Wingspan reach is so overrated.

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Why do television broadcasts always focus on fingertip to fingertip wingspan reach vs arm length?

Wingspan reach doesn't mean **** because then you're factoring in how broad a fighters shoulders are, whereas arm length is what determines how close you can get to your opponent before they can hit you

I see Box Nation going crazy on Crawford's 73.5" vs Beltran's 68" but that isn't his effective reach. His effective reach is more likely to be about 3 inches over Beltrans, not 5-6" like Box Nation is pretending it to be

I think a lot of people misunderstand reach vs arm length and which one actually matters

lol what the hell was Dwyer on about in your sig?

[Foreign Soil]

lol what the hell was Dwyer on about in your sig?

Lol - I never noticed that was Dwyer. Looks like he was ultra hyped, doing his mock defensive positioning moves.

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lol what the hell was Dwyer on about in your sig?

lol, he was talking about some fighter who "hovers" or something, but it looked like he was gettin jiggy w/ some hiphop so I gif'd it