Rafael Márquez
68″ reach · +4.6% reach advantage · 77th percentile
Rafael Márquez has a reach of 68″ against a height of 65″ — a reach advantage of +4.6%, long for featherweight boxing and the 77th percentile of the 101 compared here.
Reach in context
Reach advantage
+4.6%
68″ reach on a 65″ frame
Compared against 101 featherweight boxing fighters. Median 3%.
| Reach | 68″ (172.7 cm) | 51st pct |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 65″ (165.1 cm) | 24th pct |
| Stance | Orthodox | |
| Division | Featherweight Boxing competed at 3: bantamweight, super bantamweight, featherweight — compared here against the last | |
| Peak era | 2000s | |
| Country | Mexico |
Record
Boxing record
41–9
50 bouts on record
Finish rate
90%
of wins ended inside the distance — featherweight boxing median 51%, 97th percentile
The career, bout by bout
50 recorded bouts from 1995 to 2013. Every incumbent shows this as a table you have to read; here it is as a shape you can see.
Career span
19y
1995–2013
Longest unbeaten run
17
without a loss — draws do not break it
Busiest year
1998
7 bouts
Recorded bouts
50
49 with a date
Fights
| Year | Result | Opponent | Method | Rd |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | L | Efrain Esquivias | KO/TKO | 9 |
| 2012 | L | Cristian Mijares | KO/TKO | 9 |
| 2012 | W | Eric Aiken | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2011 | L | Toshiaki Nishioka | Decision | 12 |
| 2011 | W | Eduardo Becerril | KO/TKO | 6 |
| 2010 | L | Juan Manuel López | KO/TKO | 8 |
| 2010 | W | Israel Vázquez | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 2009 | W | Jose Francisco Mendoza | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 2008 | L | Israel Vázquez | Decision | 12 |
| 2007 | L | Israel Vázquez | KO/TKO | 6 |
| 2006 | W | Silence Mabuza | KO/TKO | 9 |
| 2005 | W | Silence Mabuza | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 2005 | W | Ricardo Vargas | Decision | 12 |
| 2004 | W | Mauricio Pastrana | KO/TKO | 8 |
| 2004 | W | Heriberto Ruiz | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 2004 | W | Peter Frissina | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 2003 | W | Mauricio Pastrana | Decision | 12 |
| 2003 | W | Tim Austin | KO/TKO | 8 |
| 2002 | W | Jorge Otero | KO/TKO | 6 |
| 2002 | W | Mark Johnson | KO/TKO | 8 |
| 2001 | W | Mark Johnson | — | 10 |
| 2001 | W | Gerardo Espinoza | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 2001 | W | Miguel Ochoa | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 2001 | W | Jovy Chan | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 2000 | W | Aquiles Guzman | KO/TKO | 7 |
| 2000 | L | Genaro Garcia | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 2000 | W | Tomas Rivera | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 2000 | W | Arturo Estrada | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 2000 | W | Ricardo Barrera | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1999 | W | Adrian Cristian Ochoa | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 1999 | W | Angel Almena | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1999 | W | Jose Guadalupe Gastelum | — | 6 |
| 1998 | W | Ricardo Barrera | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1998 | W | Dario Diaz | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1998 | W | Ivan Salazar | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 1998 | L | Francisco Mateos | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 1998 | W | Beldevear Meza | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 1998 | W | Jose Felipe Garcia | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1998 | W | Julian Mujica | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1997 | W | Evaristo Primero | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 1997 | W | Jose Guillermo Sanchez | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 1997 | W | Gabriel Tinajero | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1997 | W | Juan Mendoza | — | 6 |
| 1996 | W | Oscar Zamora | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1996 | W | Robert Enriquez | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 1996 | W | Mucio Castillo | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1996 | W | Sergio Lopez | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1996 | W | Jose Godinez | — | 2 |
| 1995 | L | Victor Rabanales | — | 8 |
| — | ? | Opponent | — | — |
14 of these opponents have their own page here.
Closest in build
featherweight boxing fighters with the nearest reach advantage.
- Alicia Napoleon+4.6% 68″ reach · 77th pct
- Rodolfo Gonzales+4.6% 71.7″ reach · 77th pct
- Willie Pep+4.6% 68″ reach · 77th pct
- Chris John+4.59% 69″ reach · 76th pct
- Elio Rojas+4.47% 70″ reach · 75th pct
- George Dixon+4.75% 66″ reach · 81st pct
- Nick Ball+4.83% 65″ reach · 82nd pct
- Tiger Smalls+4.34% 72″ reach · 73rd 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 101 featherweight 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: Rafael Márquez (boxer) on English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), as of 2026-07-07. Percentiles and derived figures computed here.