Paul Pender
72″ reach · +2.87% reach advantage · 53rd percentile
Paul Pender has a reach of 72″ against a height of 70″ — a reach advantage of +2.87%, average for middleweight boxing and the 53rd percentile of the 123 compared here.
Reach in context
Reach advantage
+2.87%
72″ reach on a 70″ frame
Compared against 123 middleweight boxing fighters. Median 2.83%.
| Reach | 72″ (182.9 cm) | 48th pct |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 70″ (177.8 cm) | 45th pct |
| Stance | Orthodox | |
| Division | Middleweight Boxing | |
| Peak era | 1950s | |
| Country | United States |
Record
Boxing record
40–6
48 bouts on record
Finish rate
50%
of wins ended inside the distance — middleweight boxing median 60%, 30th percentile
The career, bout by bout
44 recorded bouts from 1949 to 1962. Every incumbent shows this as a table you have to read; here it is as a shape you can see.
Career span
14y
1949–1962
Longest unbeaten run
12
without a loss — draws do not break it
Busiest year
1949
11 bouts
Recorded bouts
44
44 with a date
Fights
| Year | Result | Opponent | Method | Rd |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | W | Terry Downes | Decision | 15 |
| 1961 | L | Terry Downes | KO/TKO | 9 |
| 1961 | W | Carmen Basilio | Decision | 15 |
| 1960 | W | Sugar Ray Robinson | Decision | 15 |
| 1959 | W | Gene Hamilton | Decision | 10 |
| 1959 | W | Jackson Brown | Decision | 12 |
| 1959 | W | Ralph Tiger Jones | Decision | 10 |
| 1959 | W | Joe Shaw | KO/TKO | 5 |
| 1959 | W | Young Beau Jack | DQ | 3 |
| 1959 | W | Joe Gomes | KO/TKO | 6 |
| 1958 | W | Willie Kid Johnson | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 1958 | W | Pete Adams | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 1958 | W | Jackson Brown | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 1956 | W | Jimmy Skinner | Decision | 10 |
| 1955 | L | Gene Fullmer | Decision | 10 |
| 1955 | W | Freddie Mack | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 1954 | W | Ted Olla | Decision | 10 |
| 1954 | W | Larry Villeneuve | Decision | 10 |
| 1952 | L | Jimmy Beau | KO/TKO | 5 |
| 1951 | W | Otis Graham | Decision | 10 |
| 1951 | L | Gene Hairston | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 1951 | D | Joe Rindone | Decision | 10 |
| 1951 | W | Norman Hayes | KO/TKO | 7 |
| 1950 | L | Norman Hayes | Decision | 10 |
| 1950 | W | Harold Sampson | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 1950 | W | Norman Horton | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1950 | W | Ernie Durando | Decision | 10 |
| 1950 | W | Roy Wouters | Decision | 10 |
| 1950 | W | Bobby James | Decision | 10 |
| 1950 | W | Al Couture | KO/TKO | 7 |
| 1950 | W | Charley Dodson | Decision | 10 |
| 1950 | W | Leon Brown | KO/TKO | 5 |
| 1950 | W | Sonny Horne | Decision | 10 |
| 1949 | D | Bill Daley | Decision | 10 |
| 1949 | W | Jose Contreras | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1949 | W | Mike Gillo | Decision | 6 |
| 1949 | W | Ted Brassley | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 1949 | W | Eddie Richardson | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1949 | W | Mike Saad | Decision | 6 |
| 1949 | W | Johnny Rice | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1949 | W | George Meyers | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 1949 | W | Frank Theodore | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1949 | W | Mickey Lane | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1949 | W | Paul Williams | KO/TKO | 1 |
6 of these opponents have their own page here.
Closest in build
middleweight boxing fighters with the nearest reach advantage.
- Milorad Žižić+2.87% 72″ reach · 53rd pct
- Terrell Gausha+2.87% 72″ reach · 53rd pct
- Donald Curry+2.87% 72″ reach · 53rd pct
- Freddie Steele+2.87% 72″ reach · 53rd pct
- Yoshihiro Kamegai+2.85% 71″ reach · 50th pct
- Simon Brown+2.85% 71″ reach · 50th pct
- Lukáš Konečný+2.89% 70.1″ reach · 57th pct
- Cory Spinks+2.85% 71″ reach · 50th 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: Paul Pender on English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), as of 2026-07-07. Percentiles and derived figures computed here.