Fighting a taller fighter

You can't, unless he's clueless. On the outside he can hit you, but you can't hit him. Perhaps you can try countering and getting out again but if he has a significant reach advantage you'll hit nothing but air. Learn to get inside and fight inside.

 

I do not know if this is effective as I have not tried either. But you may either try a Winky style guard and jab your way in or do quick bursts to the head or body ala mayweather or carlos quintana against paul williams.

 

Or go for a quick 1-2 to the head. Once you do that, your within range and his elbows are tangled up and you can get to work. That's what I have tried though you will get hit on the process.

 

see jack dempsey

 

You can't box a guy on the outside who is taller than you - it's just not possible. Even if he sucks, you'd still be out of range to hit him.

You can either
1) Pressure-fight him
2) Move in and out in short bursts, but you still have to move in to hit him.
3) Get in close but rely on slickness and counter him. Few boxers have been able to pull this off against taller guys, but it can be done.
4) Time his punches, and step forward when you counter - but you still have to move inside when you do.

This is just off the top of my head, and really any combination of the above.
Try and see what works for you.

 

Tyson almost always was the smaller fighter so you should try watching his vids if you havent already.

 

Tyson was an inside fighter.

 

He doesnt have to be,looking at tyson`s defense is a start.

every fighter should know how to fight both in and out in my opinion.

 

I dont know why people say its impossible to box a taller guy... Watch Mayweather Vs Corrales

 

But Corrales was a tall guy who didn't really use his height and fought on the inside.

Plus, even if you are boxing a tall guy, your still boxing him from the inside. You're not boxing him from the outside, cause you wont reach him...

 

You dont need to change your style It should be part of your tool box already. I know what you mean though not being able to get inside of a taller opponent is frustrating. Personally i think boxing someone taller is easier that boxing someone shorter, you have so much more of a variety of combinations to throw.

The first thing to remember is to punch your way in. By this, I mean doubling or tripling up on your jab while moving in. When you do this, you're forcing him to defend himself, instead of teeing off while you're trying to get into range.

The next thing I reccomend is trying to come in at an angle. To often guys try to go straight in, and get their head knocked off. It's much easier to see someone coming in if they're coming straight ahead rather than coming in from the side. Another thing to think about is if your opponent moves straight back. If he moves to the side, he's probably going to be harder to get inside on. But if he moves straight back, he's eventually going to have nowhere else to go, because his back will be to the ropes. Work on slipping punches, because if you can slip a punch, you've got a much greater chance of being able to get inside on a taller opponent. Being shorter isn't always a disadvantage. If your opponent doesn't know how to use his reach advantage, (if he's squaring his shoulders up, etc.) it might even be better to be shorter.

Try to remember these things, slipping, coming in at angles, and punching your way in, you'll be better at getting inside.

 

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He did his work INSIDE his oppoenents reach - that an 'inside fighter' does not make. DOnt confuse having to get inside with being an infighter. James Toney (especuially when he got older & heavier) is a great example of an infighter. Tyson was actually a surprisngly poor infighter givn his stature.

 

Sure you can. If you can control distance better than he can, or time your jab better than he can, or be faster that he is - you can do it. I recently watched Chagaev convincingly outbox Valuev who was over a foot taller. Ruiz did it in part as well. There are many aspects of fighting from range - height is just one (ableit an important one).

This is not even taking into account height does not always equate to reach - look at Sonny Liston at 6- 1 with an 84" reach - he could just plant his feet and outjab much taller guys. Recently Hasim Rahman has been able to something similar because of his long arms.

Roy jones at 5- 10 outboxed all those tall light heavies with pure speed and co-ordination.

There are plenty of ways to skin this cat :good

 

in and out loadsa movement
when you slip a shot make sure your straight in 2 get your shots off
but its easier on the inside regarding you move the head when coming in