How many 1950s boxing fighters have a reach on record?

19 of 49. 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 19. 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.

1950s boxing — reach, height and record profile

median reach advantage

+2.87%

Across the 49 1950s boxing fighters in this dataset, the median reach advantage is 2.87% — a median reach of 70″ on a median height of 67″. 95% fight orthodox.

SOURCE·English Wikipedia infoboxes + Wikidata roster·REVIEWED AUG 2026

Cohort profile

The era's shape

Median reach

70″

177.8 cm

Median height

67″

170.2 cm

Median reach advantage

2.87%

of body height

Median finish rate

46%

of wins inside the distance

Fighters

49

19 with a reach on file

-2.7%1950s boxing reach advantage20%

Stance

orthodox95%
southpaw5%

By country

United States25
Cuba3
United Kingdom3
Myanmar2
Argentina2
Italy2
Mexico2
Kingdom of Denmark1
Japan1
Ghana1

How this era is compiled

Every published fighter this site files under 1950s boxing — 49 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

Sources, exclusions and known limits →

Longest reach for the frame

1950s boxing — ranked by reach advantageAUG 2026
#	Fighter	Reach	Height	Advantage
1	Willie Pastrano	72″	60″	+20.01%
2	Duilio Loi	68.9″	64.6″	+6.71%
3	Harold Johnson	74″	70″	+5.74%
4	Cleveland Williams	78″	74″	+5.37%
5	Dick Tiger	71″	67.7″	+4.83%
6	Gabriel Elorde	68″	65″	+4.6%
7	Carlos Ortiz	70″	67″	+4.47%
8	Niño Valdés	78″	75″	+3.99%
9	Gene Fullmer	69″	67″	+3%
10	Paul Pender	72″	70″	+2.87%
11	Henry Cooper	75″	73″	+2.75%
12	Vic Toweel	66.1″	65″	+1.76%
13	Lauro Salas	67″	66″	+1.55%
14	Jimmy Carruthers	67″	66″	+1.55%
15	Joe Brown	68″	67″	+1.47%
16	Terry Downes	69″	69″	0%
17	Joey Giardello	70″	70″	0%
18	Floyd Patterson	71″	72″	-1.48%
19	Ingemar Johansson	70.1″	72″	-2.73%

SOURCE·English Wikipedia infoboxes + Wikidata roster·REVIEWED AUG 2026

All 49 on the site

Standing questions

What this cohort does and does not say

How many 1950s boxing fighters have a reach on record?: 19 of 49. 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 19. 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.

Cross-references

1910s boxing

The nearest cohort in size to 1950s boxing — 48 fighters against 49, so the two medians are worth reading against each other.

48 FIGHTERS 1920s boxing

The nearest cohort in size to 1950s boxing — 53 fighters against 49, so the two medians are worth reading against each other.

53 FIGHTERS Longest reach for the frame

The extremes this cohort's median is drawn from, ranked across all 2,650 fighters with a reach on file.

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