I always had an impression that Floyd was the smaller guy fighting bigger men, and while it might be true when it comes to weight on fight night i've looked at boxrec and compared height and reach advantage to see if how often Floyd was at a physical size disadvantage. I didn't want to waste to much time so i compiled a list of all the fights he fought starting with ODLH and surprisingly enough i didn't find floyd to have the size disparity i thought he had when fighting some of these guys. Actually when it comes to reach, he had the advantage over everyone except ODLH. Anyways interesting stuff i think. Formatting probably going to be messed up but hopefully it can be easy to decipher
information is as following. opponent height, reach, advantage in height, advantage in reach.
Floyd Height and Reach
5'8" 72"
Berto 5' 6.5" 68.5" 1.5 inchs Floyd 3.5 inches Floyd
Manny 6'5.5" 67" 2.5 inchs Floyd 5 inchs Floyd
Marcos Maidana 5'7" 69" 1 inch Floyd 3 inchs Floyd
Saul Alvarez 5'9" 70" 1 inch Alvarez 2 inchs Floyd
Robert G 5'8" 70" even 2 inchs Floyd
Miguel Cotto 5'7" 67" 1 inch Floyd 5 inchs Floyd
Victor Ortiz 5'9" 70" 1 inch Victor Ortiz 2 inchs Floyd
Shane Mosley 5'8.5" 71" .5 inchs Shane 1 inch floyd
JMM 5'7" 67" 1 inch Floyd 5 inchs Floyd
Ricky Hotton 5,7.5" 65' .5 inchs floyd 7 inchs floyd
Oscar DelaHoya 5'10.5" 73' 2.5 inchs Oscar 1 inch Oscar
information is as following. opponent height, reach, advantage in height, advantage in reach.
Floyd Height and Reach
5'8" 72"
Berto 5' 6.5" 68.5" 1.5 inchs Floyd 3.5 inches Floyd
Manny 6'5.5" 67" 2.5 inchs Floyd 5 inchs Floyd
Marcos Maidana 5'7" 69" 1 inch Floyd 3 inchs Floyd
Saul Alvarez 5'9" 70" 1 inch Alvarez 2 inchs Floyd
Robert G 5'8" 70" even 2 inchs Floyd
Miguel Cotto 5'7" 67" 1 inch Floyd 5 inchs Floyd
Victor Ortiz 5'9" 70" 1 inch Victor Ortiz 2 inchs Floyd
Shane Mosley 5'8.5" 71" .5 inchs Shane 1 inch floyd
JMM 5'7" 67" 1 inch Floyd 5 inchs Floyd
Ricky Hotton 5,7.5" 65' .5 inchs floyd 7 inchs floyd
Oscar DelaHoya 5'10.5" 73' 2.5 inchs Oscar 1 inch Oscar
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