He brought up a couple of interesting points.1) The south is MUCH different from the north. I come from Queens, New York. I lived there for 13 years, and when I came to South Florida I was 14. I thought I came from the "hood" in New York just to find myself seeing more fights than I'd ever seen in my life. However, I've only lost one fight, and I was jumped.2) Height doesn't mean shit. It's true. I've faced off against people much, much taller than me...6'7, 6'8..I'm 5'10, 18 years old. And the fact of the matter is, I always come out of a fight unscathed. People seriously don't believe that I'd gotten into fights sometimes because I simply don't have a mark on me.***HOW TO WIN A FIGHT***It's actually pretty simple. There's no martial-arts, high kicks or techniques to it. You are basically either moving, or attacking. Let me explain.When you are fighting against someone, you must always assume that they can beat you. Even though it's negative thinking, it keeps you on your toes. Now, the first phase of the fight is simply backing up/dodging attacks from the opponent. As long as you can last three-five minutes without getting hit (and your opponent keeps swinging) you've won.Why? Because by this point, most people will be very tired. Swinging takes a lot of energy even if done properly, and most people don't. If you're opponent doesn't look visibly tired after five minutes of swinging, you might be fighting with someone that's not just anyone. Doesn't mean you can't win, just means it won't be easy.Well, hopefully your opponent is tired. You can do one of two patterns here (or both)--counterattack and/or assault.***COUNTERATTACK***This is simple. Since you're opponent is hopefully tired, wait till he swings. It will probably be slow :P. AS SOON AS HE SWINGS, YOU SWING, and move in the same direction of the fist he threw. If he threw his right, move right, (dodging his attack) and if you swung when he swung, you'll clock him--easily. FOR THE SAKE OF YOUR WELL-BEING -- IF YOU GET HIT, STOP DOING THIS. Go back to the previous tactic of backing up/dodging hits till your opponent gets tired. Don't think you can dodge his hit and then have this guy 25-hit your ass.***ASSAULT***So this guy's looking really tired, and he's not swinging? Well, don't just stand there! Pretend you're playing Killer Instinct, and show him an Ultra Combo. The more times you hit him in succession, the less likely he'll ever mess with you again. I'm known to hit 9-10 times in rapid succession. I should note that I don't work out, have no muscles, no 6 pack or anything like that. I'm actually fat right now and trying to lose weight.***WHERE TO HIT***You can't just hit anywhere. In my previous five fights, the most prevalent area that I've always hit is the throat. Most people don't expect this, and if you can get two or three hits here (in succession) the fight is yours.Another place you can hit is the temple (just to the side of the eye), the windtunnel in your stomach (not sure what it's called, but if you hit it right they lose their air and can't fight for 1/2 minute.), the knees, the eyes, the balls.Stay away from the jaw, the skull, the legs (unless its the knees or you're 120% sure you can knock them down), etc. Also, objects are your FRIENDS. If you find a chair, use it! If you find a steel pipe, USE IT! If you find a dead dog, USE IT!!! (Gross, but effective.)***SUPER-OPPONENT (MUST READ)***Lets say this guy's really fast, doesn't get tired, and he even got a few hits on you. Now you must raise the bar, and don't focus on hitting him. Instead, focus on your own safety, and make sure he can't hit you again. The next time he swings, try the counterattack to hit him in the throat. Gauge his eyes, and quickly grab his stronger arm. Kick him in the balls, and while he's worried about that, break his arm. Continue by fucking him up like there's no tommorow (Think: assault)***MISCELLANEOUS***If by chance this guy charges at you, please know that he never won the fight. If you swing with full force, and your knuckle connects with one of the good places to hit people (throat, eyes, even jaw in this case) you will break what you touch.Think about it like this: He's charging at you, and you swing with 100% power, connect for...150? 200? 250% power? Pretty devastating. Only dumbasses charge into battle.***REAL-LIFE CONFRONTATION***Don't get me wrong. I actually don't like fighting. But sometimes you have to defend what's yours, be it pride, your Rolex watch, or your girlfriend. But if there is another way to solve a problem, I try and go for it. Fighting really doesn't solve anything, and just leaves the loser bent on revenge. He comes back for you, and it kind of cycles, on and on.This is an actual fight that happened between me, and a 21-year old 6'3" muscular black guy. To this day, my friends (and I :P) are astounded that he didn't tear me into the ground.This guy came up, and it was very little talking. Black people are notorious for getting straight into the action, and I already knew that he wanted to fight me, and now he'd seen me in public. It was night-time, so I guess he figured "why not?".Well, this guy comes swinging at me full-crazy. I just start backing up and moving out of the way, making sure to look all around (didn't want to trip over something). I don't like to go back in a straight line, but I like moving side-to-side, kind of in a circle. It continued like that for THREE MINUTES (it was a pretty long three minutes though), and he was getting REALLY pissed...but had no energy to feed off. Seeing as how this was my chance, I tried to get in close, and he swung.I ducked ALL THE WAY TO THE GROUND, and I came back up AS FAST AS POSSIBLE. He was still pulling his arm back to him, and I hit him twice in the throat. choke choke. I punched him in the windtunnel, and DOWN he went...while he was down there, I kicked him in the face more than twice. After that, I decided that he had enough torture, so I punched him with ALL MY POWER to both temples, and he was out cold.My friend congratulated me with some Pizza, but I was really nervous lol I couldn't eat. My adrenaline pumps and I start shaking after a fight.Well, that's all I have to offer. Sorry for making it so damn long, and I hope everyone benefits from my post.