John Conteh MBE
76″ reach · +5.52% reach advantage · 73rd percentile
John Conteh MBE has a reach of 76″ against a height of 72″ — a reach advantage of +5.52%, above average for heavyweight boxing and the 73rd percentile of the 317 compared here.
Reach in context
Reach advantage
+5.52%
76″ reach on a 72″ frame
Compared against 317 heavyweight boxing fighters. Median 3.99%.
| Reach | 76″ (193 cm) | 32nd pct |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 72″ (182.9 cm) | 17th pct |
| Stance | Orthodox | |
| Division | Heavyweight Boxing competed at 3: light heavyweight, cruiserweight, heavyweight — compared here against the last | |
| Peak era | 1970s | |
| Country | United Kingdom |
Record
Boxing record
34–4
39 bouts on record
Finish rate
71%
of wins ended inside the distance — heavyweight boxing median 68%, 56th percentile
The career, bout by bout
41 recorded bouts from 1971 to 1980. Every incumbent shows this as a table you have to read; here it is as a shape you can see.
Career span
10y
1971–1980
Longest unbeaten run
22
without a loss — draws do not break it
Busiest year
1972
11 bouts
Recorded bouts
41
39 with a date
Fights
| Year | Result | Opponent | Method | Rd |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | W | James Dixon | KO/TKO | 5 |
| 1980 | L | Matthew Saad Muhammad | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 1979 | L | Matthew Saad Muhammad | Decision | 15 |
| 1979 | W | Ivy Brown | Decision | 10 |
| 1979 | D | Jesse Burnett | Draw | 10 |
| 1978 | W | Leonardo Rodgers | KO/TKO | 7 |
| 1978 | L | Mate Parlov | — | 15 |
| 1978 | W | Joe Cokes | Decision | 10 |
| 1977 | W | Len Hutchins | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 1976 | W | Yaqui López | Decision | 15 |
| 1975 | W | Willie Taylor | — | 10 |
| 1975 | W | Lonnie Bennett | KO/TKO | 5 |
| 1974 | W | Jorge Ahumada | Decision | 15 |
| 1974 | W | Chris Finnegan | KO/TKO | 6 |
| 1974 | W | Tom Bogs | — | 6 |
| 1974 | W | Les Stevens | Decision | 10 |
| 1973 | W | Fred Lewis | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 1973 | W | Baby Boy Rolle | Decision | 15 |
| 1973 | W | Vicente Rondón | KO/TKO | 9 |
| 1973 | W | Chris Finnegan | Decision | 15 |
| 1973 | W | Rüdiger Schmidtke | KO/TKO | 12 |
| 1973 | W | Terry Daniels | KO/TKO | 7 |
| 1973 | W | Dave Matthews | Decision | 10 |
| 1972 | W | Sam McGill | KO/TKO | 9 |
| 1972 | W | John Hudgins | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 1972 | W | Bill Drover | KO/TKO | 7 |
| 1972 | W | Ferenc Kristofcsak | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1972 | L | Eddie Duncan | Decision | 10 |
| 1972 | W | Johnny Mac | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1972 | W | Billy Aird | KO/TKO | 8 |
| 1972 | W | Joe Gholston | KO/TKO | 5 |
| 1972 | W | Ruben Figueroa | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1972 | W | Larry Sykes | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1972 | W | Wilhelm Janco | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1971 | W | Emilio Okee | KO/TKO | 5 |
| 1971 | W | Tony Burwell | — | 8 |
| 1971 | W | Frank Bullard | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1971 | W | Pierre Minier | — | 5 |
| 1971 | W | Okacha Boubekeur | — | 1 |
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| — | ? | Opponent | — | — |
7 of these opponents have their own page here.
Closest in build
heavyweight boxing fighters with the nearest reach advantage.
- Leotis Martin+5.52% 76″ reach · 73rd pct
- Billy Miske+5.52% 76″ reach · 73rd pct
- Marvis Frazier+5.52% 76″ reach · 73rd pct
- Gene Tunney+5.52% 76″ reach · 73rd pct
- Marion Wilson+5.5% 77″ reach · 72nd pct
- Zora Folley+5.5% 77″ reach · 72nd pct
- Tony Tubbs+5.63% 79″ reach · 74th pct
- Archie Moore+5.66% 75″ reach · 75th 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: John Conteh on English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), as of 2026-07-07. Percentiles and derived figures computed here.