Last heavyweights of note w/ sub-70inch reaches?

People do talk about how you have to get your chin in range to launch those short reach punches.

There is a reason that our best heavyweights of the modern "athlete" era of the sport have been blessed with longer reaches or almost acrobatic footwork and upperbody movement.

 

True reach (long arms) has always been an advantage, and has always been the normal attribute of a good boxer.

Wingspan "reach" measurement is almost meaningless.

 

Well yeah, it's boxing. If your chin is never in range, there's no fight.

A guy with a short reach can close the distance on someone with big arms. once you go beyond the range of being on the end of a bigger mans punches, you can win that reach advantage.

Of course it's not as simple as closing the distance. You also have to know what you're doing in there.

 

We don't have many examples in the last 120 years, it seems.

Even guys like Tony Galento and Tony Musto are listed as having reaches over 70 inches.