Sumbu Kalambay
72″ reach · +4.34% reach advantage · 76th percentile
Sumbu Kalambay has a reach of 72″ against a height of 69″ — a reach advantage of +4.34%, long for middleweight boxing and the 76th percentile of the 123 compared here.
Reach in context
Reach advantage
+4.34%
72″ reach on a 69″ frame
Compared against 123 middleweight boxing fighters. Median 2.83%.
| Reach | 72″ (182.9 cm) | 48th pct |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 69″ (175.3 cm) | 29th pct |
| Stance | Orthodox | |
| Division | Middleweight Boxing | |
| Peak era | 1980s | |
| Country | Italy |
Record
Boxing record
57–6
64 bouts on record
Finish rate
58%
of wins ended inside the distance — middleweight boxing median 60%, 45th percentile
The career, bout by bout
61 recorded bouts from 1980 to 1993. Every incumbent shows this as a table you have to read; here it is as a shape you can see.
Career span
14y
1980–1993
Longest unbeaten run
30
without a loss — draws do not break it
Busiest year
1981
10 bouts
Recorded bouts
61
61 with a date
Fights
| Year | Result | Opponent | Method | Rd |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | L | Chris Pyatt | Decision | 12 |
| 1993 | W | Eddie Evans | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1992 | W | Steve Collins | Decision | 12 |
| 1992 | W | Paul Wesley | Decision | 10 |
| 1992 | W | Herol Graham | Decision | 12 |
| 1991 | W | Miodrag Perunović | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 1991 | W | John Ashton | KO/TKO | 6 |
| 1991 | L | Mike McCallum | Decision | 12 |
| 1990 | W | Miguel Angel Maldonado | Decision | 8 |
| 1990 | W | Frederic Seillier | KO/TKO | 9 |
| 1990 | W | Francesco Dell'Aquila | KO/TKO | 9 |
| 1989 | W | Reggie Miller | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1989 | W | Tony Powell | KO/TKO | 5 |
| 1989 | L | Michael Nunn | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1988 | W | Doug DeWitt | KO/TKO | 7 |
| 1988 | W | Robbie Sims | Decision | 12 |
| 1988 | W | Mike McCallum | Decision | 12 |
| 1987 | W | Iran Barkley | Decision | 15 |
| 1987 | W | Herol Graham | Decision | 12 |
| 1987 | W | Basante Blanco | KO/TKO | 5 |
| 1986 | W | Cecil Pettigrew | Decision | 8 |
| 1986 | W | Giovanni De Marco | KO/TKO | 11 |
| 1986 | W | Cliff Gilpin | Decision | 8 |
| 1985 | L | Ayub Kalule | Decision | 12 |
| 1985 | W | Giovanni De Marco | Decision | 12 |
| 1985 | W | Donald Bowers | Decision | 8 |
| 1985 | W | Jose Duarte | Decision | 10 |
| 1985 | L | Duane Thomas | Decision | 10 |
| 1985 | W | Tony Harrison | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 1984 | W | Clint Jackson | Decision | 8 |
| 1984 | W | Tony Cerda | Decision | 8 |
| 1984 | W | Bobby Hoye | Decision | 8 |
| 1984 | W | Allen Alexander | Decision | 8 |
| 1984 | W | Kenneth Styles | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1983 | W | Irving Hines | KO/TKO | 8 |
| 1983 | W | Ralph Moncrief | Decision | 8 |
| 1983 | W | James Williams | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1983 | W | Guy Kennedy | KO/TKO | 6 |
| 1983 | W | Jimmie Sykes | Decision | 8 |
| 1983 | W | Wilson Bell | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1983 | W | Bruce Johnson | KO/TKO | 6 |
| 1982 | W | Stacy McSwain | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 1982 | W | Salvador Perez Ramos | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1982 | W | Buster Drayton | Decision | 8 |
| 1982 | W | Joe Ouru | DQ | 1 |
| 1982 | W | Jose Quinones | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1982 | W | Costello King | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1982 | W | Steve Williams | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1981 | W | Gabriele Lazzari | KO/TKO | 6 |
| 1981 | W | Jose Lozano | Decision | 8 |
| 1981 | W | Michel Pagani | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1981 | W | Sonny Kamunga | KO/TKO | 7 |
| 1981 | W | Jose Luis Duran | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 1981 | W | Christian D'Helft | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 1981 | W | Giovanni Martorina | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1981 | W | Damiano Lassandro | KO/TKO | 8 |
| 1981 | W | Cosimo Carbone | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 1981 | D | Stephane Ferrara | Decision | 6 |
| 1980 | L | Aldo Buzzetti | Decision | 8 |
| 1980 | W | Luigi Marini | KO/TKO | 6 |
Showing the 60 most recent of 61 recorded bouts.
13 of these opponents have their own page here.
Closest in build
middleweight boxing fighters with the nearest reach advantage.
- Johnny Wilson+4.34% 72″ reach · 76th pct
- Esteban Gallard+4.4% 71″ reach · 77th pct
- Vince Dundee+4.4% 71″ reach · 77th pct
- Buster Drayton+4.27% 74″ reach · 72nd pct
- Howard Eastman+4.27% 74″ reach · 72nd pct
- Eddie McGoorty+4.27% 73″ reach · 72nd pct
- Grady Brewer+4.27% 73″ reach · 72nd pct
- Sergio Martínez+4.27% 73″ reach · 72nd 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 123 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
Source: Sumbu Kalambay on English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), as of 2026-07-07. Percentiles and derived figures computed here.