short armed boxers

It would be dumb for a fighter lacking reach against almost all opponents to adopt a style of fighting at range

 

adamek has short arms and uses distance very well imo

 

Sergio Martinez could be a candidate. He doesn't have really short arms but he's not especially gifted in that area and he fights on the outside against bigger guys.

 

Fighters who with short arms using range have to relive on handspeed but more importantly footspeed giving them teh ability to lunge in then be out of the way befor they get hit.

 

Even though in general it is normal to have a reach that is equal to your height, in boxing this is considered having short arms because of the obvious advantages in having good reach. So fighters that spring to mind that have relatively short arms are Gamboa, Tszyu and Cotto.

 

Rocky Marciano produced great power with his short armed blows. Joe Frazier had a short reach compared to his greatest rival, Ali, but was pretty effective against the best of all time. Jerry Quarry had a shorter reach than even Frazier, but still beat Floyd Patterson, Ron Lyle, and Earnie Shavers. Willie Pep was usually giving away reach, but was so quick and skilled , his opponents couldn't take advantage of Willies short arms.Mickey Walker was a beer bloated welterweight fighting heavyweights to some success , and his reach wasn't bigger than anybodys.

 

Willie pep

 

Quite the contraty, he has really long arms, you wouldn't believe it, but he had a reach advantage over Pavlik.

Now to answer to the op: if you have short arms, you have to get close one way to another to place punches, but sometimes you can see short reached fighters working on the outside, like Gamboa, but that's not the most effective way.

 

Diego Corrales

 

Jean Pascal

 

manny pacquiao
wlad klitschko has very wide shoulders,but his arm length is shorter than lewis's,bowe's...

 

Miguel Canto
Alfonso Lopez
Gilberto Roman
Alberto Davila
Davey Moore (Featherweight)
Stevie Johnston
Nicolino Locche
Ralph Dupas

Not necessarily short arms, but for the most part short/squat fighters who were first class technicians.

 

Great Post
to take it further what have been the best examples of a boxer with a short reach outboxing someone with a longer reach (all done ...or most done ..at range)

as a boxer with very short arms I always like to think that I dont always have to smother a guy and get inside to win a fight.