Vusi Malinga
70.9″ reach · +5.88% reach advantage · 82nd percentile
Vusi Malinga has a reach of 70.9″ against a height of 66.9″ — a reach advantage of +5.88%, long for super bantamweight boxing and the 82nd percentile of the 66 compared here.
Reach in context
Reach advantage
+5.88%
70.9″ reach on a 66.9″ frame
Compared against 66 super bantamweight boxing fighters. Median 3.02%.
| Reach | 70.9″ (180 cm) | 85th pct |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 66.9″ (170 cm) | 68th pct |
| Stance | Southpaw | |
| Division | Super Bantamweight Boxing competed at 2: bantamweight, super bantamweight — compared here against the last | |
| Peak era | 2000s | |
| Country | South Africa |
Record
Boxing record
21–6
28 bouts on record
Finish rate
57%
of wins ended inside the distance — super bantamweight boxing median 54%, 55th percentile
The career, bout by bout
28 recorded bouts from 2000 to 2014. Every incumbent shows this as a table you have to read; here it is as a shape you can see.
Career span
15y
2000–2014
Longest unbeaten run
18
without a loss — draws do not break it
Busiest year
2001
5 bouts
Recorded bouts
28
28 with a date
Fights
| Year | Result | Opponent | Method | Rd |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | L | Gavin McDonnell | Decision | 12 |
| 2013 | L | Stuart Hall | Decision | 12 |
| 2013 | W | Diarh Gabutan | Decision | 12 |
| 2012 | L | Léo Santa Cruz | Decision | 12 |
| 2010 | W | Michael Domingo | Decision | 12 |
| 2009 | W | Fadhili Majiha | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 2009 | L | Hozumi Hasegawa | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2008 | W | Veeraphol Sahaprom | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 2007 | W | Sergio Victor Caruso | KO/TKO | 5 |
| 2007 | W | Alberto Rossel | KO/TKO | 5 |
| 2007 | D | Jerope Mercado | Draw | 12 |
| 2006 | W | Andrey Kostin | Decision | 12 |
| 2005 | W | Nkosinathi Tshinavhe | KO/TKO | 10 |
| 2004 | W | Siyabonga Nyanga | — | 12 |
| 2004 | W | Joel Bauya | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2003 | W | Lindile Somthi | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2003 | W | Siyabonga Nyanga | — | 12 |
| 2002 | W | Zolani Msolo | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2002 | W | Cedric Conway | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 2002 | W | Moses Malebye | Decision | 10 |
| 2001 | W | Mzwandile Zangqa | — | 2 |
| 2001 | W | Alfred Sebaka | KO/TKO | 5 |
| 2001 | W | Elias Skosana | Decision | 6 |
| 2001 | W | Jacob Mohlabi | Decision | 6 |
| 2001 | W | Bethuel Machedi | — | 1 |
| 2000 | L | Sonnyboy Magazi | Decision | 4 |
| 2000 | W | Sekete Kolisang | Decision | 4 |
| 2000 | L | Godfrey Takalani | — | 4 |
6 of these opponents have their own page here.
Closest in build
super bantamweight boxing fighters with the nearest reach advantage.
- Juan Carlos Sánchez Jr.+5.91% 72″ reach · 83rd pct
- Efrain Esquivias Jr.+5.95% 70.1″ reach · 85th pct
- Mike Ayala+6.09% 70″ reach · 86th pct
- Eric Morel+6.09% 70″ reach · 86th pct
- Francisco "Paco" Rodríguez+5.45% 68.5″ reach · 80th pct
- Anselmo Moreno+5.36% 69.7″ reach · 79th pct
- Ryosuke Iwasa+5.26% 70.9″ reach · 77th pct
- César Figueroa+4.71% 70.1″ reach · 76th 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 66 super bantamweight 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: Vusi Malinga on English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), as of 2026-07-25. Percentiles and derived figures computed here.