True, Or, False. Do The Klitschkos Have An Unfair Size Advantage Over Their Opponent?

false

 

no

 

False. They can't be blamed for being giants.
Blame the division for allowing fighters to posses 20+ pound weight advantages.

 

No. They have a natural advantage that helps them and they are using it to the fullest. It still takes a lot of dedication and skills to use it right. There are a few other fighters with size advantages like that, but are not as good.

Smaller fighter have advantages too and have to use them correctly against fighters like the Klitschkos.

 

That question isn't even worth considering. The Klitschkos are goo because they move well and box well FOR THEIR SIZE. If people say "if they were smaller, they would be average" they totally ignore that they would be faster, more mobile etc, if they were smaller.

If their size advantage is unfair, so was Ali's or RJJ's superhuman talents for speed, Hagler's unnatural muscle on his temple that made him impervious to punches on that area of the head and ever other exceptional natural gift a fighter had on boxing history.

 

It's like saying does Pacquaio have an unfair speed advantage over his opponents? He has an advantage, as do they, you can't hold peoples' natural physical gifts against them. An unfair advantage would be if they were finding a way to sneak into a lower weight class to take on smaller guys, but they aren't, it's the heavyweight division, anything goes over 200 pounds.

 

False

 

No, I think their length and general physique also brings some disadvantages, for example smaller fighters with shorters arms should have advantages in infight or in close distance...

Unfortunately right now there is no dangerous "smaller" fighter who could really put up a challenge..

 

They posses an unfair power, strength, reach, speed (in Wlad's case) and chin (in case of Vitali) advantage.

Just like Mike Tyson had unfair hand speed and combinations, + peek a boo advantage

David Tua had an unfair left hook advantage

James Toney had an unfair Defense advantage

Roy Jones had an unfair hand speed advantage

Joe Kalzaghe had an unfair rapid - slap advantage and so on

 

The problem is there are too many natural cruiserweights fighting at heavyweight

 

Well said taobum70!

 

No they do not, even without the roids they will b strong and big and they work hard to keep themselves in shape.

 

This was never talked about when Ali was fighting, some times he had 4" and 40lb over guys, but back then nobody was crying "unfair".......