Simpiwe Vetyeka
67.3″ reach · +0.59% reach advantage · 24th percentile
Simpiwe Vetyeka has a reach of 67.3″ against a height of 66.9″ — a reach advantage of +0.59%, unusually short for lightweight boxing and the 24th percentile of the 120 compared here.
Reach in context
Reach advantage
+0.59%
67.3″ reach on a 66.9″ frame
Compared against 120 lightweight boxing fighters. Median 3.02%.
| Reach | 67.3″ (171 cm) | 22nd pct |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 66.9″ (170 cm) | 44th pct |
| Stance | Orthodox | |
| Division | Lightweight Boxing competed at 4: bantamweight, super bantamweight, featherweight, lightweight — compared here against the last | |
| Peak era | 2000s | |
| Country | South Africa |
Record
Boxing record
30–4
34 bouts on record
Finish rate
60%
of wins ended inside the distance — lightweight boxing median 51%, 63rd percentile
The career, bout by bout
34 recorded bouts from 2002 to 2018. Every incumbent shows this as a table you have to read; here it is as a shape you can see.
Career span
17y
2002–2018
Longest unbeaten run
18
without a loss — draws do not break it
Busiest year
2002
5 bouts
Recorded bouts
34
34 with a date
Fights
| Year | Result | Opponent | Method | Rd |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | W | Thompson Mokwana | KO/TKO | 8 |
| 2017 | L | Lerato Dlamini | Decision | 10 |
| 2016 | W | Tsuyoshi Tameda | Decision | 10 |
| 2015 | W | Rodolfo Puente | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 2014 | W | Arturo Santos Reyes | Decision | 12 |
| 2014 | L | Nonito Donaire | — | 5 |
| 2013 | W | Chris John | KO/TKO | 6 |
| 2013 | W | Daud Yordan | KO/TKO | 12 |
| 2012 | W | Sibusiso Khumalo | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 2012 | L | Klaas Mboyane | Decision | 8 |
| 2011 | W | Giovanni Caro | Decision | 12 |
| 2011 | W | Roberto Carlos Leyva | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 2009 | W | Eric Barcelona | Decision | 12 |
| 2008 | W | Nkosinathi Tshinavhe | KO/TKO | 8 |
| 2008 | W | Nkqubela Gwazela | Decision | 12 |
| 2007 | W | Lubabalo Msuthu | KO/TKO | 8 |
| 2007 | W | Ebenezer Tumane | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 2007 | L | Hozumi Hasegawa | Decision | 12 |
| 2006 | W | Sakhumzi Bongwana | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 2006 | W | Siyabonga Nyanga | Decision | 12 |
| 2005 | W | Wendy Mackenzie | KO/TKO | 8 |
| 2005 | W | Sakhumzi Bongwana | KO/TKO | 7 |
| 2005 | W | Luthando Maqolo | KO/TKO | 7 |
| 2005 | W | Khulile Makeba | Decision | 12 |
| 2004 | W | Mzimkhulu Funde | Decision | 6 |
| 2004 | W | Bonile Ngcingane | Decision | 6 |
| 2004 | W | Zilindile Kafatyi | Decision | 6 |
| 2003 | W | Siyabulela Ziqula | Decision | 8 |
| 2003 | W | Mlungiseleli Jambela | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 2002 | W | Phillip Stelle | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 2002 | W | Yongama Jezile | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 2002 | W | Sithembile Mangweni | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 2002 | W | Msitheli Gxalathana | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 2002 | W | Lundi Mbozi | Decision | 4 |
7 of these opponents have their own page here.
Closest in build
lightweight boxing fighters with the nearest reach advantage.
- Katharina Thanderz+0.58% 67.7″ reach · 23rd pct
- Guts Ishimatsu+0.58% 67.7″ reach · 23rd pct
- Robbie Peden+1.16% 68.9″ reach · 25th pct
- Arturo Frias0% 67″ reach · 12th pct
- Alejandro González0% 68″ reach · 12th pct
- Sean O'Grady0% 70″ reach · 12th pct
- Kevin Mitchell0% 68″ reach · 12th pct
- Jelena Mrdjenovich0% 67″ reach · 12th 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 120 lightweight 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: Simpiwe Vetyeka on English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), as of 2026-07-07. Percentiles and derived figures computed here.