José Ribalta
80″ reach · +2.57% reach advantage · 33rd percentile
José Ribalta has a reach of 80″ against a height of 78″ — a reach advantage of +2.57%, short for heavyweight boxing and the 33rd percentile of the 317 compared here.
Reach in context
Reach advantage
+2.57%
80″ reach on a 78″ frame
Compared against 317 heavyweight boxing fighters. Median 3.99%.
| Reach | 80″ (203.2 cm) | 69th pct |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 78″ (198.1 cm) | 90th pct |
| Stance | Orthodox | |
| Division | Heavyweight Boxing | |
| Peak era | 1990s | |
| Country | Cuba |
Record
Boxing record
38–17
56 bouts on record
Finish rate
71%
of wins ended inside the distance — heavyweight boxing median 68%, 57th percentile
The career, bout by bout
58 recorded bouts from 1982 to 1999. Every incumbent shows this as a table you have to read; here it is as a shape you can see.
Career span
18y
1982–1999
Longest unbeaten run
14
without a loss — draws do not break it
Busiest year
1982
9 bouts
Recorded bouts
58
56 with a date
Fights
| Year | Result | Opponent | Method | Rd |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | L | Donovan Ruddock | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1999 | L | Chris Byrd | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 1998 | L | Vitali Klitschko | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1997 | L | Larry Donald | KO/TKO | 6 |
| 1996 | L | Axel Schulz | Decision | 10 |
| 1996 | W | James Holley | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1995 | W | Bruce Johnson | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1995 | W | Carlton West | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1995 | W | George Harris | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1995 | W | John Basil Jackson | Decision | 8 |
| 1994 | L | Joe Hipp | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1993 | L | Tony Tubbs | Decision | 3 |
| 1993 | W | Derek Williams | Decision | 3 |
| 1993 | L | Larry Holmes | Decision | 10 |
| 1993 | W | Wes Turner | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 1992 | L | Michael Dokes | Decision | 10 |
| 1992 | L | Frank Bruno | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1991 | L | Pierre Coetzer | Decision | 10 |
| 1991 | L | Bruce Seldon | — | 3 |
| 1990 | L | Tim Witherspoon | Decision | 10 |
| 1990 | W | Michael Johnson | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1989 | W | Jose Allencastro | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1989 | W | Jeff Sims | Decision | 10 |
| 1989 | W | Jerry Hairston | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1988 | W | Jose Garcia | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1987 | W | Steve Zouski | Decision | 10 |
| 1987 | W | Mark Young | Decision | 10 |
| 1987 | W | Leon Spinks | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1986 | W | John Williams | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1986 | L | Mike Tyson | KO/TKO | 10 |
| 1986 | W | Rick Kellar | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1986 | W | David Jaco | KO/TKO | 5 |
| 1986 | W | Jeff Freeney | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1986 | W | Al Houck | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 1985 | L | Marvis Frazier | — | 10 |
| 1985 | W | Ernie Barr | Decision | 10 |
| 1985 | L | James Smith | — | 10 |
| 1984 | D | Cecil Coffee | Decision | 10 |
| 1984 | W | Nate Robinson | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1984 | W | Jimmy Jones | — | 8 |
| 1983 | W | Juan Antonio Figueroa | — | 7 |
| 1983 | W | Ishaq Hussein | KO/TKO | 6 |
| 1983 | W | Robert Evans | Decision | 8 |
| 1983 | W | Tom Prater | Decision | 8 |
| 1983 | W | Ron Harry | KO/TKO | 6 |
| 1983 | L | Ricardo Richardson | KO/TKO | 7 |
| 1983 | W | Miles Prince | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1982 | W | Nate Robinson | KO/TKO | 5 |
| 1982 | W | John L Johnson | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1982 | W | Al Leticky | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1982 | W | Curtis Gaskins | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1982 | W | Gabriel Saenz | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1982 | W | Kenneth Wring | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 1982 | W | Ken Davis | — | 4 |
| 1982 | W | Douglas Fowler | — | 2 |
| 1982 | W | J C Richardson | — | 1 |
| — | W | Nate Robinson | — | — |
| — | ? | Opponent | — | — |
18 of these opponents have their own page here.
Closest in build
heavyweight boxing fighters with the nearest reach advantage.
- Ray Austin+2.57% 80″ reach · 33rd pct
- Kevin McBride+2.57% 80″ reach · 33rd pct
- Hughie Fury+2.57% 80″ reach · 33rd pct
- Arnold Gjergjaj+2.55% 79.1″ reach · 33rd pct
- Adam Flores+2.6% 77.6″ reach · 34th pct
- Jack Doyle+2.61% 79″ reach · 35th pct
- Zhilei Zhang+2.53% 79.9″ reach · 32nd pct
- Brian Nielsen+2.62% 77.2″ reach · 35th 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: José Ribalta on English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), as of 2026-07-07. Percentiles and derived figures computed here.