Tim Witherspoon
78″ reach · +3.99% reach advantage · 49th percentile
Tim Witherspoon has a reach of 78″ against a height of 75″ — a reach advantage of +3.99%, average for heavyweight boxing and the 49th percentile of the 317 compared here.
Reach in context
Reach advantage
+3.99%
78″ reach on a 75″ frame
Compared against 317 heavyweight boxing fighters. Median 3.99%.
| Reach | 78″ (198.1 cm) | 53rd pct |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 75″ (190.5 cm) | 57th pct |
| Stance | Orthodox | |
| Division | Heavyweight Boxing | |
| Peak era | 1980s | |
| Country | United States |
Record
Boxing record
55–13
69 bouts on record
Finish rate
69%
of wins ended inside the distance — heavyweight boxing median 68%, 53rd percentile
The career, bout by bout
70 recorded bouts from 1979 to 2003. Every incumbent shows this as a table you have to read; here it is as a shape you can see.
Career span
25y
1979–2003
Longest unbeaten run
17
without a loss — draws do not break it
Busiest year
1981
7 bouts
Recorded bouts
70
69 with a date
Fights
| Year | Result | Opponent | Method | Rd |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | L | Brian Nix | Decision | 10 |
| 2002 | L | Lou Savarese | KO/TKO | 5 |
| 2002 | W | Ahmed Abdin | Decision | 10 |
| 2002 | W | Darroll Wilson | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 2002 | W | Ed White | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2001 | W | Cleveland Woods | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2001 | L | Monte Barrett | Decision | 10 |
| 2001 | W | Danny Wofford | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 2001 | W | Elieser Castillo | Decision | 10 |
| 2001 | W | David Bostice | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2000 | W | David Smith | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 2000 | D | Mike Sedillo | Draw | 12 |
| 2000 | W | Joe Ballard | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1999 | L | Greg Page | KO/TKO | 7 |
| 1999 | L | Brian Nielsen | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 1998 | L | Andrew Golota | Decision | 10 |
| 1998 | L | Jimmy Thunder | Decision | 10 |
| 1997 | L | Larry Donald | Decision | 12 |
| 1997 | W | Levi Billups | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1996 | L | Ray Mercer | Decision | 10 |
| 1996 | W | Jorge Luis González | KO/TKO | 5 |
| 1996 | W | Al Cole | Decision | 10 |
| 1995 | W | Tim Puller | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1995 | W | Everton Davis | KO/TKO | 7 |
| 1995 | W | Jesse Shelby | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1994 | W | Nathaniel Fitch | KO/TKO | 6 |
| 1994 | W | Sherman Griffin | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 1992 | W | Tony Willis | Decision | 10 |
| 1992 | L | Everett Martin | Decision | 10 |
| 1992 | W | James Pritchard | Decision | 10 |
| 1992 | W | Jimmy Lee Smith | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1991 | W | Art Tucker | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 1991 | W | Carl Williams | Decision | 12 |
| 1990 | W | José Ribalta | Decision | 10 |
| 1990 | W | Greg Gorrell | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 1990 | W | Jeff Sims | — | 5 |
| 1989 | W | Anders Eklund | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1989 | W | Larry Alexander | Decision | 10 |
| 1988 | W | Mauricio Villegas | KO/TKO | 9 |
| 1987 | W | Mike Williams | Decision | 10 |
| 1987 | W | Mark Wills | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1986 | L | James Smith | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1986 | W | Frank Bruno | KO/TKO | 11 |
| 1986 | W | Tony Tubbs | Decision | 15 |
| 1985 | W | Sammy Scaff | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 1985 | W | Larry Beilfuss | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1985 | W | James Smith | Decision | 12 |
| 1985 | W | James Broad | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1985 | W | Mark Wills | KO/TKO | 9 |
| 1984 | L | Pinklon Thomas | Decision | 12 |
| 1984 | W | Greg Page | Decision | 12 |
| 1983 | W | James Tillis | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1983 | W | Floyd Cummings | Decision | 10 |
| 1983 | L | Larry Holmes | — | 12 |
| 1982 | W | Renaldo Snipes | — | 10 |
| 1982 | W | Luis Acosta | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1981 | W | Alfonzo Ratliff | KO/TKO | 7 |
| 1981 | W | Curtis Gaskins | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1981 | W | Jerry Williams | KO/TKO | 8 |
| 1981 | W | Bobby Jordan | KO/TKO | 4 |
Showing the 60 most recent of 70 recorded bouts.
28 of these opponents have their own page here.
Closest in build
heavyweight boxing fighters with the nearest reach advantage.
- Niño Valdés+3.99% 78″ reach · 49th pct
- Alexander Flores+3.99% 79″ reach · 49th pct
- Scott Gammer+3.99% 78″ reach · 49th pct
- Zhan Kossobutskiy+3.99% 78″ reach · 49th pct
- Monte Barrett+3.99% 78″ reach · 49th pct
- Éric Molina+3.99% 79″ reach · 49th pct
- Trevor Bryan+3.99% 79″ reach · 49th pct
- Michael Dokes+3.99% 78″ reach · 49th 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 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: Tim Witherspoon on English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), as of 2026-07-25. Percentiles and derived figures computed here.