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John Tate

80″ reach · +5.28% reach advantage · 68th percentile

John Tate has a reach of 80″ against a height of 76″ — a reach advantage of +5.28%, above average for heavyweight boxing and the 68th percentile of the 317 compared here.

Reach in context

Reach advantage

+5.28%

80″ reach on a 76″ frame

Compared against 317 heavyweight boxing fighters. Median 3.99%.

-2.8%heavyweight boxing reach advantage12%
Measurements
Reach80″ (203.2 cm)69th pct
Height76″ (193 cm)71st pct
StanceOrthodox
DivisionHeavyweight Boxing
Peak era1980s
CountryUnited States

Record

Boxing record

34–3

37 bouts on record

Finish rate

68%

of wins ended inside the distance — heavyweight boxing median 68%, 50th percentile

By knockout: 23 (68%)By decision: 11 (32%)
  • By knockout 68%
  • By decision 32%

The career, bout by bout

37 recorded bouts from 1977 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 Charlie Jordan (1977)win vs Frank Schram (1977)win vs Lou Esa (1977)win vs Eddie Lopez (1977)win vs Walter Santemore (1977)win vs Baker Tinsley (1977)win vs Norm Kues (1977)win vs Jerry Thompkins (1977)win vs Ron Draper (1978)win vs Roy Wallace (1978)win vs Johnny Boudreaux (1978)win vs Walter Santemore (1978)win vs Bernardo Mercado (1978)win vs Reinaldo Gorosito (1978)win vs Harold Carter (1978)win vs Leon Shaw (1978)win vs James Dixon (1978)win vs Gerrie Coetzee (1979)win vs Kallie Knoetze (1979)win vs Duane Bobick (1979)loss vs Trevor Berbick (1980)loss vs Mike Weaver (1980)win vs Chuck Gardner (1981)win vs Barry Funches (1981)win vs Clayman Parker (1981)win vs Harvey Steichen (1981)win vs Bruce Grandham (1982)win vs Leroy Boone (1982)win vs Leroy Caldwell (1982)win vs Marty Capasso (1983)win vs Donnie Long (1983)win vs Danny Sutton (1983)win vs Steve Eisenbarth (1986)win vs Mark Green (1987)win vs Calvin Jones (1987)loss vs Noel Quarless (1988)win vs Wesley Smith (1988)
winlossdraw / NC1977–1988

Career span

12y

1977–1988

Longest unbeaten run

20

without a loss — draws do not break it

Busiest year

1978

9 bouts

Recorded bouts

37

37 with a date

Fights

YearResultOpponentMethodRd
1988 L Noel Quarless Decision10
1988 W Wesley Smith Decision4
1987 W Mark Green KO/TKO1
1987 W Calvin Jones Decision4
1986 W Steve Eisenbarth KO/TKO1
1983 W Marty Capasso KO/TKO2
1983 W Donnie Long Decision10
1983 W Danny Sutton KO/TKO5
1982 W Bruce Grandham KO/TKO3
1982 W Leroy Boone Decision10
1982 W Leroy Caldwell Decision10
1981 W Chuck Gardner KO/TKO1
1981 W Barry Funches KO/TKO7
1981 W Clayman Parker KO/TKO1
1981 W Harvey Steichen Decision10
1980 L Trevor Berbick KO/TKO9
1980 L Mike Weaver KO/TKO15
1979 W Gerrie Coetzee 15
1979 W Kallie Knoetze KO/TKO8
1979 W Duane Bobick KO/TKO1
1978 W Ron Draper KO/TKO5
1978 W Roy Wallace KO/TKO9
1978 W Johnny Boudreaux 10
1978 W Walter Santemore KO/TKO6
1978 W Bernardo Mercado KO/TKO2
1978 W Reinaldo Gorosito KO/TKO2
1978 W Harold Carter 4
1978 W Leon Shaw KO/TKO7
1978 W James Dixon KO/TKO3
1977 W Charlie Jordan KO/TKO1
1977 W Frank Schram KO/TKO1
1977 W Lou Esa KO/TKO3
1977 W Eddie Lopez 6
1977 W Walter Santemore 6
1977 W Baker Tinsley KO/TKO2
1977 W Norm Kues 1
1977 W Jerry Thompkins 5

6 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 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

Full methodology →

Source: John Tate (boxer) on English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), as of 2026-07-07. Percentiles and derived figures computed here.

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