The factor of size in fighting

True, but it usually translates [slower] into bigger fighters.

 

Size means nothing.

We need to abolish all weight divisions, correct the records of all past fighters via the Peoples Revolutionary Record Referendum, and move forward with a single Boxing Champion.

 

It worked for the first 200 years of the sport.

 

Don't look at me. I want to go back to fights to the finish, battle royale and a firm holding of the colour line.

 

We know you do!

 

Arguing that size doesn't matter flies in the face of the entire history of the sport.

That's why they are weight classes.

Within weight classes, except for heavyweights in some cases, it's not as much of a factor.

 

Size is always an advantage but never a guarentee.

 

So after all d mentioning of names and summoning some feeble demons from d past u didn't give 1 example of a smaller man managing 2 push a bigger man , which was d subject of this argument .

thistle1 already answered your 1st post of d thread quite perfectly , but I keep wondering if there is even 1 example of a smaller man who managed 2 push a bigger man .

 

Size is a toll like anything else in boxing. You don't win simpily because your bigger or have a reach advantage. However if you take advantage of your advantages. You increase your chances of winning.

 

It does make a difference no matter how you slice it:

When it comes to the smaller divisions the the good bigger fighter will generally beat the good smaller fighter as on the whole they are bigger(obv.), stronger, punches will be more punishign, chin would be able to withstand more, can get the better of them in clinches, longer reach etc. etc.

When it comes to the heavyweight division it really depends on the fighter, sometimes being the bigger fighter against certain other fighters can be disasterous. Best example would be Joe Louis who beat EVERY big heavyweight he came across usually by KO because he could use his short, fast punching to get inside the bigger mens slower, wider punches. Then again when it comes to punchers it can make a HUGE difference like i said in another thread about wlad vs dempsey. Wlad has about 60 pounds on dempsey ,all muscle, and he'd be punching down against him. Anybody who has ever sparred with a puncher who weighed considerably more than you can attest to it making a big difference.

 

A good big man beats a good little man.