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    Is 27 inches a decent arm length for a heavyweight ?

    Is 27 inches a decent arm length for a heavyweight ?

    I think Wlad Klitschko had 26 inch long arms if I'm not mistaken, but I'm not sure.
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    How tall are you? Weight?

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      #3
      Originally posted by OctoberRed View Post
      How tall are you? Weight?
      Well, I’m not a heavyweight. Just wanted to know how my arm length would match up to one.

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        #4
        Originally posted by Dempsey19 View Post
        Well, I’m not a heavyweight. Just wanted to know how my arm length would match up to one.
        The most important part would be the arm length in your weight class.

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          #5
          Originally posted by Dempsey19 View Post
          Well, I’m not a heavyweight. Just wanted to know how my arm length would match up to one.
          Catch-weight fight coming up?

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            #6
            Originally posted by OctoberRed View Post
            Catch-weight fight coming up?
            No, as I grow older, I’m not sure I’ll be able to make weight in a few years. I’m a light-heavy right now, but I’m very young. Not a big fan of dehydration either.

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              #7
              Originally posted by Dempsey19 View Post
              Is 27 inches a decent arm length for a heavyweight ?

              I think Wlad Klitschko had 26 inch long arms if I'm not mistaken, but I'm not sure.
              Wlad had an 81" reach. Who says he has 26" inch long arms, and how did the measure it? I think you might be confused.

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                #8
                Originally posted by Dr. Z View Post

                Wlad had an 81" reach. Who says he has 26" inch long arms, and how did the measure it? I think you might be confused.
                I think arm length, armpit to knuckles, is a more relevant measurement to boxing than the wingspan measurement, which is fingertip to fingertip. Arm length used to be the measurement most often given for a fighter, now it's almost always wingspan.

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                  #9
                  Originally posted by 4truth View Post

                  I think arm length, armpit to knuckles, is a more relevant measurement to boxing than the wingspan measurement, which is fingertip to fingertip. Arm length used to be the measurement most often given for a fighter, now it's almost always wingspan.
                  Yes, this is true. But Wlad has long arms and saying they are 26" long form armpit to knuckles is a fallacy.

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                    #10
                    Originally posted by Dr. Z View Post

                    Yes, this is true. But Wlad has long arms and saying they are 26" long form armpit to knuckles is a fallacy.
                    I don't know that his arms are particularly long.

                    His shoulders are exceptionally broad so an 81" wingspan indicates his arms are probably not very long for his height. This is not the first time I've heard that measurement for Wlad's reach.

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