I don't consider any modern Heavyweight below 6'5'' as a serious threat.

I don't think you have to be 6'5" or taller to be the champion at heavyweight ( though the top champions and best amateurs turning pro are ), but it seems the days of 190-210 pound heavies with less than 75" reach are pretty much history.

A shorter guy ( 5'10" to 6'1" ) can win, but he needs top power, a good chin, good will/stamina, and ability to fight up close and quick feet to keep from being zoned.

A tall order, pun intended.

 

Short reach > long reach.

Again, if the weight is the same, the short fighter has the advantage, if he knows how to use them.

The fighter with short reach is going to have faster recoil, better speed, advantage at close range and inside fighting.

 

I think a good short 5'10'' super-HW dirty inside fighter would DESTROY Joshua. Joshua's height and reach would be too much of a disadvantage in such situation and he would grimace in pain as his body would get butchered.

 

Short fighters are the best inside fighters. If a 5 foot 10 stocky short stronger fighter who is good at inside fighting comes close and starts unloading shots what exactly is the tall fighter going to do? Engage? Not a good idea if the tall fighter has much longer arms. Hold? If the shorter fighter is stronger and a dirty inside fighter not a good idea as well.

The problem is that not a lot of trainers know how to develop a good style for short HWs that's why we don't see them as much these days, but don't worry, we will see another Mike Tyson one day!

 

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Jabs can be countered by right hands, it's not so easy to just jab a fighter away from you for 12 rounds. Besides, short fighters are used to getting jabbed and would move the head and upper body and wait for vicious counters. Lewis fought a way past his prime Mike Tyson. Also, tall fighters have shitty uppercuts and if they're in the range to fire uppercuts the short fighter is in range to fire counters as well. Lower the hand to fire and uppercut and be ready for some hooks upstairs as counters.

 

When the time will be right, we will have our messiah in the HW division again. 5 foot 10 superiority, Mike Tyson and Marciano club.

Man in some way I really wish I would have dedicated my life to boxing, I would love to inside-fight Joshua and Wilder and all those other lanky tall fighters. Their bodies are right there to be butchered and I'd be the dirtiest fighter ever if I needed to be.

I really think inside fighting is the cure for these tall super-HWs.

 

you have to be extremely fast, tough and fit. fighting like mike tyson with constant bobbing and dipping and throwing huge punches is very very taxing on the body.

 

I would fight more like Ward.

 

No, I'd roll Joe Frazier up and throw him on any Klitscho or Joshua today and watch him chop them down.

 

Being the shorter fighter has its own benefits. TBH a boxing fight is almost impossible to predict unless there's huge different in TALENT. A truly TALENTED boxer, even if they're short will look for the weakness in a taller fighter and find a way to win. There is always a weakness.

 

>6'4"
>220lb

As mentioned unless you have supreme talent you ain't getting past Fury, AJ or OAP Wlad. Superheavyweights.

AJ & Fury could rule for the next 5 years easily if they dedicate themselves..Fury might be able to dedicate himself to a couple of fights against AJ.

 

Height is good.

Weight is way more important.

Stats dont lie.

 

This is a tall story...