Ali's real height

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  1. Longhhorn71

    Longhhorn71 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I watched the beginning of Ali vs Liston rematch in Lewiston, Maine.

    Ali towered over Liston...looked like 3 inches difference.

    Not as much in Foreman fight....but Ali looks taller.

    Ali just seemed to "project" himself as the dominant force.
     
  2. fists of fury

    fists of fury Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I think 6'3" is accurate, for once.
     
  3. Skins

    Skins Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I think Angie told him in the 1st Liston fight to stand tall during the instructions to make Liston look up at him
     
  4. Unforgiven

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    He was 6'2" or 6'3" at the most.
     
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  7. Mr.DagoWop

    Mr.DagoWop Boxing Junkie banned Full Member

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    6'3"-3.5", Foreman was 6'4" and Ali looked as tall or taller at some instances.
     
  8. Nighttrain

    Nighttrain 'BOUT IT 'BOUT IT Full Member

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    Liston had wooden legs but real feet. The NOI threatened to burn him to the ground.
     
  9. foreman&dempsey

    foreman&dempsey Boxing Addict banned

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    ali was 6´3 and he never ever looked taller than foreman
     
  10. foreman&dempsey

    foreman&dempsey Boxing Addict banned

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    i agree, but to be fair liston was in his prme in the era of john l sullivan
     
  11. tommytheduke

    tommytheduke Active Member Full Member

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    Ali was 6-3 and a half
     
  12. turpinr

    turpinr Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Liston also had spare fists that he used against Eddie Machen.
    Nobody knows how old Liston was but there is record of a British archer at Agincourt named Charles Liston and paintings of that period show that famous scowl.
    I wonder.......???
     
  13. CzarChristoph

    CzarChristoph Active Member Full Member

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    6'2.5/189cm, as in his passport. Foreman wasn't 6'4.
     
  14. Mr.DagoWop

    Mr.DagoWop Boxing Junkie banned Full Member

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    Ali's neck was leaning forward too
     
  15. foreman&dempsey

    foreman&dempsey Boxing Addict banned

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    i have been next to holyfield and he is taller than me, i am 6´1( 1,86) and ali is clearly taller than holyfield, so you wrong, and foreman was 6´4, but if you are super accurate in the numbers lewis never was full 6´5....