I have a 69 inch reach from finger tip to finger tip, is this a reasonable length considering that im 17 years old,126 lbs(Featherweight), and 5'5?

Good reach mate , I think its ment to be the same as your height;which in your case is 65 inches and your probably still growing.

Im 5'10 with reach a of 74 inches but lucky my reach has always suited my unauthodox style.

im 14 yo, 5ft8 with a 75in reach. just to top it off im a southpaw too. if your reach is 2 or more inches longer than tour height, you have a narural "boxers" build. guys with shorter reaches tend to best suit brawling.

Originally Posted by LPetersonFan12

I have a 69 inch reach from finger tip to finger tip, is this a reasonable length considering that im 17 years old,126 lbs(Featherweight), and 5'5?

im 15, 5"11 and 12 stone with a 69 inch reach - same as someone thats 5"5 i guess im screwed and cursed with short arms

Your not screwed, just don't try and beat a guy by fighting him on the outside... once you get inside some one with long arms they're the ones who are screwed because they loose the space to punch.

Originally Posted by AdamGB

Your not screwed, just don't try and beat a guy by fighting him on the outside... once you get inside some one with long arms they're the ones who are screwed because they loose the space to punch.

Yeah ! train to take your natural negatives into natural abilities.

You beat anyone anytime if you tick all the boxes in your minds eye first.

Practice stuff like throwing a straight shot simultanously at their exposed ribs right underneath their underarm as they jab and you circle your head down under it and head out to the outside of their elbow point. Start on the bag duck and throw ,then move while your down there further and play around with your own comfort zones;(you can move while your legs are bent withthe shuffle and then twist in and rise once your out side and throw a shot into them that they are turning into if you practice it and catch them right.)

Stretch alot your legs and hips so you can add to the freedom of in fighting.

Practice chocking the opponent down; by moving further in on their arm while thrrowing a shot over the top with your other arm while moving away from their free hand or firing right through their free hands path etc.

Slight twists in ankle placment of only a quarter of a circle when in close can make them miss and you hit harder if you can adapt a simultanous block and hit approach to in fighting.

Shuffles or heel to toe front foot and slide up the rear foot gets you in there and has you set down correctly to throw hard instantly.

Play around enjoy what you find.
It takes imagination and practice from dry runs to bag drills to your sparing then to the ring but what the hell, if you dont go there and find new ground who will?

(The next champion).

Grim the same as your namesake robin reid.It worked for him

i'm 6'2 with a reach of 74, thats quite short for a man my height

Reach,as measured fingertip to fingertip across the back is very deceptive as it, obviously, includes the width of one's back. Thus you find many short stockyfighters with a "long" reach. I'm a hair under 6'3" and if memory serves my reach was either 74" or 76"; I've never been out-reached(?) by shorter boxers, even those with 77" or 78" 'reaches' At the same time I fightrealwell inside- punch hard there-becauseithas more to dowith technique than how long your arms are.