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Flyweight boxing · 1960s

Walter McGowan

32–7 · 40 recorded bouts · 1961–1969

Walter McGowan finished 44% of 32 wins inside the distance — the 45th percentile for flyweight boxing, where the median is 47%. No reach is on record, so this page compares record rather than measurements.

What is on record

Measurements
Reachnot recorded
Heightnot recorded
StanceOrthodox
DivisionFlyweight Boxing
Peak era1960s
CountryUnited Kingdom

Wikipedia carries no reach figure for Walter McGowan, so the reach-advantage comparison this site is built on cannot be computed. Everything below comes from the record instead.

win vs Brian Bissmire (1961)loss vs Jackie Brown (1961)win vs Eddie Barraclough (1961)win vs George McDade (1961)win vs Ray Jutras (1962)win vs René Libeer (1962)win vs Jacques Jacob (1962)win vs Danny Lee (1962)win vs Ric Magramo (1963)win vs Killer Solomon (1963)win vs Ray Perez (1963)win vs Jackie Brown (1963)win vs Bernard Jubert (1963)win vs Luis Rodriguez (1964)win vs Natalio Jimenez (1964)loss vs Salvatore Burruni (1964)win vs Risto Luukkonen (1964)draw vs Tommaso Galli (1965)loss vs Ronnie Jones (1965)loss vs José Medel (1965)win vs Benny Lee (1965)win vs Felix Said Brami (1965)win vs Mick Hussey (1965)loss vs Chartchai Chionoi (1966)win vs Jose Bisbal (1966)win vs Alan Rudkin (1966)win vs Salvatore Burruni (1966)win vs Ernesto Miranda (1966)win vs Nevio Carbi (1966)loss vs Chartchai Chionoi (1967)win vs Antoine Porcel (1967)win vs Giancarlo Centa (1967)win vs Isao Miyashita (1967)win vs Messaoud Boussaboua (1968)win vs Marc Van Domme (1968)win vs Gerard Macrez (1968)loss vs Alan Rudkin (1968)win vs Domenico Chiloiro (1969)win vs Umberto Simbola (1969)win vs Michel Houdeau (1969)
winlossdraw / NC1961–1969

Record

Boxing record

32–7

40 bouts on record

Finish rate

44%

of wins ended inside the distance — flyweight boxing median 47%, 45th percentile

By knockout: 14 (44%)By decision: 18 (56%)
  • By knockout 44%
  • By decision 56%

The career, bout by bout

40 recorded bouts from 1961 to 1969. Every incumbent shows this as a table you have to read; here it is as a shape you can see.

Career span

9y

1961–1969

Longest unbeaten run

13

without a loss — draws do not break it

Busiest year

1965

6 bouts

Recorded bouts

40

40 with a date

Fights

YearResultOpponentMethodRd
1969 W Domenico Chiloiro Decision8
1969 W Umberto Simbola Decision8
1969 W Michel Houdeau KO/TKO4
1968 W Messaoud Boussaboua Decision8
1968 W Marc Van Domme KO/TKO7
1968 W Gerard Macrez KO/TKO4
1968 L Alan Rudkin Decision15
1967 L Chartchai Chionoi KO/TKO7
1967 W Antoine Porcel Decision10
1967 W Giancarlo Centa Decision8
1967 W Isao Miyashita KO/TKO9
1966 L Chartchai Chionoi KO/TKO9
1966 W Jose Bisbal KO/TKO5
1966 W Alan Rudkin Decision15
1966 W Salvatore Burruni Decision15
1966 W Ernesto Miranda Decision8
1966 W Nevio Carbi KO/TKO6
1965 D Tommaso Galli Decision15
1965 L Ronnie Jones KO/TKO6
1965 L José Medel KO/TKO6
1965 W Benny Lee Decision10
1965 W Felix Said Brami Decision10
1965 W Mick Hussey KO/TKO3
1964 W Luis Rodriguez KO/TKO2
1964 W Natalio Jimenez Decision10
1964 L Salvatore Burruni Decision15
1964 W Risto Luukkonen Decision10
1963 W Ric Magramo Decision10
1963 W Killer Solomon KO/TKO9
1963 W Ray Perez KO/TKO9
1963 W Jackie Brown KO/TKO12
1963 W Bernard Jubert Decision8
1962 W Ray Jutras KO/TKO6
1962 W René Libeer KO/TKO6
1962 W Jacques Jacob KO/TKO6
1962 W Danny Lee Decision8
1961 W Brian Bissmire Decision8
1961 L Jackie Brown Decision8
1961 W Eddie Barraclough Decision8
1961 W George McDade KO/TKO3

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 168 flyweight 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: Walter McGowan on English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), as of 2026-07-25. Percentiles and derived figures computed here.

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