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Lightweight boxing · 1980s

Ernesto España

72″ reach · +1.44% reach advantage · 29th percentile

Ernesto España has a reach of 72″ against a height of 71″ — a reach advantage of +1.44%, short for lightweight boxing and the 29th percentile of the 120 compared here.

Reach in context

Reach advantage

+1.44%

72″ reach on a 71″ frame

Compared against 120 lightweight boxing fighters. Median 3.02%.

-2.3%lightweight boxing reach advantage8.9%
Measurements
Reach72″ (182.9 cm)82nd pct
Height71″ (180.3 cm)97th pct
StanceOrthodox
DivisionLightweight Boxing
Peak era1980s
CountryVenezuela

Record

Boxing record

36–8

44 bouts on record

Finish rate

81%

of wins ended inside the distance — lightweight boxing median 51%, 92nd percentile

By knockout: 29 (81%)By decision: 7 (19%)
  • By knockout 81%
  • By decision 19%

The career, bout by bout

42 recorded bouts from 1975 to 1988. Every incumbent shows this as a table you have to read; here it is as a shape you can see.

1980 win vs Ruben Arias (1975)win vs Luis Romero (1975)loss vs Luis Beltran Rodriguez (1975)win vs Freddy Briceno (1975)win vs Jose Figuerero (1975)win vs Hernan Rodriguez (1975)win vs Ricardo Arredondo (1976)win vs Andres Fernandez (1976)win vs Rolando Martinez (1976)win vs Clemente Mucino (1976)win vs Julio Pena (1976)win vs Juan Sarmiento (1976)win vs Luis Beltran Rodriguez (1976)win vs Danton Morillo (1976)win vs Cesar Chavez (1976)win vs Angel Rosas (1977)win vs Salvador Torres (1977)win vs Milton Mendez (1977)win vs Isaac Marin (1977)win vs Johnny Barr (1978)win vs Bienvenido Quinto (1978)win vs Tony Arias (1978)win vs Teodoro Osuna (1978)win vs Gerardo Aceves (1978)win vs Johnny Lira (1979)win vs Claude Noel (1979)win vs Eddie Bracetty (1979)win vs Fernando Jimenez (1979)loss vs Hilmer Kenty (1980)win vs Eduardo Iriarte (1981)win vs Jose Rosas (1981)win vs Alvin Fowler (1981)win vs Jong Kil Chung (1981)win vs Arturo Frias (1981)win vs Jose Ortiz (1981)win vs Ki Hoon Kwak (1981)loss vs Ray Mancini (1982)loss vs Arturo Frias (1982)win vs Junel Rodriguez (1985)loss vs Rafael Williams (1985)loss vs Lester Ellis (1987)loss vs Michael Benjamin (1988)
winlossdraw / NC1975–1988

Career span

14y

1975–1988

Longest unbeaten run

25

without a loss — draws do not break it

Busiest year

1976

9 bouts

Recorded bouts

42

42 with a date

Fights

YearResultOpponentMethodRd
1988 L Michael Benjamin Decision12
1987 L Lester Ellis Decision10
1985 W Junel Rodriguez Decision12
1985 L Rafael Williams Decision10
1982 L Ray Mancini KO/TKO6
1982 L Arturo Frias 9
1981 W Eduardo Iriarte Decision10
1981 W Jose Rosas KO/TKO5
1981 W Alvin Fowler KO/TKO3
1981 W Jong Kil Chung KO/TKO6
1981 W Arturo Frias Decision10
1981 W Jose Ortiz KO/TKO2
1981 W Ki Hoon Kwak KO/TKO5
1980 L Hilmer Kenty KO/TKO4
1979 W Johnny Lira KO/TKO9
1979 W Claude Noel KO/TKO13
1979 W Eddie Bracetty KO/TKO1
1979 W Fernando Jimenez KO/TKO6
1978 W Johnny Barr KO/TKO1
1978 W Bienvenido Quinto KO/TKO1
1978 W Tony Arias KO/TKO1
1978 W Teodoro Osuna KO/TKO1
1978 W Gerardo Aceves KO/TKO2
1977 W Angel Rosas KO/TKO3
1977 W Salvador Torres KO/TKO1
1977 W Milton Mendez KO/TKO1
1977 W Isaac Marin KO/TKO5
1976 W Ricardo Arredondo Decision10
1976 W Andres Fernandez KO/TKO1
1976 W Rolando Martinez KO/TKO1
1976 W Clemente Mucino KO/TKO1
1976 W Julio Pena KO/TKO1
1976 W Juan Sarmiento KO/TKO3
1976 W Luis Beltran Rodriguez Decision10
1976 W Danton Morillo KO/TKO2
1976 W Cesar Chavez KO/TKO2
1975 W Ruben Arias KO/TKO1
1975 W Luis Romero KO/TKO2
1975 L Luis Beltran Rodriguez Decision6
1975 W Freddy Briceno KO/TKO3
1975 W Jose Figuerero Decision4
1975 W Hernan Rodriguez KO/TKO1

7 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 120 lightweight 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: Ernesto España on English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), as of 2026-07-07. Percentiles and derived figures computed here.

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