Is height is considered an advantage?

[adrian16]

I personally say yes, what do you guys think?

[mushahadeen]

No clearly the shorter you are the better.

[starkiller]

Depends, most fighters who are taller sometimes have a terrible tendency to fight small against smaller opponents. And some tall fighters are not good at using the jab which benefits the smaller boxer. The smaller boxer wants to fight up-close the majority of the fight. The taller fighter should be the one to take that away from them, generally taller fighters have the longer reach but thats not always the case but most of the time it is.

[boxingking500]

I personally say yes, what do you guys think?

it is an advantage, but not a "ultimate advantage" like people claim it is

for instance, some people say wlad is only good cause hes tall and big... hes 6f6...

yet what about dimentrinko (bigger than wladimir), valuev, and marcellus brown all 3 are taller than wlad, but wlad would dominate any 1 of them...

height is a good tool, but its not the only tool

[Biolink]

If you know how to use it yes.

If not, the only thing it makes you is a bigger target

[OpaiSoma]

I personally say yes, what do you guys think?

in boxing , it depends, but overall id say its better to have height advantage than not

[hi-five]

In boxing, height will always be an advantage.

[BoxerDood]

it is an advantage, but not a "ultimate advantage" like people claim it is

for instance, some people say wlad is only good cause hes tall and big... hes 6f6...

yet what about dimentrinko (bigger than wladimir), valuev, and marcellus brown all 3 are taller than wlad, but wlad would dominate any 1 of them...

height is a good tool, but its not the only tool

Exactly. And not only that, but they also get dominated by smaller fighters such as Haye, Chambers and Chagaev. And they're not the only ones either. Guys like Paul Williams, Celestino Caballero, Chico, etc. are all tall, and they are certainly beatable.

[-Kev-]

If you know how to use your height then yes. Lewis and the Klitschko's are tall and they used that to their advantage by fighting straight and using their height.

Michael Grant just lost to Adamek cause he gave up his 6'7" height to the much shorter Adamek. If he fought tall he could have made it a closer fight.

[starkiller]

If you know how to use your height then yes. Lewis and the Klitschko's are tall and they used that to their advantage by fighting straight and using their height.

Michael Grant just lost to Adamek cause he gave up his 6'7" height to the much shorter Adamek. If he fought tall he could have made it a closer fight.

If he fought tall, he'd probably have won. He had Adamek hurt a couple of times as is. Adamek will have 0 chance at beating either of the Klitschkos but he will got a decent pay-day and thats probably what he is looking forward most of all.