Boxing — Ireland
What boxing — Ireland fighters actually measure — 35 of them, from Wikipedia's own data.
+1.55%
Across the 35 boxing — Ireland fighters in this dataset, the median reach advantage is 1.55% — a median reach of 70″ on a median height of 68″. 78% fight orthodox.
SOURCE·English Wikipedia infoboxes + Wikidata roster·REVIEWED AUG 2026
The country's shape
Median reach
70″
177.8 cm
Median height
68″
172.7 cm
Median reach advantage
1.55%
of body height
Median finish rate
57%
of wins inside the distance
Fighters
35
13 with a reach on file
Stance
- orthodox78%
- southpaw22%
By era
- 2010s7
- 1990s4
- 2000s4
- 2020s3
- 1960s1
- 1910s1
- 1980s1
How this country is compiled
- Every published fighter this site files under boxing — Ireland — 35 of them. Membership is stated by the source, never assigned to fill a cohort.
- Reach advantage is (reach − height) ÷ height as a percentage, so fighters of different sizes compare directly.
- Medians, not means — one outlier should not move the typical figure.
- A cohort is only published at 30 fighters or more. Below that a median is a rumour, so no page is emitted and nothing links to one.
reach advantage = (reach − height) ÷ height × 100
Longest reach for the frame
| # | Fighter | Reach | Height | Advantage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Barry McGuigan | 70″ | 66″ | +6.09% |
| 2 | Michael Gomez | 68″ | 65″ | +4.6% |
| 3 | Jamie Kavanagh | 70.9″ | 68″ | +4.23% |
| 4 | TJ Doheny | 68″ | 66″ | +3.04% |
| 5 | Jack Doyle | 79″ | 77″ | +2.61% |
| 6 | Kevin McBride | 80″ | 78″ | +2.57% |
| 7 | Jimmy McLarnin | 67″ | 66″ | +1.55% |
| 8 | Katie Taylor | 66″ | 65″ | +1.51% |
| 9 | Matthew Macklin | 71″ | 70″ | +1.41% |
| 10 | Andy Lee | 75″ | 74″ | +1.33% |
| 11 | David Oliver Joyce | 66.9″ | 67.3″ | -0.58% |
| 12 | Steve Collins | 71″ | 72″ | -1.42% |
| 13 | John Joe Nevin | 67″ | 68″ | -1.45% |
SOURCE·English Wikipedia infoboxes + Wikidata roster·REVIEWED AUG 2026
All 35 on the site
- Andy Lee +1.33%
- Barry McGuigan +6.09%
- Bernard Dunne
- Brendan Ingle
- Cornelius Sheehan
- Darren Sutherland
- Dave Sullivan
- David Oliver Joyce -0.58%
- Deirdre Gogarty
- Eamonn Loughran
- Eamonn O'Kane
- Eric Donovan
- Francie Barrett
- Freddie Gilroy
- Hugh Russell
- Jack Doyle +2.61%
- James Moore
- Jamie Kavanagh +4.23%
- Jason Quigley
- Jimmy McLarnin +1.55%
- Joe Ward
- John Joe Nevin -1.45%
- Katie Taylor +1.51%
- Kenneth Egan
- Kevin McBride +2.57%
- Kurt Walker
- Matthew Macklin +1.41%
- Michael Gomez +4.6%
- Paddy Ryan
- Ray Moylette
- Seán McComb
- Steve Collins -1.42%
- TJ Doheny +3.04%
- Tom McCormick
- Willie Casey
What this cohort does and does not say
- How many boxing — Ireland fighters have a reach on record?
- 13 of 35. Reach is stated in the English Wikipedia infobox for those and absent for the rest, so every reach figure on this page — including the median — describes only the 13. It is not extrapolated to the others.
- What does the median reach advantage mean for boxing — Ireland?
- That the typical boxing — Ireland fighter's reach exceeds their height by 1.55% of that height. It is a ratio rather than a raw span, so it compares directly against any other cohort on this site — which a reach in inches does not. Half of these fighters are above it and half below; it is not a standard or a target.
Other ways this dataset is cut
The nearest cohort in size to boxing — Ireland — 36 fighters against 35, so the two medians are worth reading against each other.
36 FIGHTERS MMA — FranceThe nearest cohort in size to boxing — Ireland — 34 fighters against 35, so the two medians are worth reading against each other.
34 FIGHTERS By decadeWhether boxing — Ireland looks the way it does because of the weight or because of the decade — the same fighters, cut by when they actually fought.
16 DECADES Longest reach for the frameThe extremes this cohort's median is drawn from, ranked across all 2,650 fighters with a reach on file.
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