Fighters with Best Physique For Boxing

[Santa_]

Highly skilled lanky fighters have a huge advantage over other fighters. Tommy Hearns, Ray Leonard and Leo Santa Cruz come to mind.

[MulaKO]

I'm lucky to say not only did I meet my favorite all-time fighter in Leonard, but when I met him, he drew a picture of a glove, and inside the glove was a smiley and inside the smiley was his autograph. Best autograph ever. And I exchanged a couple emails with him about 10 years ago. A friend of mine who was a boxer who knew him gave me his personal email address. My friend knew I wouldn't abuse that privilege by sending him more than 2-3 emails. I also got a great email from Aaron Pryor's wife regarding some questions I have about Leonard and Aaron. I hope his wife held it together after Pryor passed. Pryor found spirituality many years before and was a great guy.

Great story and memories that will last forever

[Mikeh333]

Long arms can help with keeping your opponent away. And I suppose that long arms generate more power in a punch, because they have more speed.

Other than that, I’m not sure there is an ideal physique. Lots of muscle does not automatically mean a powerful punch. You can have a Bruce Lee physique and be a poor fighter. You can look Ruiz (overweight) and be pretty good.

[Mikeh333]

Butterbean, Chris Arreola, Andy Ruiz, and Mikey Garcia.

Mikey Garcia I find especially fascinating. At welterweight he looked, frankly, like a dad in his mid-30s. You’re clearly he hits hard and moves well. Truly muscle is not the determining factor in being affective.

[Lomadeaux]

Pep, Rob, Leonard, Mayweather, Rigo, Loma, Wilder, all of these leaner and meaner guys.

[GrandpaBernard]

Pep, Rob, Leonard, Mayweather, Rigo, Loma, Wilder, all of these leaner and meaner guys.

Floyd an overlooked shout. No freakish build

but his long arms are attached to a short torso with a strong core. Good for protecting against bodyshots.

Very thick neck and plenty of height for his size.

Bigger traps than usual absorbs shots better.

[Eddy Current]

Francois "The Great White Buffalo" Botha

[Eddy Current]

"Minnesota Ice" Joey Abell