Panama Al Brown - 5'11 bantamweight, 76" reach. WTF?

[ИATAS]

Damn, that sounds impossible.

Alfonso Teofilo Brown was born in Colon, Panama on July 5, 1902. In his youth, he was employed as a clerk with the United States Shipping Board in the Canal Zone. There he observed boxing matches between U. S. military personnel. Deciding to give it a try himself, he had a highly successful amateur career. He was tall and thin, standing 5' 11' and weighing only 112 to 126 lbs. Known as the "Elongated Panamanian," he had an amazing reach of 76 inches and surprising punching power.

Anyways I was reading about him (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panama_Al_Brown) lately and thought to myself how the **** could it be possible to be so tall and skinny (and a great fighter)?

Found some youtube videos in case anyone cares:

Panama Al Brown vs. Maurice Dubois


Panama Al Brown vs. Johnny King (slowed down)

[ElGranLuchador]

yep the panameņos are freaks celestino caballero the 122 champ is also 5´11 ,jose arboleda also campaigns in 122 and is extremely tall his last name means tree in spanish
also check out rayonta whitfield 5´8 the paul williiams of the flyweights, hes **** but his height alone makes him tough
mexican superflyweight victor zaleta at 5´9 is also very tall hes got good power also but needs to work on his defense

[JAB5239]

yep the panameņos are freaks celestino caballero the 122 champ is also 5´11 ,jose arboleda also campaigns in 122 and is extremely tall his last name means tree in spanish
also check out rayonta whitfield 5´8 the paul williiams of the flyweights, hes **** but his height alone makes him tough
mexican superflyweight victor zaleta at 5´9 is also very tall hes got good power also but needs to work on his defense

If Im not mistaken Kid Akeem Afinwoshe was 5'9" or 5'10" at 115lbs. If any of you haven't seen his tragic fight with Robert Quiroga from 1991 or 92, check it out. Great, great fight. This kid was on the fast track to stardom.

[Reggie Miller]

the first latin american champion!

[TheGreatA]

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/hispanicheritage2008/news/story?id=3588817

Here's an article about him.

[McGoorty]

Damn, that sounds impossible.

Alfonso Teofilo Brown was born in Colon, Panama on July 5, 1902. In his youth, he was employed as a clerk with the United States Shipping Board in the Canal Zone. There he observed boxing matches between U. S. military personnel. Deciding to give it a try himself, he had a highly successful amateur career. He was tall and thin, standing 5' 11' and weighing only 112 to 126 lbs. Known as the "Elongated Panamanian," he had an amazing reach of 76 inches and surprising punching power.

Anyways I was reading about him (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panama_Al_Brown) lately and thought to myself how the **** could it be possible to be so tall and skinny (and a great fighter)?

Found some youtube videos in case anyone cares:

Panama Al Brown vs. Maurice Dubois


Panama Al Brown vs. Johnny King (slowed down)

Panama Al Brown was indeed a great fighter,..... Top 5 bantamweight easily. He was brilliant,...... and as fast as lightning...... Good to see a thread on him.