James Smith
82″ reach · +7.93% reach advantage · 84th percentile
James Smith has a reach of 82″ against a height of 76″ — a reach advantage of +7.93%, long for heavyweight boxing and the 84th percentile of the 317 compared here.
Reach in context
Reach advantage
+7.93%
82″ reach on a 76″ frame
Compared against 317 heavyweight boxing fighters. Median 3.99%.
| Reach | 82″ (208.3 cm) | 83rd pct |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 76″ (193 cm) | 71st pct |
| Stance | Orthodox | |
| Division | Heavyweight Boxing | |
| Peak era | 1980s | |
| Country | United States |
Record
Boxing record
44–17
62 bouts on record
Finish rate
73%
of wins ended inside the distance — heavyweight boxing median 68%, 60th percentile
The career, bout by bout
63 recorded bouts from 1981 to 1999. Every incumbent shows this as a table you have to read; here it is as a shape you can see.
Career span
19y
1981–1999
Longest unbeaten run
12
without a loss — draws do not break it
Busiest year
1991
8 bouts
Recorded bouts
63
62 with a date
Fights
| Year | Result | Opponent | Method | Rd |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | L | Larry Holmes | KO/TKO | 8 |
| 1998 | W | Dave Slaughter | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1998 | L | Joe Bugner | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1998 | W | Lynwood Jones | Decision | 8 |
| 1996 | W | Troy Roberts | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 1995 | W | Eli Dixon | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 1995 | W | Bernd Friedrich | Decision | 10 |
| 1994 | L | Brian Nielsen | KO/TKO | 5 |
| 1994 | L | Axel Schulz | Decision | 10 |
| 1994 | L | Lionel Butler | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 1993 | W | Lester Jackson | Decision | 3 |
| 1993 | W | Marshall Tillman | Decision | 3 |
| 1993 | L | Daniel Dăncuță | Decision | 3 |
| 1993 | W | Elijah Tillery | KO/TKO | 6 |
| 1993 | W | Andrew Stokes | Decision | 10 |
| 1993 | W | Kevin Ford | KO/TKO | 9 |
| 1993 | W | Donnell Wingfield | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1993 | L | Michael Moorer | Decision | 10 |
| 1992 | L | Greg Page | Decision | 10 |
| 1992 | W | Danny Wofford | KO/TKO | 8 |
| 1992 | W | Mark Wills | Decision | 10 |
| 1991 | W | Andre Crowder | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1991 | L | Levi Billups | Decision | 10 |
| 1991 | W | Marshall Tillman | KO/TKO | 10 |
| 1991 | W | Jeff Sims | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1991 | W | Everett Martin | KO/TKO | 8 |
| 1991 | W | Kimmuel Odum | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 1991 | W | Terry Armstrong | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1991 | W | Lawrence Carter | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1990 | W | Mike Weaver | Decision | 12 |
| 1990 | W | Manoel de Almeida | — | 6 |
| 1989 | W | Mike Rouse | KO/TKO | 7 |
| 1989 | W | Jesse McGhee | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1989 | W | Calvin Jones | KO/TKO | 8 |
| 1989 | L | Donovan Ruddock | KO/TKO | 7 |
| 1988 | D | Mike Rouse | Draw | 3 |
| 1987 | L | Adílson Rodrigues | Decision | 10 |
| 1987 | L | Mike Tyson | Decision | 12 |
| 1986 | W | Tim Witherspoon | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1986 | W | David Bey | Decision | 10 |
| 1986 | W | Jesse Ferguson | Decision | 10 |
| 1986 | W | Mike Weaver | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1986 | L | Marvis Frazier | Decision | 10 |
| 1985 | L | Tim Witherspoon | Decision | 12 |
| 1985 | W | José Ribalta | — | 10 |
| 1985 | L | Tony Tubbs | — | 10 |
| 1984 | L | Larry Holmes | KO/TKO | 12 |
| 1984 | W | Frank Bruno | KO/TKO | 10 |
| 1984 | W | Rahim Muhammad | KO/TKO | 5 |
| 1983 | W | Leroy Boone | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 1983 | W | Walter Santemore | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 1983 | W | Eugene Cato | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 1983 | W | Lynwood Jones | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1983 | W | Lee Cohen | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1983 | W | Nate Robinson | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1982 | W | Larry Givens | — | 3 |
| 1982 | W | Lonnie Chapman | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1982 | W | Chris McDonald | — | 8 |
| 1982 | W | Louis Alexander | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1982 | W | Mike Cohen | KO/TKO | 2 |
Showing the 60 most recent of 63 recorded bouts.
22 of these opponents have their own page here.
Closest in build
heavyweight boxing fighters with the nearest reach advantage.
- Travis Walker+7.93% 82″ reach · 84th pct
- Abe Simon+7.93% 82″ reach · 84th pct
- Joe Bugner+7.93% 82″ reach · 84th pct
- Larry Donald+7.98% 81″ reach · 85th pct
- Larry Holmes+7.98% 81″ reach · 85th pct
- Fres Oquendo+8.09% 80″ reach · 86th pct
- BJ Flores+8.09% 80″ reach · 86th pct
- John Ruiz+8.09% 80″ reach · 86th 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: James Smith (boxer) on English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), as of 2026-07-07. Percentiles and derived figures computed here.