Darren Barker
73″ reach · +1.37% reach advantage · 26th percentile
Darren Barker 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 | 2000s | |
| Country | United Kingdom |
Record
Boxing record
26–2
28 bouts on record
Finish rate
62%
of wins ended inside the distance — middleweight boxing median 60%, 54th percentile
The career, bout by bout
30 recorded bouts from 2004 to 2013. Every incumbent shows this as a table you have to read; here it is as a shape you can see.
Career span
10y
2004–2013
Longest unbeaten run
22
without a loss — draws do not break it
Busiest year
2006
7 bouts
Recorded bouts
30
28 with a date
Fights
| Year | Result | Opponent | Method | Rd |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | L | Felix Sturm | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 2013 | W | Daniel Geale | — | 12 |
| 2013 | W | Simone Rotolo | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 2012 | W | Kerry Hope | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 2011 | L | Sergio Martínez | KO/TKO | 11 |
| 2011 | W | Domenico Spada | Decision | 12 |
| 2010 | W | Affif Belghecham | Decision | 12 |
| 2009 | W | Danny Butler | KO/TKO | 7 |
| 2009 | W | Darren McDermott | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 2008 | W | Jason McKay | KO/TKO | 6 |
| 2008 | W | Larry Sharpe | Decision | 10 |
| 2008 | W | Steven Bendall | KO/TKO | 7 |
| 2007 | W | Ben Crampton | — | 12 |
| 2007 | W | Greg Barton | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 2006 | W | Paul Samuels | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2006 | W | Ojay Abrahams | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 2006 | W | Hussain Osman | Decision | 10 |
| 2006 | W | Conroy McIntosh | KO/TKO | 7 |
| 2006 | W | Danny Thornton | — | 6 |
| 2006 | W | Louis Mimoune | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 2006 | W | Richard Mazurek | Decision | 8 |
| 2005 | W | John Paul Temple | KO/TKO | 6 |
| 2005 | W | Dean Walker | Decision | 6 |
| 2005 | W | Ernie Smith | Decision | 6 |
| 2005 | W | Andrei Sherel | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 2005 | W | Leigh Wicks | — | 4 |
| 2004 | W | David White | — | 2 |
| 2004 | W | Howard Clarke | — | 6 |
| — | W | Affif Belghecham | Decision | 12 |
| — | ? | Opponent | — | — |
5 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
- Al Hostak+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: Darren Barker on English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), as of 2026-07-07. Percentiles and derived figures computed here.