short armed fighters that had good boxing ability

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  1. good right hand

    good right hand Well-Known Member Full Member

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    i was just remembering aaron pryor displaying a very good jab against arguello as well as giving good angles. the thing that was even more interesting to me was how short pryors arms looked especially compared to the likes of arguello, cervantes and hearns.

    johnny tapia also could out box good fighters with signifigantly shorter arms.

    where there any other boxers that could out box good fighters with a good jab that short arms?
     
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  2. Cachibatches

    Cachibatches Boxing Junkie banned

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    Orlin Norris comes to mind. I remember a boxing writer describing how amazing it was to see him ducking in and out of Greg Page's supperior reach.
     
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    Thread Stealer Loyal Member Full Member

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  4. Lobotomy

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    Vilomar Fernandez. Nicolino Locche. Miguel Canto.
     
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  5. bulakenyo

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    Rocky Marciano
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  6. red cobra

    red cobra Loyal Member Full Member

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    Carlos Ortiz, Marco Antonio Barrera, Juan Marquez, Willie Pastrano, Tommy Loughran.
     
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  7. red cobra

    red cobra Loyal Member Full Member

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    Let's also add Billy Graham to the list.
     
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  8. good right hand

    good right hand Well-Known Member Full Member

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    both marciano and tyson are great fighter no doubt:p

    but i was thinking more of the fighters that employ stick and move with the jab without the help of a good wingspan
     
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  9. Mantequilla

    Mantequilla Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Canto, a midget even by flyweight standards, yet also one of the divisions best ever technicians.

    Alberto Davila
     
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  10. sthomas

    sthomas Boxing Addict Full Member

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    First two I though of and in the same order you wrote
     
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  11. Mantequilla

    Mantequilla Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Marciano was an unskilled labourer.Not a boxer in the sense the orginal poster wants.
     
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  12. PowerPuncher

    PowerPuncher Loyal Member Full Member

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    Barrera and MArquez have BIG reaches for their weight classes, dont know about the rest
     
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  13. Sweet Pea

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    Loughran had especially long legs, which is why I know him for his exceptional footwork. Not sure about his armspan.
     
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  14. godking

    godking Active Member Full Member

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    Tyson had a very good jab for a guy his size. Tyson outjabbed Tucker in the later rounds of their fight .
     
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  15. The Kurgan

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    But Tucker's jabbing hand was injured. At any rate, Tyson never ********* a pro, except perhaps his counter-punching display against the Medville Mauler.

    Joe Calzaghe has a short reach for someone his size; I'm not sure about his arm length. He can out-box a few boxers.
     
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