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Steve Collins

71″ reach · -1.42% reach advantage · 5th percentile

Steve Collins has a reach of 71″ against a height of 72″ — a reach advantage of -1.42%, unusually short for super middleweight boxing and the 5th percentile of the 75 compared here.

Reach in context

Reach advantage

-1.42%

71″ reach on a 72″ frame

Compared against 75 super middleweight boxing fighters. Median 2.83%.

-2.8%super middleweight boxing reach advantage8.5%
Measurements
Reach71″ (180.3 cm)27th pct
Height72″ (182.9 cm)70th pct
StanceOrthodox
DivisionSuper Middleweight Boxing
competed at 2: middleweight, super middleweight — compared here against the last
Peak era1990s
CountryIreland

Record

Boxing record

36–3

39 bouts on record

Finish rate

58%

of wins ended inside the distance — super middleweight boxing median 61%, 43rd percentile

By knockout: 21 (58%)By decision: 15 (42%)
  • By knockout 58%
  • By decision 42%

The career, bout by bout

38 recorded bouts from 1986 to 1997. Every incumbent shows this as a table you have to read; here it is as a shape you can see.

1990 win vs Richard Holloway (1986)win vs Mike Bonislawski (1986)win vs Julio Mercado (1986)win vs Bennie Sims (1987)win vs Mike Williams (1987)win vs Harold Souther (1987)win vs Richard Holmes (1987)win vs Jesse Lanton (1988)win vs Muhammad Shabazz (1988)win vs Michael Dale (1988)win vs Lester Yarbrough (1988)win vs Sam Storey (1988)win vs Roberto Rosiles (1989)win vs Tony Thornton (1989)win vs Kevin Watts (1989)win vs Paul McPeek (1989)win vs Eddie Hall (1990)win vs Fermin Chirino (1990)loss vs Mike McCallum (1990)win vs Danny Morgan (1991)win vs Jean-Noel Camara (1991)win vs Kenny Snow (1991)loss vs Sumbu Kalambay (1992)loss vs Reggie Johnson (1992)win vs Wayne Ellis (1993)win vs Gerhard Botes (1993)win vs Ian Strudwick (1993)win vs Johnny Melfah (1993)win vs Chris Pyatt (1994)win vs Paul Wesley (1994)win vs Johnny Melfah (1994)win vs Cornelius Carr (1995)win vs Chris Eubank (1995)win vs Nigel Benn (1996)win vs Neville Brown (1996)win vs Craig Cummings (1997)win vs Frederic Seillier (1997)
winlossdraw / NC1986–1997

Career span

12y

1986–1997

Longest unbeaten run

18

without a loss — draws do not break it

Busiest year

1988

5 bouts

Recorded bouts

38

37 with a date

Fights

YearResultOpponentMethodRd
1997 W Craig Cummings KO/TKO3
1997 W Frederic Seillier KO/TKO5
1996 W Nigel Benn 6
1996 W Neville Brown KO/TKO11
1995 W Cornelius Carr Decision12
1995 W Chris Eubank 12
1994 W Chris Pyatt KO/TKO5
1994 W Paul Wesley Decision8
1994 W Johnny Melfah KO/TKO4
1993 W Wayne Ellis KO/TKO9
1993 W Gerhard Botes KO/TKO7
1993 W Ian Strudwick KO/TKO7
1993 W Johnny Melfah KO/TKO3
1992 L Sumbu Kalambay 12
1992 L Reggie Johnson Decision12
1991 W Danny Morgan KO/TKO3
1991 W Jean-Noel Camara KO/TKO3
1991 W Kenny Snow KO/TKO3
1990 W Eddie Hall Decision10
1990 W Fermin Chirino KO/TKO6
1990 L Mike McCallum Decision12
1989 W Roberto Rosiles KO/TKO9
1989 W Tony Thornton 12
1989 W Kevin Watts Decision12
1989 W Paul McPeek KO/TKO9
1988 W Jesse Lanton Decision8
1988 W Muhammad Shabazz 4
1988 W Michael Dale Decision8
1988 W Lester Yarbrough Decision10
1988 W Sam Storey Decision10
1987 W Bennie Sims Decision8
1987 W Mike Williams Decision6
1987 W Harold Souther Decision8
1987 W Richard Holmes KO/TKO1
1986 W Richard Holloway KO/TKO2
1986 W Mike Bonislawski 4
1986 W Julio Mercado 3
? Opponent

9 of these opponents have their own page here.

How this is worked out

  1. Measurements and records are read from the fighter's English Wikipedia infobox; the fight list is parsed from the article's own results table.
  2. Reach advantage is (reach − height) ÷ height as a percentage, so fighters of different sizes compare directly.
  3. Percentiles rank this fighter among the 75 super 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

Full methodology →

Source: Steve Collins on English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), as of 2026-07-27. Percentiles and derived figures computed here.

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