Ricky Burns
70″ reach · +1.43% reach advantage · 30th percentile
Ricky Burns has a reach of 70″ against a height of 69″ — a reach advantage of +1.43%, short for welterweight boxing and the 30th percentile of the 130 compared here.
Reach in context
Reach advantage
+1.43%
70″ reach on a 69″ frame
Compared against 130 welterweight boxing fighters. Median 2.83%.
| Reach | 70″ (177.8 cm) | 44th pct |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 69″ (175.3 cm) | 62nd pct |
| Stance | Orthodox | |
| Division | Welterweight Boxing competed at 4: super featherweight, lightweight, light welterweight, welterweight — compared here against the last | |
| Peak era | 2010s | |
| Country | United Kingdom |
Record
Boxing record
45–8
54 bouts on record
Finish rate
38%
of wins ended inside the distance — welterweight boxing median 54%, 25th percentile
The career, bout by bout
54 recorded bouts from 2001 to 2023. Every incumbent shows this as a table you have to read; here it is as a shape you can see.
Career span
23y
2001–2023
Longest unbeaten run
17
without a loss — draws do not break it
Busiest year
2007
6 bouts
Recorded bouts
54
54 with a date
Fights
| Year | Result | Opponent | Method | Rd |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | W | Willie Limond | KO/TKO | 8 |
| 2021 | W | Emiliano Dominguez | Decision | 10 |
| 2019 | L | Lee Selby | — | 12 |
| 2018 | W | Scott Cardle | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 2018 | W | Ivan Njegac | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 2017 | L | Anthony Crolla | Decision | 12 |
| 2017 | L | Julius Indongo | Decision | 12 |
| 2016 | W | Kiryl Relikh | Decision | 12 |
| 2016 | W | Michele di Rocco | KO/TKO | 8 |
| 2015 | W | Josh King | — | 11 |
| 2015 | W | Prince Ofotsu | KO/TKO | 5 |
| 2015 | L | Omar Figueroa Jr. | Decision | 12 |
| 2014 | W | Alexandre Lepelley | Decision | 8 |
| 2014 | L | Dejan Zlatičanin | Decision | 12 |
| 2014 | L | Terence Crawford | Decision | 12 |
| 2013 | D | Ray Beltrán | Draw | 12 |
| 2013 | W | Jose Gonzalez | KO/TKO | 9 |
| 2012 | W | Kevin Mitchell | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 2012 | W | Paulus Moses | Decision | 12 |
| 2011 | W | Michael Katsidis | Decision | 12 |
| 2011 | W | Nicky Cook | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2011 | W | Joseph Laryea | — | 7 |
| 2010 | W | Andreas Evensen | Decision | 12 |
| 2010 | W | Román Martínez | Decision | 12 |
| 2010 | W | Youssef Al Hamidi | Decision | 8 |
| 2009 | W | Kevin O'Hara | Decision | 12 |
| 2009 | W | Michael Gomez | KO/TKO | 7 |
| 2008 | W | Yakubu Amidu | KO/TKO | 7 |
| 2008 | W | Osumanu Akaba | Decision | 12 |
| 2008 | W | Gheorghe Ghiompirica | Decision | 10 |
| 2008 | W | Billy Smith | Decision | 4 |
| 2008 | W | Silence Saheed | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 2007 | W | Billy Smith | Decision | 6 |
| 2007 | W | Youssef Al Hamidi | Decision | 6 |
| 2007 | W | Ben Odamattey | Decision | 8 |
| 2007 | W | Frederic Bonifai | KO/TKO | 5 |
| 2007 | W | Ernie Smith | Decision | 6 |
| 2007 | L | Carl Johanneson | Decision | 12 |
| 2006 | W | Wladimir Borov | Decision | 8 |
| 2006 | W | Adolphe Avadja | KO/TKO | 5 |
| 2006 | L | Alex Arthur | — | 12 |
| 2005 | W | Alan Temple | Decision | 4 |
| 2005 | W | Haider Ali | Decision | 8 |
| 2005 | W | Buster Dennis | Decision | 6 |
| 2005 | W | Graham Earl | Decision | 8 |
| 2004 | W | Colin Bain | Decision | 6 |
| 2004 | W | Jeff Thomas | Decision | 4 |
| 2004 | W | Daniel Thorpe | Decision | 6 |
| 2002 | W | Nono Junior | Decision | 8 |
| 2002 | W | Neil Murray | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 2002 | W | Ernie Smith | Decision | 6 |
| 2002 | W | Gary Harrison | — | 1 |
| 2002 | W | Peter Allen | Decision | 6 |
| 2001 | W | Woody Greenaway | — | 4 |
19 of these opponents have their own page here.
Closest in build
welterweight boxing fighters with the nearest reach advantage.
- Randall Bailey+1.43% 70″ reach · 30th pct
- Souleymane M'baye+1.43% 70″ reach · 30th pct
- Breidis Prescott+1.44% 72″ reach · 32nd pct
- Holman Williams+1.41% 71″ reach · 27th pct
- Mohamed Mimoune+1.41% 71″ reach · 27th pct
- Delante Johnson+1.41% 71″ reach · 27th pct
- Shohjahon Ergashev+1.41% 71″ reach · 27th pct
- Battling Shaw+1.47% 68″ reach · 33rd 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 130 welterweight 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: Ricky Burns on English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), as of 2026-07-14. Percentiles and derived figures computed here.