Can a really short person beat a really tall fighter?

foreman may have said it, but how many times did he fight a guy who was taller than him? Body mechanics are different for different people, Tyson is a great exception and it's because he knew how to get inside quick and had real, absolute, freakish power coupled with speed. Big George had power no matter how slow he was.

In general in boxing, height and ranginess will make a guy a slightly more effective puncher than being a short compact guy for the weight class. Caballero actually has crap skills but his body type and leverage once upon a time had him creeping up the p4p lists. Leonard, Hearns, Sugar Ray Robinson, Corrales, Klitschko, Lewis, Morales at the low weights - those guys have a mechanical advantage even if they aren't always as strong as their opponents because they are usually punching down.

The most counterintuitive victory of recent time was how absolutely badly Pac messed up Margarito's face - he can really hit, because he had to reach up an ungodly amount to touch that guy in the head. usually short guys have to stick to some profound body work like Barrera, Hatton, Chavez etc.

 

not saying tyson is freakishly short but he is a great example of a great short fighter.

 

Of course, size means nothing.Watch any Braxton/Qawi fight and you'll see what I mean. With that said, the shorter guy usually has to be in much better shape and have considerably more energy than the taller person because he has to work so much harder to get inside the other guys reach.

 

become a boxer, face someone who knows how to fight tall, you'll realize that its much harder to fight taller guys. I felt the same way at first but i got to sparring guys who knew how to use their reach and changed my mind

 

move your head and lateral