Part of the data ring
FightIndex
Heavyweight boxing · 1980s

Lee Roy Murphy

30–4 · 34 recorded bouts · 1980–1998

Lee Roy Murphy finished 77% of 30 wins inside the distance — the 70th percentile for heavyweight boxing, where the median is 68%. No reach is on record, so this page compares record rather than measurements.

What is on record

Measurements
Reachnot recorded
Height71″ (180.3 cm)
StanceOrthodox
DivisionHeavyweight Boxing
competed at 2: cruiserweight, heavyweight — compared here against the last
Peak era1980s
CountryUnited States

Wikipedia carries no reach figure for Lee Roy Murphy, so the reach-advantage comparison this site is built on cannot be computed. Everything below comes from the record instead.

1980 1990 win vs Gary Hunter (1980)win vs Roger Moore (1980)win vs Elvis Parks (1981)win vs John Trollinger (1981)win vs Darnell Hayes (1981)win vs Reggie Walker (1981)win vs Floyd Cross (1981)win vs Terry Denny (1982)win vs Eddie Smith (1982)win vs Charles Presswood (1982)win vs Frank Diaper (1982)win vs Steve Zouski (1983)win vs Ralph Cuomo (1983)win vs Willie Crawford (1983)win vs Frank Payne (1983)win vs Keith Allen (1983)win vs Ivy Brown (1983)win vs Rahim Muhammad (1983)win vs Charles Allen (1983)win vs Eddie Taylor (1984)win vs Marvin Camel (1984)win vs Darnell Hayes (1984)win vs Chisanda Mutti (1985)loss vs Rickey Parkey (1986)win vs Dorcy Gaymon (1986)loss vs Dwight Muhammad Qawi (1987)win vs Bobby Crabtree (1987)win vs Steve Mormino (1987)win vs Alfonso Ratliff (1989)win vs Terry Armstrong (1990)loss vs Johnny du Plooy (1990)loss vs Mike Evans (1991)win vs Kimmuel Odum (1998)win vs Jerry Brown (1998)
winlossdraw / NC1980–1998

Record

Boxing record

30–4

34 bouts on record

Finish rate

77%

of wins ended inside the distance — heavyweight boxing median 68%, 70th percentile

By knockout: 23 (77%)By decision: 7 (23%)
  • By knockout 77%
  • By decision 23%

The career, bout by bout

34 recorded bouts from 1980 to 1998. Every incumbent shows this as a table you have to read; here it is as a shape you can see.

Career span

19y

1980–1998

Longest unbeaten run

23

without a loss — draws do not break it

Busiest year

1983

8 bouts

Recorded bouts

34

34 with a date

Fights

YearResultOpponentMethodRd
1998 W Kimmuel Odum Decision6
1998 W Jerry Brown KO/TKO4
1991 L Mike Evans Decision12
1990 W Terry Armstrong Decision10
1990 L Johnny du Plooy Decision10
1989 W Alfonso Ratliff KO/TKO4
1987 L Dwight Muhammad Qawi KO/TKO6
1987 W Bobby Crabtree Decision10
1987 W Steve Mormino Decision8
1986 L Rickey Parkey KO/TKO10
1986 W Dorcy Gaymon KO/TKO9
1985 W Chisanda Mutti KO/TKO12
1984 W Eddie Taylor KO/TKO12
1984 W Marvin Camel KO/TKO14
1984 W Darnell Hayes KO/TKO2
1983 W Steve Zouski Decision10
1983 W Ralph Cuomo KO/TKO1
1983 W Willie Crawford KO/TKO1
1983 W Frank Payne Decision10
1983 W Keith Allen KO/TKO6
1983 W Ivy Brown KO/TKO1
1983 W Rahim Muhammad KO/TKO9
1983 W Charles Allen KO/TKO4
1982 W Terry Denny KO/TKO3
1982 W Eddie Smith KO/TKO4
1982 W Charles Presswood KO/TKO1
1982 W Frank Diaper KO/TKO2
1981 W Elvis Parks Decision6
1981 W John Trollinger KO/TKO1
1981 W Darnell Hayes 2
1981 W Reggie Walker KO/TKO2
1981 W Floyd Cross KO/TKO3
1980 W Gary Hunter KO/TKO1
1980 W Roger Moore KO/TKO2

5 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 587 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: Lee Roy Murphy on English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), as of 2026-07-07. Percentiles and derived figures computed here.

See what every site in this family answers

Published by

Amit Sharma

Auckland real-estate agent and marketer. Builds free, sourced data tools.