Short fighters are more intimidating than tall fighters

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  1. Drachenorden

    Drachenorden Active Member Full Member

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    Excluding the HW division without upper limit, as tall fighters there also pack a ton of muscle, if the weight is the same short fighters are usually much more intimidating than tall fighters.

    For example guys like Maidana, Duran and Khurtsidze recently... You know that these guys are going to come forward and look for a brutal KO. Even at HW you have Mike Tyson, Povetkin, Tua, Marciano, Frazier... All of them intimidating guys.

    Shorter fighters in most cases develop a very aggressive style. If you train boxing even and some short guy (for his weightclass) comes to the gym even if you don't know anything him beforehand you know that he is going to come to FIGHT.

    Is anyone else a big fan of short fighters?
     
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    BlizzyBlizz Loyal Member Full Member

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    Headvetkin? Lmmfao...
     
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  3. Gneus7

    Gneus7 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    To you maybe. I doubt most people agree.
     
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  4. Drachenorden

    Drachenorden Active Member Full Member

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    Tall fighters are mostly lame. Margarito is one of the rare exceptions.
     
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    greenhornet Boxing Addict Full Member

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    you dream about that guy? btw, one of the most interesting fights at hw to be made right now would be fury ignoring his drug suspensions and flying off to russia to fight povetkin. probably also be one of the top couple paying fights available to a hw at the moment too.
     
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    BlizzyBlizz Loyal Member Full Member

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    Headvetkin is a scumbag ****en cheat. Nobody is going to fly to Russia and fight him and his meaty ass head except c level fighters.
     
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    greenhornet Boxing Addict Full Member

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    you are obsessed with that guy. he would easily be the second best name on fury's resume. fighting him would easily be fury's second biggest payday. you just are refusing to deal in reality because you dislike the guy.
     
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    Drachenorden Active Member Full Member

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    There's no way Fury would beat Povetkin. Povetkin hits too hard and is too short for Fury. He would close the distance and butcher him.
     
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    Pimp C Too Much Motion Full Member

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    I disagree short fighters aren't intimidating at all.
     
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  10. Drachenorden

    Drachenorden Active Member Full Member

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    The most intimidating fighter of all times Mike Tyson was a short fighter
     
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  11. baconmaker

    baconmaker Boxing Addict banned Full Member

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    Nichols is short tank and he almost got Wilder out of there.
     
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    Angler Andrew Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I've known enough small guys who looked nothing but were absolute nutters to know this.
     
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  13. Robney

    Robney ᴻᴼ ᴸᴼᴻᴳᴲᴿ ᴲ۷ᴵᴸ Full Member

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    If I see Tyson and Joshua next to eachother and had no idea who they were, then big ass Joshua would impress me a lot more as little Tyson.
     
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    So true
     
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    Drachenorden Active Member Full Member

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    Yeah but that's because he's heavier.

    If two boxers weigh the same the shorter guy will look more intimidating (more muscular).
     
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