Roland La Starza
72″ reach · 0% reach advantage · 6th percentile
Roland La Starza has a reach of 72″ against a height of 72″ — a reach advantage of 0%, unusually short for heavyweight boxing and the 6th percentile of the 317 compared here.
Reach in context
Reach advantage
0%
72″ reach on a 72″ frame
Compared against 317 heavyweight boxing fighters. Median 3.99%.
| Reach | 72″ (182.9 cm) | 8th pct |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 72″ (182.9 cm) | 17th pct |
| Stance | Orthodox | |
| Division | Heavyweight Boxing | |
| Peak era | 1950s | |
| Country | United States |
Record
Boxing record
57–9
66 bouts on record
Finish rate
47%
of wins ended inside the distance — heavyweight boxing median 68%, 14th percentile
The career, bout by bout
64 recorded bouts from 1947 to 1961. Every incumbent shows this as a table you have to read; here it is as a shape you can see.
Career span
15y
1947–1961
Longest unbeaten run
39
without a loss — draws do not break it
Busiest year
1948
15 bouts
Recorded bouts
64
62 with a date
Fights
| Year | Result | Opponent | Method | Rd |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 | L | Monroe Ratliff | Decision | 10 |
| 1960 | W | Ike Thomas | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 1960 | W | Danny Logan | KO/TKO | 7 |
| 1958 | L | Larry Zernitz | Decision | 10 |
| 1957 | W | Al Anderson | Decision | 10 |
| 1957 | W | Jimmy McMillan | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 1955 | L | Julio Mederos | KO/TKO | 5 |
| 1954 | L | Charley Norkus | Decision | 10 |
| 1954 | L | Don Cockell | Decision | 10 |
| 1953 | L | Rocky Marciano | KO/TKO | 11 |
| 1953 | W | Rex Layne | Decision | 10 |
| 1952 | W | Rocky Jones | Decision | 10 |
| 1952 | W | Dan Bucceroni | Decision | 10 |
| 1952 | W | Joe McFadden | KO/TKO | 5 |
| 1952 | W | Ralph Schneider | Decision | 10 |
| 1952 | W | Bill Wilson | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 1951 | L | Dan Bucceroni | Decision | 10 |
| 1951 | W | Ted Lowry | Decision | 10 |
| 1951 | W | Gene Felton | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 1951 | W | Vern Mitchell | KO/TKO | 8 |
| 1951 | W | Keene Simmons | Decision | 10 |
| 1951 | W | Curt Kennedy | KO/TKO | 6 |
| 1950 | W | Duilio Spagnolo | Decision | 10 |
| 1950 | W | Keene Simmons | Decision | 8 |
| 1950 | W | Georgie Fuller | KO/TKO | 9 |
| 1950 | W | Jimmy Walls | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 1950 | L | Rocky Marciano | Decision | 10 |
| 1949 | W | César Brion | Decision | 10 |
| 1949 | W | Walter Hafer | KO/TKO | 9 |
| 1949 | W | Joe Dominic | Decision | 6 |
| 1949 | W | Jackie Lyons | KO/TKO | 5 |
| 1949 | W | Harry Haft | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 1949 | W | Jimmy Carollo | Decision | 10 |
| 1949 | W | Eldridge Eatman | Decision | 8 |
| 1949 | W | Gino Buonvino | KO/TKO | 6 |
| 1949 | W | Bill Weinberg | Decision | 8 |
| 1948 | W | Gene Gosney | KO/TKO | 7 |
| 1948 | W | Don Mogard | Decision | 8 |
| 1948 | W | Mike Jacobs | Decision | 6 |
| 1948 | W | Mel McKinney | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 1948 | W | Teddy Georges | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1948 | W | Oscar Goode | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 1948 | W | Tony Gangemi | Decision | 8 |
| 1948 | W | Benny Rusk | Decision | 6 |
| 1948 | W | Freddie McManus | Decision | 6 |
| 1948 | W | John Holloway | KO/TKO | 5 |
| 1948 | W | Claude McClintock | Decision | 6 |
| 1948 | W | Steve King | Decision | 6 |
| 1948 | W | Jimmy White | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1948 | W | Frankie Reed | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 1948 | W | Mike Belluscio | Decision | 6 |
| 1947 | W | Luther McMillan | Decision | 6 |
| 1947 | W | Fred Ramsey | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 1947 | W | Matt Mincy | Decision | 6 |
| 1947 | W | Lorne McCarthy | Decision | 6 |
| 1947 | W | Jimmy Evans | Decision | 6 |
| 1947 | W | Zeke Brown | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1947 | W | Jim Johnson | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1947 | W | Jimmy Dodd | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 1947 | W | Al Zappala | KO/TKO | 5 |
Showing the 60 most recent of 64 recorded bouts.
6 of these opponents have their own page here.
Closest in build
heavyweight boxing fighters with the nearest reach advantage.
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 317 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: Roland La Starza on English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), as of 2026-08-03. Percentiles and derived figures computed here.