Cleveland Williams
78″ reach · +5.37% reach advantage · 71st percentile
Cleveland Williams has a reach of 78″ against a height of 74″ — a reach advantage of +5.37%, above average for heavyweight boxing and the 71st percentile of the 317 compared here.
Reach in context
Reach advantage
+5.37%
78″ reach on a 74″ frame
Compared against 317 heavyweight boxing fighters. Median 3.99%.
| Reach | 78″ (198.1 cm) | 53rd pct |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 74″ (188 cm) | 39th pct |
| Stance | — | |
| Division | Heavyweight Boxing | |
| Peak era | 1960s | |
| Country | United States |
Record
Boxing record
82–13
97 bouts on record
Finish rate
76%
of wins ended inside the distance — heavyweight boxing median 68%, 66th percentile
The career, bout by bout
94 recorded bouts from 1949 to 1973. Every incumbent shows this as a table you have to read; here it is as a shape you can see.
Career span
25y
1949–1973
Longest unbeaten run
24
without a loss — draws do not break it
Busiest year
1952
18 bouts
Recorded bouts
94
93 with a date
Fights
| Year | Result | Opponent | Method | Rd |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | W | Roberto Davila | Decision | 10 |
| 1972 | W | Bob Mashburn | KO/TKO | 9 |
| 1972 | W | Terry Daniels | Decision | 12 |
| 1971 | L | George Chuvalo | Decision | 10 |
| 1971 | L | Jack O'Halloran | Decision | 10 |
| 1971 | W | Ted Gullick | Decision | 10 |
| 1970 | L | Alvin Lewis | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 1970 | W | Roberto Davila | Decision | 10 |
| 1970 | W | Eddie Brooks | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1969 | W | Leroy Caldwell | KO/TKO | 10 |
| 1969 | L | Mac Foster | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 1969 | L | Al Jones | KO/TKO | 8 |
| 1969 | W | Charley Polite | Decision | 10 |
| 1968 | L | Bob Cleroux | Decision | 10 |
| 1968 | W | Moses Harrell | KO/TKO | 7 |
| 1968 | W | Jean Roy | Decision | 10 |
| 1968 | W | Leslie Borden | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1968 | W | Mike Bruce | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1968 | W | Roy Crear | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1966 | L | Muhammad Ali | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 1966 | W | Tod Herring | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 1966 | W | Sonny Moore | Decision | 10 |
| 1966 | W | Mel Turnbow | Decision | 10 |
| 1966 | W | Ben Black | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1964 | W | Billy Daniels | Decision | 10 |
| 1964 | W | Sonny Banks | KO/TKO | 6 |
| 1964 | W | Tommy Fields | Decision | 10 |
| 1963 | W | Roger Rischer | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 1963 | W | Kirk Barrow | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 1963 | L | Ernie Terrell | Decision | 10 |
| 1963 | W | Young Jack Johnson | KO/TKO | 10 |
| 1963 | W | Billy Daniels | Decision | 10 |
| 1962 | W | Dave Bailey | KO/TKO | 5 |
| 1962 | D | Eddie Machen | Decision | 10 |
| 1962 | W | Alonzo Johnson | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1962 | W | Ernie Terrell | KO/TKO | 7 |
| 1961 | W | James Wiley | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1961 | W | Alex Miteff | KO/TKO | 5 |
| 1961 | W | Wayne Bethea | Decision | 10 |
| 1960 | W | Johnny Hayden | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1960 | W | George Moore | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 1960 | W | Ben Marshall | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1960 | L | Sonny Liston | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1959 | W | Curley Lee | KO/TKO | 10 |
| 1959 | W | Ernie Cab | KO/TKO | 8 |
| 1959 | L | Sonny Liston | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 1959 | W | Ollie Wilson | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 1958 | W | Howie Turner | Decision | 10 |
| 1958 | W | Frankie Daniels | Decision | 10 |
| 1958 | W | Dick Richardson | DQ | 4 |
| 1958 | W | Gene White | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1957 | W | Frankie Daniels | Decision | 10 |
| 1957 | W | John Holman | KO/TKO | 7 |
| 1957 | W | Bob Albright | KO/TKO | 7 |
| 1957 | W | Clifford Gray | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1957 | W | J.D. Marshall | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1957 | W | Johnny Mason | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1956 | W | Johnny Hollins | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 1954 | L | Bob Satterfield | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 1954 | W | Sylvester Jones | KO/TKO | 6 |
Showing the 60 most recent of 94 recorded bouts.
12 of these opponents have their own page here.
Closest in build
heavyweight boxing fighters with the nearest reach advantage.
- Alex García+5.37% 78″ reach · 71st pct
- Renaldo Snipes+5.37% 78″ reach · 71st pct
- Seth Mitchell+5.37% 78″ reach · 71st pct
- Trevor Berbick+5.37% 78″ reach · 71st pct
- Obed Sullivan+5.35% 79″ reach · 69th pct
- Lenier Peró+5.35% 79″ reach · 69th pct
- Bob Foster+5.35% 79″ reach · 69th pct
- Michael Bentt+5.35% 79″ reach · 69th 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 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
Source: Cleveland Williams on English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), as of 2026-07-07. Percentiles and derived figures computed here.