Can a 5'7 man beat a 6'7 man?

SamLangford at 5 7 beat Big Bill Tate 6 6,while Tate was no world beater he was a useful fighter a fringe contender and knew his way around a boxing ring.

 

Please lord,dont let janitor read this thread.
If janitors 5 ft 1 welter walcott can beat 6 ft 3 lt heavy bob foster then by this same logic a 5 ft 7 geezer can beat a 6 ft 7 bloke.
By the way,sparring matches are not the same as real fights.

 

Janitors 5' 1'' welterweight beat a 6' 3'' contender and a 6' 6'' fringe contender.

 

Yes,and what quality were those bigger men?
And why can no one duplicate these feats nowadays?

 

Size alone will not make a diffrence, but the understang on how to use size dose.

 

Great spelling!!!

 

Sandy Ferguson was the Oleg Maskaev of his era. Top talent, badly matched, but ocasionaly producing wins over the best.

Why can small men today not repeat these feats?

There are two possible explanations.

Either the big men of that era lacked basic skills but the small men didnt despite being taught by the same trainers.

Or-

We are looking at a small man who is off the scale pound for pound.

The latter is the most parsimonious explaination.

 

Saw this early in the week. He seems ok

 

No it wouldnt ,Ingle ,s fighters fight with their chins up in the air,he made his name on Hamed.

 

It would be a tall order, most cases.

 

As far as I know the greatest height difarential overcome between two fighters on anything aproaching the world level is 17"

The greatest weight disparity overcome is 110 lbs.

 

Barbados Joe Walcott beat some guys a foot taller