Big or Tall fighters with great inside skills

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  1. Ali4life

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    Well we know the likes of Riddick Bowe had some great inside skills for a big guy but are there any others who you would say fit this as well?
     
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    Lennox Lewis had a very solid inside game with his grabbing/wrestling tactics and huge right uppercut (what he did to Grant in close was memorable.)

    He certainly preferred to keep his opponents at a distance, but he could be devastating at close range too.
     
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    Carlos Zarate worked fantastically inside. He was a great body puncher and could uppercut worth either hand.
     
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  7. Legend X

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    What he did to Grant was a certainly not Queensberry rules though.
    I think he scored 4 KDs, and 3 of them were blatant fouls.

    He was perhaps lucky the referee didn't know or care about the rules.

    I'd say he had a good "inside game" too (as does Wladimir). He wasn't much of a inside fighter though.
     
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  9. albinored

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    ..sandy saddler.....because he was so tall and slim he knew his opponents would want to come inside on him....so he became a great...and rough...infighter.....and they didn't stay in there long.


    as a middleweight ezzard charles was tall at six feet and was an excellent infighter even that early in his career. this came in handy when he got o the higher divisions and gave away height and reach himself.
     
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    Eder Jofre was a bit tall for his weight and was great on the inside......
     
  13. Seamus

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    This sometimes can be read as tall fighters who don't properly exploit their advantages.
     
  14. Stevie G

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    Thomas Hearns landed some good stuff to the body.
     
  15. Seamus

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    Riddick Bowe, Riddick Bowe, Riddick Bowe... yeah, I know we are all supposed to rave over his inside game, but it was partly this same game that caused him to absorb huge shots and be done by 29. A six foot five guy with 82 inch reach fighting down to his opponents limitations. Bravo.