KO/TKO2
1982 W Dwight Triplett KO/TKO1
1982 W Greg Stephany Decision4
? Opponent

13 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 317 heavyweight 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: Carl Williams (boxer) on English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), as of 2026-07-07. Percentiles and derived figures computed here.

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