Wladimir Klitschko

[Derranged_]

Wlad Klitschko is a Ukrainian boxer....

[squealpiggy]

He uses his reach to maintain a distance with his opponents that he finds comfortable and they find uncomfortable. He uses this to keep comfortable and his opponents uncomfortable.

[Derranged_]

He uses his reach to maintain a distance with his opponents that he finds comfortable and they find uncomfortable. He uses this to keep comfortable and his opponents uncomfortable.

Co-sign....

[The Hammer]

Excellent post. The combination of height and long arms is borderline unbeatable.

Wlad's arms are 26", shorter than Lennox 29.5", Rahman 29", Thompson 29", Vitali 29", Michael Grant's 30" and many others. Wlad has the same arm length as Chris Byrd and Floyd Mayweather at 26"...

Check it out if you don't believe me.

Wlad at just under 6'6" is about the same height as Lennox Lewis (see them together in Ocean's 11) and is shorter than Lance Whitaker, Michael Grant, Corey "T-Rex" Sanders, Alexander Ustinov, Tyson Fury, Vitali Klitschko, Nicolay Valuev, David Price, Julius Long, and many others.

[Fox McCloud]

Wlad Klitschko is a Ukrainian boxer....

Oh god, just an excellent post right here, beginning to end.

[BennyST]

Wlad Klitschko's brother, named Vitali Klitschko, is also Ukranian and also fights tall and uses his reach to his advantage against smaller opponents who don't have his height and reach advantage. They find it to their disadvantage.

[Fox McCloud]

Wlad Klitschko's brother, named Vitali Klitschko, is also Ukranian and also fights tall and uses his reach to his advantage against smaller opponents who don't have his height and reach advantage. They find it to their disadvantage.

It's important to note that them being Ukranian has nothing to do with with their height and reach. Ukraine has people who are both tall and short, as well as long armed and short armed.

[Chunk..]

Wlad's an ATG Heavyweight and he will beat Joe Louis's 25 title defense record.

[BennyST]

Wlad's an ATG Heavyweight and he will beat Joe Louis's 25 title defense record.

Would you agree that if he beat Louis' title defense record and became an ATG HW it was because he was a tall fighter who uses his reach to win fights?

If that is so, do you think he would have been able to beat Louis' record if he wasn't a tall fighter who used his reach to win fights?

[bojangles1987]

He also has fists, usually a critical aspect for successful boxers.