Michael Thompson
17–9 · 27 recorded bouts · 1987–1999
Michael Thompson finished 35% of 17 wins inside the distance — the 6th 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
| Reach | not recorded | |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 71.3″ (181 cm) | |
| Stance | Orthodox | |
| Division | Heavyweight Boxing competed at 2: cruiserweight, heavyweight — compared here against the last | |
| Peak era | 1980s | |
| Country | United Kingdom |
Wikipedia carries no reach figure for Michael Thompson, so the reach-advantage comparison this site is built on cannot be computed. Everything below comes from the record instead.
Record
Boxing record
17–9
27 bouts counted from the fight table
Finish rate
35%
of wins ended inside the distance — heavyweight boxing median 68%, 6th percentile
The career, bout by bout
27 recorded bouts from 1987 to 1999. Every incumbent shows this as a table you have to read; here it is as a shape you can see.
Career span
13y
1987–1999
Longest unbeaten run
6
without a loss — draws do not break it
Busiest year
1987
7 bouts
Recorded bouts
27
26 with a date
Fights
| Year | Result | Opponent | Method | Rd |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | L | align=left| Michael McDonald | — | — |
| 1998 | W | align=left| Musashi | Decision | 5 |
| 1997 | W | align=left| Musashi | Decision | 5 |
| 1996 | W | align=left| Attila Fusko | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 1996 | L | align=left| Duane van der Merwe | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1995 | L | align=left| Andy Hug | Decision | 3 |
| 1995 | W | align=left| Rene Papais | Decision | 3 |
| 1995 | W | align=left| Pedro Rizzo | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 1995 | L | align=left| Ernesto Hoost | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1995 | L | align=left| Peter Aerts | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1994 | L | align=left| Sam Greco | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1994 | W | align=left| Kenneth Felter | Decision | 3 |
| 1994 | W | align=left| Eiji Matsumoto | Decision | 3 |
| 1994 | W | align=left| Wataru Uchida | KO/TKO | — |
| 1994 | W | align=left| Changpuek Kiatsongrit | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 1994 | L | align=left| Masaaki Satake | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 1994 | W | align=left| Gary Sandland | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 1993 | L | align=left| Taiei Kin | Decision | 4 |
| 1993 | W | align=left| Nobuaki Kakuda | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1987 | L | align=left| Shokei Matsui | — | — |
| 1987 | W | align=left| Hiroki Kurosawa | — | — |
| 1987 | W | align=left| Kenji Midori | — | — |
| 1987 | W | align=left| H. Hashizume | — | — |
| 1987 | W | align=left| A. Guerrero | — | — |
| 1987 | W | align=left| Adolfo Corredor | — | — |
| 1987 | W | align=left| Stephen Takiwa | — | — |
| — | ? | Opponent | — | — |
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 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
Source: Michael Thompson (karateka) on English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), as of 2026-06-19. Percentiles and derived figures computed here.