1960s boxing
What 1960s boxing fighters actually measure — 72 of them, from Wikipedia's own data.
+4.71%
Across the 72 1960s boxing fighters in this dataset, the median reach advantage is 4.71% — a median reach of 71″ on a median height of 67″. 82% fight orthodox.
SOURCE·English Wikipedia infoboxes + Wikidata roster·REVIEWED AUG 2026
The era's shape
Median reach
71″
180.35 cm
Median height
67″
170.2 cm
Median reach advantage
4.71%
of body height
Median finish rate
53%
of wins inside the distance
Fighters
72
24 with a reach on file
Stance
- orthodox82%
- southpaw18%
By country
- United States21
- Mexico9
- Japan6
- Philippines5
- Italy5
- United Kingdom4
- Argentina4
- Cuba3
- Spain3
- Venezuela2
How this era is compiled
- Every published fighter this site files under 1960s boxing — 72 of them. Membership is stated by the source, never assigned to fill a cohort.
- The decade is MEASURED, not projected: it is the decade holding more of a fighter's dated bouts than any other. A fighter with fewer than three dated bouts has no decade here and appears in no era cohort.
- 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 | Sonny Liston | 84″ | 73″ | +15.1% |
| 2 | Chucho Castillo | 70″ | 64″ | +9.35% |
| 3 | José Nápoles | 72″ | 67″ | +7.46% |
| 4 | Fighting Harada | 64″ | 60″ | +6.69% |
| 5 | Carlos Monzón | 76″ | 71.3″ | +6.63% |
| 6 | Sugar Ramos | 68″ | 64″ | +6.21% |
| 7 | Denny Moyer | 72″ | 68″ | +5.91% |
| 8 | Rubin Carter | 72″ | 68.1″ | +5.72% |
| 9 | Vicente Rondón | 77″ | 73″ | +5.5% |
| 10 | Bob Foster | 79″ | 75″ | +5.35% |
| 11 | Ernie Terrell | 82″ | 78″ | +5.15% |
| 12 | Pete Rademacher | 77.2″ | 73.6″ | +4.81% |
| 13 | Eddie Perkins | 68″ | 65″ | +4.6% |
| 14 | Jimmy Ellis | 76″ | 73″ | +4.1% |
| 15 | Muhammad Ali | 78″ | 75″ | +3.99% |
| 16 | Rubén Olivares | 67″ | 65″ | +3.09% |
| 17 | Oscar Albarado | 68″ | 66″ | +3.04% |
| 18 | Carlos Cruz | 68″ | 66″ | +3.04% |
| 19 | Don Fullmer | 70″ | 68″ | +2.95% |
| 20 | Rodolfo González | 70″ | 69″ | +1.43% |
| 21 | Chartchai Chionoi | 65.4″ | 65″ | +0.61% |
| 22 | Jerry Quarry | 72″ | 72″ | 0% |
| 23 | Ismael Laguna | 68″ | 69″ | -1.48% |
| 24 | José Legrá | 63″ | 66.9″ | -5.88% |
SOURCE·English Wikipedia infoboxes + Wikidata roster·REVIEWED AUG 2026
All 72 on the site
- Angel Robinson Garcia
- Antonio Roldán
- Bernabe Villacampo
- Billy Backus
- Bob Foster +5.35%
- Brendan Ingle
- Bruno Arcari
- Carlos Cruz +3.04%
- Carlos Monzón +6.63%
- Carlos Morocho Hernández
- Carmelo Bossi
- Chango Carmona
- Chartchai Chionoi +0.61%
- Chucho Castillo +9.35%
- Clemente Sánchez
- Curtis Cokes
- Denny Moyer +5.91%
- Don Fullmer +2.95%
- Eddie Perkins +4.6%
- Eduardo Corletti
- Efren Torres
- Erbito C. Salavarria
- Ernie Terrell +5.15%
- Fighting Harada +6.69%
- Freddie Little
- Hiroshi Kobayashi
- Hiroyuki Ebihara
- Horacio Accavallo
- Howard Winstone MBE
- Ismael Laguna -1.48%
- Jack Bodell
- Jerry Quarry 0%
- Jimmy Ellis +4.1%
- Joe Cortez
- Joe Frazier
- Johnny Famechon
- José Legrá -5.88%
- José Louis Torres
- José Nápoles +7.46%
- Karl Mildenberger
- Ken Buchanan
- Kim Ki-soo
- Kuniaki Shibata
- László Papp
- Lionel Rose
- Luis Manuel Rodríguez
- Mando Ramos
- Masao Ohba
- Miguel Velázquez
- Mills Lane
- Muhammad Ali +3.99%
- Nicolino Locche
- Nino Benvenuti
- Oscar Albarado +3.04%
- Pedro Adigue
- Pedro Carrasco
- Pete Rademacher +4.81%
- Rene Barrientos
- Roberto Cruz
- Rodolfo González +1.43%
- Rubén Olivares +3.09%
- Rubin Carter +5.72%
- Salvatore Burruni
- Sandro Mazzinghi
- Sonny Liston +15.1%
- Sugar Ramos +6.21%
- Takeshi Fuji
- Thad Spencer
- Vicente Rondón +5.5%
- Vicente Saldiver
- Walter McGowan
- Yoshiaki Numata
What this cohort does and does not say
- How many 1960s boxing fighters have a reach on record?
- 24 of 72. 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 24. It is not extrapolated to the others.
- Why do some decades have no page here?
- A decade is published only where at least 30 fighters belong to it. Below that a median is a rumour, so no page is emitted and nothing links to one. A fighter's decade is also measured, not estimated — it is the decade holding more of their dated bouts than any other, and a fighter with fewer than three dated bouts belongs to no decade at all.
Other ways this dataset is cut
The nearest cohort in size to 1960s boxing — 71 fighters against 72, so the two medians are worth reading against each other.
71 FIGHTERS 1920s boxingThe nearest cohort in size to 1960s boxing — 53 fighters against 72, so the two medians are worth reading against each other.
53 FIGHTERS 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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