José Nápoles
72″ reach · +7.46% reach advantage · 93rd percentile
José Nápoles has a reach of 72″ against a height of 67″ — a reach advantage of +7.46%, exceptional for middleweight boxing and the 93rd percentile of the 123 compared here.
Reach in context
Reach advantage
+7.46%
72″ reach on a 67″ frame
Compared against 123 middleweight boxing fighters. Median 2.83%.
| Reach | 72″ (182.9 cm) | 48th pct |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 67″ (170.2 cm) | 5th pct |
| Stance | Orthodox | |
| Division | Middleweight Boxing competed at 4: featherweight, lightweight, welterweight, middleweight — compared here against the last | |
| Peak era | 1960s | |
| Country | Cuba |
Record
Boxing record
81–7
88 bouts on record
Finish rate
67%
of wins ended inside the distance — middleweight boxing median 60%, 64th percentile
The career, bout by bout
82 recorded bouts from 1958 to 1975. Every incumbent shows this as a table you have to read; here it is as a shape you can see.
Career span
18y
1958–1975
Longest unbeaten run
22
without a loss — draws do not break it
Busiest year
1963
8 bouts
Recorded bouts
82
81 with a date
Fights
| Year | Result | Opponent | Method | Rd |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | L | John H. Stracey | KO/TKO | 6 |
| 1975 | W | Armando Muñíz | Decision | 15 |
| 1974 | W | Horacio Agustin Saldano | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 1974 | W | Hedgemon Lewis | KO/TKO | 9 |
| 1974 | L | Carlos Monzon | KO/TKO | 6 |
| 1973 | W | Clyde Gray | Decision | 15 |
| 1973 | W | Roger Menetrey | Decision | 15 |
| 1973 | W | Ernie Lopez | KO/TKO | 7 |
| 1972 | W | Edmundo Leite | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1972 | W | Adolph Pruitt | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1972 | W | Ralph Charles | KO/TKO | 7 |
| 1971 | W | Hedgemon Lewis | Decision | 15 |
| 1971 | W | Esteban Alfredo Osuna | Decision | 10 |
| 1971 | W | Jean Josselin | KO/TKO | 5 |
| 1971 | W | David Melendez | KO/TKO | 5 |
| 1971 | W | Billy Backus | KO/TKO | 8 |
| 1971 | W | Manuel Gonzalez | KO/TKO | 6 |
| 1970 | L | Billy Backus | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 1970 | W | Pete Toro | KO/TKO | 9 |
| 1970 | W | Fighting Mack | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 1970 | W | Ernie Lopez | KO/TKO | 15 |
| 1969 | W | Emile Griffith | Decision | 15 |
| 1969 | W | Curtis Cokes | KO/TKO | 10 |
| 1969 | W | Fate Davis | KO/TKO | 6 |
| 1968 | W | Lennox Beckles | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1968 | W | Des Rea | KO/TKO | 5 |
| 1968 | W | Eddie Pace | Decision | 10 |
| 1968 | W | Leroy Roberts | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1968 | W | Peter Cobblah | Decision | 10 |
| 1968 | W | Herbie Lee | KO/TKO | 6 |
| 1968 | W | Mike Cruz | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 1967 | W | Charlie Watson | KO/TKO | 6 |
| 1967 | W | Johnny DePeiza | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1967 | W | LC Morgan | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1967 | W | Johnny Brooks | KO/TKO | 7 |
| 1966 | W | Eugenio Espinoza | KO/TKO | 6 |
| 1966 | W | Jimmy Fields | KO/TKO | 10 |
| 1966 | L | LC Morgan | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 1966 | W | Humberto Trottman | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1966 | W | Al Grant | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 1966 | W | Johnny Santos | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 1965 | W | Aldolph Pruitt | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 1965 | W | Eddie Perkins | Decision | 10 |
| 1965 | W | Giordano Campari | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1965 | W | LC Morgan | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 1965 | W | Carlos Rios | KO/TKO | 5 |
| 1964 | W | Alfredo Urbina | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 1964 | W | Eduardo Moreno | KO/TKO | 5 |
| 1964 | W | Carlos Morocho Hernández | KO/TKO | 7 |
| 1964 | W | Taketeru Yoshimoto | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1963 | W | LC Morgan | KO/TKO | 7 |
| 1963 | W | Tony Perez | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 1963 | W | Francisco Cancio | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1963 | W | Pulga Serrano | KO/TKO | 10 |
| 1963 | W | Baby Vasquez | Decision | 10 |
| 1963 | W | Raul Soriano | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 1963 | L | Alfredo Urbina | Decision | 10 |
| 1963 | W | Baby Gutierrez | KO/TKO | 7 |
| 1962 | W | Tony Perez | Decision | 10 |
| 1962 | W | Bobby Cervantes | KO/TKO | 1 |
Showing the 60 most recent of 82 recorded bouts.
18 of these opponents have their own page here.
Closest in build
middleweight boxing fighters with the nearest reach advantage.
- Lou Brouillard+7.46% 72″ reach · 93rd pct
- Yoshihiro Sato+7.47% 78.7″ reach · 95th pct
- Les Darcy+7.58% 71″ reach · 96th pct
- Bert Schenk+7.24% 74″ reach · 93rd pct
- Marvelous Marvin Hagler+7.14% 75″ reach · 92nd pct
- Lonnie Bradley+7.04% 76″ reach · 91st pct
- Jack Dillon+6.65% 72″ reach · 90th pct
- Emile Griffith+8.29% 72″ reach · 97th 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 123 middleweight 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: José Nápoles on English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), as of 2026-07-17. Percentiles and derived figures computed here.