Gerrie Coetzee
81.1″ reach · +7.29% reach advantage · 83rd percentile
Gerrie Coetzee has a reach of 81.1″ against a height of 75.6″ — a reach advantage of +7.29%, long for heavyweight boxing and the 83rd percentile of the 317 compared here.
Reach in context
Reach advantage
+7.29%
81.1″ reach on a 75.6″ frame
Compared against 317 heavyweight boxing fighters. Median 3.99%.
| Reach | 81.1″ (206 cm) | 81st pct |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 75.6″ (192 cm) | 69th pct |
| Stance | Orthodox | |
| Division | Heavyweight Boxing | |
| Peak era | 1980s | |
| Country | South Africa |
Record
Boxing record
33–6
40 bouts on record
Finish rate
64%
of wins ended inside the distance — heavyweight boxing median 68%, 41st percentile
The career, bout by bout
38 recorded bouts from 1974 to 1997. Every incumbent shows this as a table you have to read; here it is as a shape you can see.
Career span
24y
1974–1997
Longest unbeaten run
19
without a loss — draws do not break it
Busiest year
1976
6 bouts
Recorded bouts
38
38 with a date
Fights
| Year | Result | Opponent | Method | Rd |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | L | Iran Barkley | KO/TKO | 10 |
| 1997 | W | Dan Kosmicki | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 1993 | W | West Turner | KO/TKO | 5 |
| 1993 | W | Dave Fiddler | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1986 | L | Frank Bruno | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1985 | W | James Tillis | Decision | 10 |
| 1984 | L | Greg Page | KO/TKO | 8 |
| 1983 | W | Michael Dokes | KO/TKO | 10 |
| 1983 | D | Pinklon Thomas | Draw | 10 |
| 1982 | W | Stan Ward | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1982 | W | Scott LeDoux | KO/TKO | 8 |
| 1982 | W | Fossie Schmidt | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 1981 | W | Leroy Caldwell | KO/TKO | 5 |
| 1981 | L | Renaldo Snipes | — | 10 |
| 1981 | W | George Chaplin | Decision | 10 |
| 1980 | L | Mike Weaver | KO/TKO | 13 |
| 1980 | W | Mike Koranicki | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1979 | L | John Tate | — | 15 |
| 1979 | W | Leon Spinks | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1978 | W | Ibar Arrington | Decision | 10 |
| 1978 | W | Randy Stephens | Decision | 10 |
| 1977 | W | Johnny Boudreaux | KO/TKO | 6 |
| 1977 | W | Tom Prater | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 1977 | W | Mike Schutte | Decision | 12 |
| 1977 | W | Pierre Fourie | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 1976 | W | James Mathatho | KO/TKO | 7 |
| 1976 | W | Kallie Knoetze | Decision | 10 |
| 1976 | W | Mike Schutte | — | 6 |
| 1976 | W | Ron Stander | — | 8 |
| 1976 | W | Jimmy Richards | KO/TKO | 9 |
| 1976 | W | Hartmut Sasse | Decision | 8 |
| 1975 | W | Chris Roos | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 1975 | W | Hennie Thoonen | — | 3 |
| 1975 | W | Amedeo Laureti | Decision | 6 |
| 1975 | W | Steve Foley | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 1974 | W | Kosie Oosthuizen | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1974 | W | Bert Nikkelen Kuyper | — | 1 |
| 1974 | W | Chris Roos | — | 4 |
16 of these opponents have their own page here.
Closest in build
heavyweight boxing fighters with the nearest reach advantage.
- Giannis Stoforidis+7.51% 80″ reach · 84th pct
- Sherman Williams+7.04% 76″ reach · 83rd pct
- Vaughn Bean+7.04% 76″ reach · 83rd pct
- Gregorio Peralta+6.94% 77″ reach · 82nd pct
- Johann Duhaupas+7.69% 82.7″ reach · 84th pct
- Owen LeFranc Beck+6.85% 78″ reach · 81st pct
- Jack Gardner+6.85% 78″ reach · 81st pct
- J. B. Williamson+6.85% 78″ reach · 81st 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: Gerrie Coetzee on English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), as of 2026-07-07. Percentiles and derived figures computed here.