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Heavyweight boxing · 1980s

Doug Sam

24–7 · 30 recorded bouts · 1982–2000

Doug Sam finished 88% of 24 wins inside the distance — the 89th percentile for heavyweight boxing, where the median is 68%. No reach is on record, so this page compares record rather than measurements.

What is on record

Measurements
Reachnot recorded
Heightnot recorded
StanceOrthodox
DivisionHeavyweight Boxing
competed at 5: middleweight, super middleweight, light heavyweight, cruiserweight, heavyweight — compared here against the last
Peak era1980s
CountryAustralia

Wikipedia carries no reach figure for Doug Sam, so the reach-advantage comparison this site is built on cannot be computed. Everything below comes from the record instead.

1990 2000 win vs Rodney Roberts (1982)win vs Manny Trikilis (1982)win vs Jeff Morgan (1983)win vs Ricky Patterson (1983)win vs Leonardo Bermudez (1983)win vs Mick Mills (1983)win vs Kelly Thompson (1983)win vs Joe Nitiva (1983)win vs Joe Nitiva (1984)win vs Suwarno (1984)win vs Fred Taufua (1984)win vs Ian Dennis (1984)win vs Lorima Niumataiwalu (1985)win vs Materati Valu (1985)win vs Johnny Taupau Sr (1985)win vs Tommy West (1985)win vs Elo Raugna (1986)win vs Joe Nitiva (1986)loss vs Henry Sims (1986)win vs Wally Carr (1986)win vs Gary Hubble (1987)win vs Emmanuel Otti (1987)loss vs Park Chong-pal (1987)loss vs Jeff Harding (1988)loss vs Jesse Shelby (1988)loss vs Lou Cafaro (1989)win vs Tony Keller (1992)win vs Colin Weetra (1992)win vs Ken Suavine (2000)loss vs Danny Buzza (2000)
winlossdraw / NC1982–2000

Record

Boxing record

24–7

31 bouts on record

Finish rate

88%

of wins ended inside the distance — heavyweight boxing median 68%, 89th percentile

By knockout: 21 (88%)By decision: 3 (13%)
  • By knockout 88%
  • By decision 13%

The career, bout by bout

30 recorded bouts from 1982 to 2000. Every incumbent shows this as a table you have to read; here it is as a shape you can see.

Career span

19y

1982–2000

Longest unbeaten run

18

without a loss — draws do not break it

Busiest year

1983

6 bouts

Recorded bouts

30

30 with a date

Fights

YearResultOpponentMethodRd
2000 W Ken Suavine 2
2000 L Danny Buzza 10
1992 W Tony Keller 4
1992 W Colin Weetra 6
1989 L Lou Cafaro 6
1988 L Jeff Harding 5
1988 L Jesse Shelby 10
1987 W Gary Hubble 11
1987 W Emmanuel Otti 7
1987 L Park Chong-pal 15
1986 W Elo Raugna 2
1986 W Joe Nitiva 10
1986 L Henry Sims 10
1986 W Wally Carr 5
1985 W Lorima Niumataiwalu 5
1985 W Materati Valu 2
1985 W Johnny Taupau Sr 4
1985 W Tommy West 1
1984 W Joe Nitiva 9
1984 W Suwarno 1
1984 W Fred Taufua 10
1984 W Ian Dennis 3
1983 W Jeff Morgan 4
1983 W Ricky Patterson 6
1983 W Leonardo Bermudez 10
1983 W Mick Mills 1
1983 W Kelly Thompson 2
1983 W Joe Nitiva 8
1982 W Rodney Roberts 3
1982 W Manny Trikilis 3

3 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 587 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: Doug Sam on English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), as of 2026-01-06. Percentiles and derived figures computed here.

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