What's Your Reach?

[hemichromis]

Bone structure, he looked pretty normal. But muscle wise, his back was sick.

yeh but muscle would not push his arms further out from his body

[NJFighter91]

yeh but muscle would not push his arms further out from his body

I know. That's why over the back isn't a good measurement...

When did I ever say that he had an advantage because he had a bigger back? I just stated his measurement for his reach was longer because he had a wide back?

[hemichromis]

shoulder width certainly does help it still increases the distance between your fist and your chin

[Demorak]

I have 74 at 5'11f 198 pounds

[i3raintwo]

the reason why they measure with the back is because it could also means how strong they are. i heard that during an hbo fight from teddy atlas.

[Kid Achilles]

Exactly. Reach isn't just a measure of arm length, but a good judge of frame size and bone structure as well. Guys like Max Baer had very long reaches for their heights because of their wide shoulders. I'm pretty sure Baer had a comparable reach to his 6'6" brother because of his shoulders and huge frame. Same for Wlad Klitschko, he actually has wider shoulders than his taller brother.

[SquareCircle]

37.5 inches

[fraidycat]

Someone at my gym was commenting on my reach last night; he's five inches taller than me and we were touching fingertips to noses -- my arms were as long as his!

I'm built like an orangutan -- my inseam is 29 1/2" and my sleeve is 36". I just measured my "wingspan" from fingertip to fingertip: 73 3/8". I'm 5'9" and change, 170 lbs. with big gorilla hands. The ultimate knuckle dragger, but a great build for boxing.

Anybody else here short for your weight class, with long monkey arms? I'd be curious to discuss footwork with you.

[phallus]

Someone at my gym was commenting on my reach last night; he's five inches taller than me and we were touching fingertips to noses -- my arms were as long as his!

I'm built like an orangutan -- my inseam is 29 1/2" and my sleeve is 36". I just measured my "wingspan" from fingertip to fingertip: 73 3/8". I'm 5'9" and change, 170 lbs. with big gorilla hands. The ultimate knuckle dragger, but a great build for boxing.

Anybody else here short for your weight class, with long monkey arms? I'd be curious to discuss footwork with you.

i'm also 5'9" but i have a 70 1/2 inch reach, i'm a natural middleweight though - so i guess i'm short for my weight class.

i'm a puncher but i'd like to be more of a boxer - puncher. footwork? uh, my footwork is my worst feature - i stand pretty flat footed most of the time but occaisionally i can slip and slide like james toney

[skyler]

27inch Arm reach.