Punching with long legs and smaller upper body?

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Typical scandanavian build here:

Long legs, smaller torso, and a pretty average reach.

I've found with not having a broad/long upper body, that even when going with shorter guys, my reach is hard to use in my punches. Legs are easy to use all day. Front kicks, stop kicks, inside kicks, ect. But my punches lack that same distance coverage.

I have watched a lot of videos of Gustaffson who has a similar body type. He usually sets up his strikes by stepping in with his long legs. I've been pretty successful with it but wanted to see if you guys had any more suggestions or fighters with a similar style?
 
I made a thread about fighting as taller fighter against shorter fighter.

The best peace of advice is you still have to stand close enough hit them. So being taller than opponent does not mean you have to be the outside fighter when fighting shortie. You can still fight inside, but just dont crouch down to their eye level.
 
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