Jacob Matlala

Jacob Matlala has a reach of 59″ against a height of 58″ — a reach advantage of +1.77%, average for light flyweight boxing and the 47th percentile of the 36 compared here.

Reach in context

Reach advantage

+1.77%

59″ reach on a 58″ frame

lowestmedianhighest

Compared against 36 light flyweight boxing fighters. Median 1.84%.

-6.3%light flyweight boxing reach advantage15.9%

Measurements
Reach	59″ (149.9 cm)	3rd pct
Height	58″ (147.3 cm)	1st pct
Stance	Orthodox
Division	Light Flyweight Boxing competed at 2: flyweight, light flyweight — compared here against the last
Peak era	1980s
Country	South Africa

Record

Boxing record

53–13

68 bouts on record

Finish rate

49%

of wins ended inside the distance — light flyweight boxing median 53%, 45th percentile

By knockout 49%
By decision 51%

The career, bout by bout

66 recorded bouts from 1980 to 2002. Every incumbent shows this as a table you have to read; here it is as a shape you can see.

winlossdraw / NC1980–2002

Career span

23y

1980–2002

Longest unbeaten run

11

without a loss — draws do not break it

Busiest year

1989

7 bouts

Recorded bouts

66

65 with a date

Fights

Year	Result	Opponent	Method	Rd
2002	W	Juan Herrera	KO/TKO	7
2001	W	Mickey Cantwell	KO/TKO	5
2001	W	Todd Makelim	KO/TKO	4
2000	L	Peter Culshaw	Decision	12
2000	L	Masibulele Makepula	Decision	12
1998	W	Rafael Orozco	Decision	12
1998	W	Ric Magramo	Decision	10
1998	W	Víctor Burgos	—	8
1997	W	Luis Doria	KO/TKO	12
1997	W	Michael Carbajal	KO/TKO	9
1997	W	Mickey Cantwell	Decision	12
1996	W	Paul Weir	KO/TKO	10
1995	W	Paul Weir	—	5
1995	W	Francisco Mendoza	Decision	8
1995	D	Sammy Stewart	Decision	10
1995	L	Alberto Jiménez	KO/TKO	8
1994	W	Pretty Boy Lucas	Decision	12
1994	W	Francis Ampofo	KO/TKO	9
1993	W	Luigi Camputaro	KO/TKO	7
1993	W	Pablo Tiznado	Decision	10
1993	W	Pat Clinton	KO/TKO	8
1993	W	Toto Hleli	Decision	8
1992	W	Mzukisi Sikali	Decision	12
1991	W	Raúl Acosta	Decision	10
1991	L	Dave McAuley	KO/TKO	10
1991	W	Ndoda Mayende	KO/TKO	8
1991	W	Zolile Mbityi	KO/TKO	6
1990	W	Wele Maqolo	Decision	12
1990	W	Ramón Solís	Decision	10
1989	W	Sonnyboy Nghona	KO/TKO	2
1989	W	Daniel Ward	Decision	10
1989	W	Martín Cárdenas	Decision	10
1989	W	Odwa Mdleleni	KO/TKO	6
1989	L	Jaji Sibali	Decision	12
1989	W	Ndoda Mayende	Decision	8
1989	W	Johannes Miya	KO/TKO	7
1988	L	Vuyani Nene	Decision	12
1988	W	Daniel Ward	Decision	8
1988	W	Vumile Gomo	DQ	7
1988	W	Jacob Mazubiko	KO/TKO	9
1987	L	Vuyani Nene	Decision	12
1987	W	Kirk Morris	Decision	8
1986	W	Pillay Duiker	Decision	10
1986	L	Vuyani Nene	Decision	8
1985	L	Mveleli Luzipho	Decision	12
1985	W	Pillay Duiker	Decision	10
1985	W	Nqaba Govuza	KO/TKO	3
1984	W	Gilbert Makenete	Decision	6
1984	W	Thamsanqa Sogcwe	Decision	8
1984	W	Jacob Mazibuko	Decision	6
1984	W	Juan Alberto Ivalo	Decision	10
1984	W	Solomon Manotsi	KO/TKO	4
1984	W	Michael Mogopudi	KO/TKO	2
1983	L	Mveleli Luzipho	Decision	12
1983	W	José Antonio Badilla	KO/TKO	9
1983	W	Martin Nkokoto	KO/TKO	3
1983	W	Kirk Morris	KO/TKO	7
1982	W	Dexter Dlamini	KO/TKO	3
1982	W	Simon Moema	KO/TKO	5
1982	W	Michael Mogopudi	KO/TKO	5

Showing the 60 most recent of 66 recorded bouts.

9 of these opponents have their own page here.

Closest in build

light flyweight boxing fighters with the nearest reach advantage.

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 36 light flyweight 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: Jacob Matlala on English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), as of 2026-07-07. Percentiles and derived figures computed here.