Their long lanky arms don’t have room to punch and they can’t extend and deliver maximum damage up at close range. Share your thoughts with other boxers. I think another advantage to overhand rights against taller boxers is that the punch starts from an angle BELOW the taller boxer’s head but lands from an angle ABOVE their head. 3.Stick and move, hit and run. Good article as it not only emphasises on how to beat a tall opponent it has also helped me realize how my height fails sometimes. 2.Close-range fighting is advisable for smaller fighters. I hit everything I can. You can still use your boxing skills. Thanks for stopping by and sharing your story, Steven. He does that to create Attack their throat with strikes and chokes. As a tall person you MUST learn how to use your height to your advantage or else you will get thrown all over the place. Don’t get frustrated. Get my most advanced boxing tips, as soon as I write them...for FREE! Being short sucks in general. I suggest lots of sprint-work, lower-body plyometrics, and at least 30minutes of jumping rope everytime before you work out. A taller boxer will definitely force you to move a lot whether it be forwards or backwards. I do run around alot and he really does barely step to get to me. There is no rush because boxing is all about rhythm- ” Rhythm is everything in boxing. What you can try is timing their jab and coming in when they retract their jab. really like it. If you think you're going to keep your distance and let him come to you - you might as well quit before you get punched in the head too many times. This a huge predicament for me, because the times I do manage to get into punching range so I can I’m 5’9 and 180 lbs. WTF does having a reach on me have to do with a street fight? Here’s what you can work on: – a sharp jab I’m sure they could considering my height deficiencies. Work on your tricky left hook skills. If you are short and fighting taller opponents, you should be better at bobbing and weaving like Joe Frazier, and practice slipping like Mike Tyson to be able to land strong hits inside. Or we could drop weight, of course, but I have a large frame and being the in the average weight class for my height (5’7) I would probably die from malnourishment. Not willing to take any risks at all, giving me very few chances. Copyright © 2008–2020 ExpertBoxing. Now I realize that boxing is an art requiring one to form strategies and tactics and whatnot. Very often, a beginner may feel like he is too short or too slow or too little endurance and in the end, it has more to do with his skill and trained reflexes rather than his perceived weaknesses. wherever my head moves without throwing any punches. In turn, there are ways to counter reach advantages - Mike Tyson's Peek-A-Boo style was made for a short fighter, for example. Thank you for sharing more helpful resources. Thank you! You don’t need to fight your way through the danger zone to get to him. All of the stuffs you mentioned looks like Pacquaio must have in order to defeate Margarito. his face. Body striking is very important to remember in fighting. Basically a comfortable range where you can land all punches (jab/cross/hook/uppercut). Watch how Floyd Mayweather fights De La Hoya and Diego Corrales. Or am I getting into real injury trouble. Apart from the excellent My movement is good but its to much and often unneseccary, I read your articles, train, look boxing matches and understand some things more everytime. well i was trying to fight on the outside (which i knew was wrong) i kept waiting for him and then was getting bombarded by punches. Amateurs might be doable considering that it often turns into a game of tag and then your height and relative fitness (I assume this because your mass is quite small for heavyweight. I read all this but easier said than done. I had lots of people just try to take a few hits and come in and do some damage to my body. Again, you want to get close but don’t get under him. And if you do, try to push him off balance without losing your own balance. . Such as blocking with his arms. I don’t mean tall boxers that don’t use their height and reach despite being tall and cannot fight tall. Near 6 foot. Does that therefore mean that the only taller boxers than myself I can beat are boxers that I have an immense skill advantage against overcoming my height? Where exactly is too much squared and where exactly is too much bladed? There is no shame in running from a fight, especially if you don't know how it will turn out. To my question, I find a link with east european style technics, can you look and say what is to note for me, in 91 kg kategory, things like the stance, exampe I see that his right food is not much behind the front and even his stance is not so wide to feel presure at the hipps. I also feel I have more power this way and it just feels more natural. Taller guys are also not as agile and able to slip all your punches on the inside. How bladed should my body be exactly? You're playing to his advantage - he'll just maneuver around you and pick you off whenever he gets close enough. E.G. if you aim for his head, he’ll slip around it– crush him: use your hips to crush his hips down, if he gets closer, use your shoulders and forearms to crush his shoulders and forearms down. If I do the former, then My aim was to find out whether the current problems that I’m experiencing in boxing is solvable or if it’s unsolvable despite me loving boxing. Conventional boxing will teach you to attack the body to get him to lower his guard exposing his head. Experiment with combination of strikes. Note that you will continue to receive our member's only newsletter until you use the unsubscribe link found at the bottom of every email. Opposite if I’m more squared. To describe this opponent so that you could best understand him, he is reminiscent of Wladimir Klitschko for the last 10 years in terms of how he boxes inside the ring, especially against me (given my relatively shorter height). Posted in r/videos by u/thepro1 • 1,692 points and 186 comments Can’t wait. Just confused why people would call them pillows. I’m thinking about taking up boxing as a way to get in shape, and a way to have some fun doing sports. If you're able to get your arm completely around their neck, you can apply pressure to their carotid artery to induce unconsciousness. Fighting taller guys is going to force you to sharpen up and really have to work hard to get into punching position. You all seem like great fighters and I wish my upbringing got me to be on your level. Do they realize that a shorter person that knows how to fight is fawking hard to stop? But I am happy that I know what I must make better and to fight in two weeks again.