Marlon Starling
74″ reach · +8.86% reach advantage · 98th percentile
Marlon Starling has a reach of 74″ against a height of 68″ — a reach advantage of +8.86%, exceptional for middleweight boxing and the 98th percentile of the 123 compared here.
Reach in context
Reach advantage
+8.86%
74″ reach on a 68″ frame
Compared against 123 middleweight boxing fighters. Median 2.83%.
| Reach | 74″ (188 cm) | 77th pct |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 68″ (172.7 cm) | 13th pct |
| Stance | Orthodox | |
| Division | Middleweight Boxing competed at 2: welterweight, middleweight — compared here against the last | |
| Peak era | 1980s | |
| Country | United States |
Record
Boxing record
45–6
52 bouts on record
Finish rate
60%
of wins ended inside the distance — middleweight boxing median 60%, 49th percentile
The career, bout by bout
55 recorded bouts from 1979 to 1990. Every incumbent shows this as a table you have to read; here it is as a shape you can see.
Career span
12y
1979–1990
Longest unbeaten run
19
without a loss — draws do not break it
Busiest year
1980
7 bouts
Recorded bouts
55
53 with a date
Fights
| Year | Result | Opponent | Method | Rd |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | L | Maurice Blocker | Decision | 12 |
| 1990 | L | Michael Nunn | Decision | 12 |
| 1989 | W | Young Kil Jung | Decision | 12 |
| 1989 | W | Lloyd Honeyghan | KO/TKO | 9 |
| 1988 | ? | Tomás Molinares | — | 6 |
| 1988 | D | Mark Breland | Decision | 12 |
| 1988 | W | Fujio Ozaki | Decision | 12 |
| 1987 | W | Mark Breland | KO/TKO | 11 |
| 1987 | W | Norberto Bueno | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 1987 | W | Pedro Vilella | Decision | 10 |
| 1986 | W | Roberto Mendez | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 1986 | W | Dexter Smith | KO/TKO | 5 |
| 1986 | L | Johnny Bumphus | — | 6 |
| 1986 | W | Ralph Twinning | KO/TKO | 7 |
| 1986 | W | Leo Davis | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1985 | W | Simon Brown | Decision | 12 |
| 1985 | W | Reggie Miller | Decision | 10 |
| 1985 | W | Floyd Mayweather Sr. | Decision | 12 |
| 1984 | L | Pedro Vilella | Decision | 12 |
| 1984 | W | Lupe Aquino | Decision | 12 |
| 1984 | L | Donald Curry | Decision | 15 |
| 1983 | W | Bob Graddy | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 1983 | W | Sammy Rookard | KO/TKO | 5 |
| 1983 | W | Tommy Ayers | Decision | 12 |
| 1983 | W | Kevin Howard | Decision | 12 |
| 1983 | W | Jose Baret | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 1983 | W | Manuel Madera | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 1982 | L | Donald Curry | Decision | 12 |
| 1982 | W | Inocencio De la Rosa | Decision | 10 |
| 1982 | W | Kevin Morgan | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1982 | W | Babilah McCarthy | KO/TKO | 9 |
| 1982 | W | Ricardo Raul Camoranesi | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 1982 | W | Jose Luis Santana | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1982 | W | Danny Paul | Decision | 10 |
| 1981 | W | Jack Morrell | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1981 | W | Juan Hidalgo | KO/TKO | 5 |
| 1981 | W | Johnny Cooper | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1981 | W | Miguel Angel Hernandez | KO/TKO | 8 |
| 1981 | W | Floyd Mayweather Sr. | Decision | 10 |
| 1981 | W | Bruce Strauss | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1981 | W | Ruby Ortiz | Decision | 10 |
| 1980 | W | Curtis Taylor | Decision | 10 |
| 1980 | W | Dave Bolden | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 1980 | W | Benji Goldstone | KO/TKO | 5 |
| 1980 | W | Eddie Campbell | Decision | 8 |
| 1980 | W | Feliciano Cintron | KO/TKO | 6 |
| 1980 | W | Frank Minnigan | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 1980 | W | Charles Newell | KO/TKO | 7 |
| 1979 | W | John Saxton | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 1979 | W | Hector Ortiz | Decision | 6 |
| 1979 | W | Jerry North | Decision | 4 |
| 1979 | W | Hubert Jackson | Decision | 4 |
| 1979 | W | Tim LaValley | KO/TKO | 3 |
| — | W | Charles Newel | — | — |
| — | ? | Opponent | — | — |
14 of these opponents have their own page here.
Closest in build
middleweight boxing fighters with the nearest reach advantage.
- Gorilla Jones+8.67% 75″ reach · 98th pct
- Emile Griffith+8.29% 72″ reach · 97th pct
- Les Darcy+7.58% 71″ reach · 96th pct
- Yoshihiro Sato+7.47% 78.7″ reach · 95th pct
- Lou Brouillard+7.46% 72″ reach · 93rd pct
- José Nápoles+7.46% 72″ reach · 93rd pct
- Bert Schenk+7.24% 74″ reach · 93rd pct
- Marvelous Marvin Hagler+7.14% 75″ reach · 92nd 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: Marlon Starling on English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), as of 2026-07-28. Percentiles and derived figures computed here.