how small is too small for boxing?

bbos17y ago

so my friend wants to get into the pugilist sport, the guy is 5'3, very compact and stocky and weighs 135, very lean so I told him if he were to compete he would have to loose a lot of muscle for the lower weight classes, if he fights at 135-130 he would be fighting against people a lot bigger then him. another disadvantage is that he has T rex arms LOL very short arms. Should I tell him that some people just don't possess the body for boxing?

Comments (13)

bbos

you must want to see ricky get his ass handed to him we'll see how paul can handle ricky on the inside with those uergotang arms LOL

17y ago

run_for_your_effing_life

lol now thats a fight i would love to see. you must want to see ricky get his ass handed to him

17y ago

bbos

he doesnt need to lose weight if hes lean and naturally like that. as long as he's in shape and has skills he should be able to handle it.. all different types have different advantages.. little tanks give me trouble because they have hard heads and good hooks, long arms are a disadvantage when you are up close oh and nice manboobs. did you shave your armpits too? im asian mang i dont need to shave

17y ago

TheGreatA

http://coxscorner.tripod.com/Images/walcott.jpg 5'1 welterweight Barbados Joe Walcott. Recently 5'3 Gavin Rees was able to capture a title at light welterweight. Dwight Qawi was 5'5 and won titles at light heavyweight and cruiserweight.

17y ago

Verstyle

Tell him to quit boxing because he's short? Haha. That's the dumbest thing I've read in a long time on this site.

17y ago

bbos

true man,at one point hatton and williams were fighting in the same weightclass-17 inch reach difference! lol now thats a fight i would love to see.

17y ago

Benny_Leonard

http://coxscorner.tripod.com/Images/walcott.jpg

17y ago

bbos

tell him to watch a lot of hatton fights and get that speed up! He will have trouble but if he really wants it he can make it. speed is something he does have. I don't think I can persuade him otherwise, this is something he has to find out for himself, and at 5'3 lean 135lb, he is going to have a lot of trouble...this is going to be interesting.

17y ago

BmoreBrawler

tell him to watch a lot of hatton fights and get that speed up! He will have trouble but if he really wants it he can make it.

17y ago

X7205

Thats very small but never let anything come in the way of your dreams tell him! find a way to make it work.

17y ago

The_Demon

He could fight, look hattons reach, is ridiculous for his Weight class. Look Ivan calderon, Dude is 5 feet!!!!!!!!!!!!! true man,at one point hatton and williams were fighting in the same weightclass-17 inch reach difference!

17y ago

Albert_Flange

baby jake matlala was 4ft 8 and his wins include a stoppage over 5ft 5 michael carbajal. though that was at light flyweight but it shows even small guys can do ok if their good enough. Another extreme is Tyson who didnt have very long arms either but still could ko much bigger guys.

17y ago

bbos

I thought he can go down to feather weight or even lighter, but i saw his body and he is very lean, so if he were to drop weight, he would be loosing a lot of muscle mass because he doesn't have that much fat to loose.

17y ago