Short fighters with abnormaly long reaches

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  1. natonic

    natonic Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I just read where there's some kind of muscular band which goes around the temples that's normally a 1/4 inch thick. Supposedly, Hagler's is an inch thick. The man was just built for fisticuffs.
    It always seemed like when he had a guy hurt and backing up that he'd catch them with those long hooks.
     
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  2. Executioner

    Executioner Boxing Addict Full Member

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    5'9" is considered short?


    i guess if you're 6'5" :yep
     
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  3. birddog

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    would like to know where you read that as I'm curious, Marv's temples seemed to not have muscle to me.
     
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  4. BlackWater

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    That is ridiculous.
     
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  5. natonic

    natonic Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I read it in 'Sorcery at Caesars'. Here's the quote from page 35 (paperback edition):

    "Most temporalis muscles are a quarter-inch thick, but both of Hagler's were one inch, a phenomenon that astounded his physician when it was discovered during a routine exam in 1983".

    Pretty amazing if true.
     
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  6. mcvey

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    Burns had a longer reach than Johnson!
     
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  7. FROST

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    Montell Griffin, height 5'7" reach 70"
     
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  8. Sonny Carson

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    Floyd Mayweather 5'8 72 inch reach
    Sam Peter 6'0 77 inch reach
     
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  9. SuzieQ49

    SuzieQ49 The Manager Full Member

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    ha, all these fighters everyones mentioning. no one has anything on bivins!!!!
     
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  10. la-califa

    la-califa Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Not sure of the demensions, But Gorilla Jones had a long reach for his bodyframe.
     
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  11. Minotauro

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  12. Polymath

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    Bet on the fighter with the longer reach, you wont often lose.
     
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  13. Vantage_West

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    bivins by a country mile.




     
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  14. Vantage_West

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    lets not forget are modern day freak paul williams...he is 6'1 and 80/81' reach
    now at welter he is not small but at 6'1 he is taller and has a longer reach than sam peter.he is close to wlads reach i think aswell.

    that is absoultly crazy!!!


    dwight qawi 5'6/5'5.....72' inch reach. very compact guy tho.
    humberto gonzalez 5'1 (i think) 67 inch reach
    George Dixon 5'3 70'

    who was that guy who beat gary lockett (dont be a dick and say pavlik) he was tiny but was easily snapping a long jab in lockets face.












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  15. Bummy Davis

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    Rocky Kansas...was very short but had long arms
     
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