Is a very tall girl stronger than a short guy?

[Anonymous]

This girl is 6'9'' and weighs almost 200 lbs. Is she likely to be stronger than a guy who is 5'9'' and 140 lbs? This is her next to a 6'1'' guy:

Yes.

No.

[ADFSDF1996]

Not always but in that picture it looks like it. However, being tall doesn't always mean that the person is strong. It's usually body structure that determines how strong a person is. Broad shoulders, large forearm muscles and strong bones are signs of strength.

[Asker]

200 lbs of lean weight is a lot, I doubt a guy who is 140 lbs might have a chance.

[ADFSDF1996]

Weight doesn't always mean strength either. When I was in high school, there was a 180lb guy who could lift more than the 210lb guy in my weight training class and they had similar builds.

If you are referring who would win in a fight between small and large person, it would depend on various factors. If both are skilled then it could go either way considering that longer limbs are susceptible to submissions.

[Asker]

The 180 lbs guy might have been more trained, I agree.
But I still think that's too much of a difference. The small guy won't have a chance in a fight against her. I actually wonder if she will be able to lift more than a smaller untrained guy. Of course, if the 140 lbs guy is a lifter, he will be stronger than this girl. But what if he is just your average Joe without any training?

[ADFSDF1996]

If the small person knows how to use the larger opponent's longer limbs to his/her advantage, then he/she could apply a submission hold on one of the bigger person's limbs. just look at the fight between Fedor and Hong man Choi.

She's 6'9" and only weighs 200lbs. A person around that height should weigh between 260lbs and 300lbs.

Obviously that guy doesn't exactly look like he is very strong so she might be a little bit stronger than him, she might be able to lift more than him. A 5'9" guy should way between 160 and 180lbs.

[Asker]

Yeah, but Fedor is a very skilled fighter as opposed to that Korean guy. In real life this girl would just kick the guy with her leg and knock him over, and then get on top of him.

[ADFSDF1996]

That's not the only occasion where it's happened, there are many recorded fights that have had similar results. Ikuhisa Minowa is known as the "giant killer" for beating larger fighters. another example is the first fight between Masakatsu Funaki and Semmy Schilt. Masakatsu also used the larger guy's limbs to win the fight.

Also, Choi is actually not that bad at fighting. He did have a good kickboxing record and was a Ssireum wrestler but he is just so big to the point where his size is a disadvantage.

However, I do agree that woman in the picture would probably win against the guy in the picture.

[guy42069]

there's no way those heights are correct, thats like a foot and a half not 8 inches

[guy42069]

But no strength has nothing to do with height, it would depend on build and how much training each person has.

[Asker]

Looks correct to me, she wears heels so that adds some inches. But she is in fact 6'9'', her name is Ekaterina Lisina.

[guy42069]

Ooooh ok. The heels makes sense then nvm my bad I shouldve seen that

[LittleSally]

In this case - of those people in the pic - definitely yup...

[FarhanRakin]

Obviously look at the boy he is a normal boy and look at the girl she is so huge she can literally kill him if she wants if the boy was bodybuilder or a fighter he would be stronger but look at the height difference if he was few inches shorter than je would be stronger but for This I need to say the girl is stronger.

[LuciaReina]

Look at the photo - just a boy and his mother. She is much stronger, for sure!