Is being the taller fighter an overrated advantage?

[IceTrayDaGang]

no, it's a clear advantage and not overrated... put a tall great fighter against a short great fighter and the tall fighter will always have the advantage.. I am not saying all tall fighters will beat all short fighters but the advantage will be on the tall fighter's side.

[Marchegiano]

Nah, arbitrary.

Like truth said, it's how you use the body you have. A very goodt short boxer vs a very good tall boxer tends to be a very good fight just like how a very powerful fighter against a very fast fighter tends to be a good fight.

Fury vs Usyk should be a very good fight and what will really make the difference is who uses their assets best, not some born with unfair advantage the sport ignores because stuff and things.

[MulaKO]

Fundora is a perfect example of a fighter not using his height
And on top of it all , leaves his chin out

[WillieWild114]

It was for Lennox, Bowe and the Klitschkos.

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Just because someone has a tool, doesn't mean they know how to use it.

Kiltschko got KO’d by shorter opponents

[4truth]

Kiltschko got KO’d by shorter opponents

okay...I'm not seeing how that negates that he used his height to his great advantage. Under Steward's tutelage he put together a very impressive record keeping his opponents at the end of a stiff jab, occasional straight right and clinching if/when a fighter got inside that perimeter.

[Eff Pandas]

Anything is an overrated advantage, esp a physical one, if you don't harness the advantage it gives. So it could be if one doesn't use height to the advantage it is.