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Welterweight boxing · 1980s

Dicky Eklund

70.1″ reach · 0% reach advantage · 9th percentile

Dicky Eklund has a reach of 70.1″ against a height of 70.1″ — a reach advantage of 0%, unusually short for welterweight boxing and the 9th percentile of the 130 compared here.

Reach in context

Reach advantage

0%

70.1″ reach on a 70.1″ frame

Compared against 130 welterweight boxing fighters. Median 2.83%.

-2.9%welterweight boxing reach advantage9.4%
Measurements
Reach70.1″ (178 cm)63rd pct
Height70.1″ (178 cm)83rd pct
StanceOrthodox
DivisionWelterweight Boxing
Peak era1980s
CountryUnited States

Record

Boxing record

19–10

29 bouts on record

Finish rate

21%

of wins ended inside the distance — welterweight boxing median 54%, 8th percentile

By knockout: 4 (21%)By decision: 15 (79%)
  • By knockout 21%
  • By decision 79%

The career, bout by bout

31 recorded bouts from 1975 to 1985. Every incumbent shows this as a table you have to read; here it is as a shape you can see.

1980 win vs Jose Papo Melendez (1975)win vs Avelino Dos Reis (1975)win vs Eddie Hudson (1975)win vs Doug Romano (1975)loss vs Joe DeFayette (1975)win vs Rufus Miller (1976)win vs Mike Michaud (1976)win vs Randy Milton (1976)win vs Jose Carlos Garcia (1976)win vs Charlie Benjamin (1976)win vs Terry Rondeau (1976)loss vs Erkki Meronen (1977)loss vs Sugar Ray Leonard (1978)loss vs Willie Rodriguez (1978)win vs Al Cruz (1978)loss vs Dave Boy Green (1979)win vs Fernando Fernandez (1979)loss vs Fernando Fernandez (1980)loss vs Chris Clarke (1981)win vs Allen Clarke (1981)win vs C.J. Faison (1981)loss vs Robert Sawyer (1982)win vs Jeff Passero (1982)win vs Cesar Guzman (1982)loss vs Kevin Howard (1982)win vs James Lucas (1983)loss vs Reggie Miller (1983)win vs Terry Crawley (1983)win vs James Lucas (1985)
winlossdraw / NC1975–1985

Career span

11y

1975–1985

Longest unbeaten run

6

without a loss — draws do not break it

Busiest year

1976

6 bouts

Recorded bouts

31

29 with a date

Fights

YearResultOpponentMethodRd
1985 W James Lucas 10
1983 W James Lucas 12
1983 L Reggie Miller 10
1983 W Terry Crawley 10
1982 L Robert Sawyer 12
1982 W Jeff Passero 8
1982 W Cesar Guzman 8
1982 L Kevin Howard 10
1981 L Chris Clarke 10
1981 W Allen Clarke 9
1981 W C.J. Faison 1
1980 L Fernando Fernandez 10
1979 L Dave Boy Green 10
1979 W Fernando Fernandez 10
1978 L Sugar Ray Leonard 10
1978 L Willie Rodriguez 8
1978 W Al Cruz 5
1977 L Erkki Meronen 6
1976 W Rufus Miller 8
1976 W Mike Michaud 8
1976 W Randy Milton 6
1976 W Jose Carlos Garcia 6
1976 W Charlie Benjamin 6
1976 W Terry Rondeau 6
1975 W Jose Papo Melendez 4
1975 W Avelino Dos Reis 3
1975 W Eddie Hudson 4
1975 W Doug Romano 4
1975 L Joe DeFayette 6
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2 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 130 welterweight 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: Dicky Eklund on English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), as of 2026-07-07. Percentiles and derived figures computed here.

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