Lionel Butler
72″ reach · +1.44% reach advantage · 28th percentile
Lionel Butler has a reach of 72″ against a height of 71″ — a reach advantage of +1.44%, short for heavyweight boxing and the 28th percentile of the 317 compared here.
Reach in context
Reach advantage
+1.44%
72″ reach on a 71″ frame
Compared against 317 heavyweight boxing fighters. Median 3.99%.
| Reach | 72″ (182.9 cm) | 8th pct |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 71″ (180.3 cm) | 9th pct |
| Stance | Orthodox | |
| Division | Heavyweight Boxing | |
| Peak era | 1990s | |
| Country | United States |
Record
Boxing record
32–17
51 bouts on record
Finish rate
78%
of wins ended inside the distance — heavyweight boxing median 68%, 74th percentile
The career, bout by bout
53 recorded bouts from 1989 to 2010. Every incumbent shows this as a table you have to read; here it is as a shape you can see.
Career span
22y
1989–2010
Longest unbeaten run
12
without a loss — draws do not break it
Busiest year
1990
9 bouts
Recorded bouts
53
51 with a date
Fights
| Year | Result | Opponent | Method | Rd |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | L | Damian Wills | Decision | 10 |
| 2010 | L | Andrey Fedosov | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 2009 | W | Fred Kassi | Decision | 6 |
| 2003 | L | Andre Purlette | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 2003 | W | Dan Ward | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 2003 | W | John Dixon | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 2002 | W | Willie Driver | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 2002 | W | Craig Brinson | Decision | 4 |
| 1998 | L | Brian Nielsen | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1997 | W | Cleveland Woods | KO/TKO | 9 |
| 1997 | L | Michael Grant | DQ | 4 |
| 1997 | W | Marcos Gonzalez | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1996 | W | Bomani Parker | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1996 | W | Salvador Maciel | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1996 | L | Chris Byrd | KO/TKO | 8 |
| 1996 | W | Mauricio Villegas | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1995 | L | Lennox Lewis | KO/TKO | 5 |
| 1995 | W | James Flowers | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1994 | ? | Eric Curry | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 1994 | W | Jerry Jones | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1994 | W | James Smith | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 1993 | W | Lawrence Carter | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1993 | W | Tim Bullock | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1993 | W | Jesse Shelby | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 1993 | W | Craig Payne | — | 7 |
| 1993 | W | Tony Willis | KO/TKO | 5 |
| 1992 | W | John Morton | KO/TKO | 5 |
| 1992 | W | Tony Tubbs | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1992 | W | David Dixon | DQ | 4 |
| 1992 | W | Juan Ramon Perez | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1992 | W | Sam Adkins | KO/TKO | 5 |
| 1991 | W | Terry Verners | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1991 | W | Dominic Parker | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1991 | W | Don Askew | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1991 | L | Kevin Ford | Decision | 8 |
| 1991 | W | James Ruffin | — | 1 |
| 1991 | L | Terry Davis | DQ | 2 |
| 1990 | L | Terry Davis | — | 5 |
| 1990 | L | Oliver McCall | — | 10 |
| 1990 | D | Sean McClain | Draw | 1 |
| 1990 | W | Vyacheslav Yakovlev | — | 6 |
| 1990 | L | Craig Petersen | Decision | 6 |
| 1990 | W | Tim Adams | Decision | 4 |
| 1990 | L | Sammy Speech | Decision | 6 |
| 1990 | W | Jerry Goff | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1990 | W | Troy Jefferson | Decision | 4 |
| 1989 | L | James Pritchard | KO/TKO | 6 |
| 1989 | L | Cleveland Woods | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1989 | W | Michael Carroll | — | 6 |
| 1989 | L | Riddick Bowe | — | 2 |
| 1989 | L | Phil Jackson | — | 4 |
| — | D | Sean | Draw | — |
| — | ? | Opponent | — | — |
12 of these opponents have their own page here.
Closest in build
heavyweight boxing fighters with the nearest reach advantage.
- Orlin Norris+1.43% 70″ reach · 27th pct
- Yvon Durelle+1.43% 70″ reach · 27th pct
- Stanley Ketchel+1.43% 70″ reach · 27th pct
- Jose Roman+1.41% 71″ reach · 26th pct
- Mike Tyson+1.41% 71″ reach · 26th pct
- Alen Babić+1.4% 74″ reach · 25th pct
- Amir Mansour+1.4% 74″ reach · 25th pct
- Iran Barkley+1.4% 74″ reach · 25th 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: Lionel Butler on English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), as of 2026-07-30. Percentiles and derived figures computed here.