What tips would you give someone with short arms, to outbox an opponent with a longer reach?

1. do not let your opponent establish his jab or rhythm. parry his jab and counter with your own, moving forward and closing the distance.





2. maintain constant head movement and give your opponent confusing angles so that he is not in position to land any solid punches.





3. work on body combinations, especially the left hook to the liver and swinging the right hand over for some "accidental" kidney shots.





4. when you are inside, work on uppercuts to the body and the head.





5. keep your head on your opponents chest and when you break, bring your head up and "accidentally" hit your opponents jaw or nose with the back of your head.





6. when you throw your left or right hook on the inside, follow through with your elbow just in case you miss.





7. keep your opponent on the ropes away from the center of the ring and work his body, hit his arms, chest, neck, everything goes. just keep punching.





8. keep the pressure simple early and study your opponent. learn to be a counterpuncher instead of chasing your opponent around the ring.





9. as the rounds progress, increase your pressure and concentrate your power punches to the lower half of the body in the early rounds, go for the head when your opponent is tired or makes a mistake.





10. come into the fight in better physical condition, have alot more stamina and strength, come in confident and pick your opponent apart.|||You cannot, given equal skill.





Therefore, you must adopt another style, such as slugging or swarming, rather than pure boxing. This is mainly related to range; the short armed fighter must keep very close, crowding the longer armed opponent: this will negate his reach advantage.





There is one exception to this rule....


A short-armed fighter with an excellent lunging jab can box from outside, and then spring forward to attack inside. This was Tyson's attack plan in his prime. If you watch his early fights, he has an excellent jab; he forgot this later, and it cost him.





One final point: a short armed boxer must be able to hit very hard and take a punch. He will get hit more, and he must be able to out-muscle the pure boxer, or else the boxer will simply use footwork or counter-punching to equalize the crowding attack. A swarmer or fighter without a hard punch is fodder to a good boxer. The swarmer needs powerful hooks to wear down the body, a quick short jab to set up the right cross, and a lethal uppercut is useful too. Think Fraser.





Now, if the longer armed opponent is a young George Foreman, instead, think taser.|||footwork will be the key. Don't let the other guy establish his jab because that's how he's gonna be able to take advantage of his reach.





so you gotta use your feet and develop head movement to make his jabs miss.





offensively you need to go in and out. go in, hit him with a quick combination, then move out. footwork and speed is the key for this one.





You need stamina because you're gonna spend a lot of energy doing it in a consistent basis for 12 rounds.|||Fight like Joe Frazier. Crouch low, then bob and weave going in. You'll get hit for sure coming in, but that's the only way you can hit your opponent back. Once you get in, bury hooks to his body then come up with an uppercut. A double-left hook would be very effective too. Mike Tyson, who's a short heavyweight like Frazier, did that a lot, and he knocked out a lot of big heavies.|||You need good footwork as well as excellent upper body movement. You need to be able to get inside, throw a few hooks and uppercuts to the body and head, and then get out of range with your guard up.





Watch the first fight between Carlos Quintana and Paul Williams.|||The best way is get inside the taller fighter. And trade punches inside so the taller fighter wont have an advantage.( Hagler vs Hearns) Perfect example.|||Quick jabs and attack your opponents body.|||Watch Mike tyson Tapes!!!!!


he's the PERFECT Example!!|||head movement and get on the inside|||get in front of him and engage yourselves in a close combat