Hey
I'm 17 (so little chance of growth probably), always wanted to box pro/am since I was like 8 but unfortunately stopped doing it when I was a little kid - but now I've started again recently. My trainer asked me to measure my reach, I'm 5 foot 9, 154lbs, my bro measured my reach...65in. That's freaky t-rex s**t. I laughed it off the jibes from my brother, but I'm actually demoralised from it as you would expect. I read that your reach should on average be at least the same as your height. What makes it worse is if I go down weight classes, which I don't really want to do cause I'm fairly broad, I won't benefit from the reach advantage and I'll be a massive torso target for the little guys -
Some boxers/MMA artists are like 5'3 and have a longer reach than me, not to mention guys my own weight/height are usually 70in+. I hate being a whiny pussy but should I really just call it a day and find something else? I mean there is in-fighting, then there is just being a lamb for the slaughter.
Thanks.
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