BIG MEN ARE NOT ALWAYS GOOD FIGHTERS
The belief seems to be held by many people that the larger a fighter is the more difficult is the task of defeating him, but this idea has been exploded long ago, and it is now recognised that the fact of being over a certain weight and size is more of a hindrance than an advantage. By far the greater proportion of heavyweight fighters who have become champions have been in the vicinity of 14.0, and about 6ft high, such height and weight allowing for speed and shiftiness as well as hitting power, while on the other hand men over that weight and height are inclined to be cumbersome and slow in their movements.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 417, 27 July 1928, Page 1
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121BIG MEN ARE NOT ALWAYS GOOD FIGHTERS Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 417, 27 July 1928, Page 1
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