What do you consider a "big man"?

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    what do you consider a "big man"? A giant of 270 pounds?a man of 200 natural pounds Onwards? 190? 185? Anything above 175?
     
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    It has everything to do with frame. Shoulder width, wrist ankle and neck circumference etc.
     
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    I agree. People get too hung up on weight. David Haye weighs more than a prime Joe Frazier, but who is the naturally bigger man?
     
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    I agree with you guys,it is all about the frame,but Then..for example...a natural 190 pounder,(not very tall or long of course),190 pounds of robust frame(not inflated in a gym) could be considered "big"?
     
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    Yeah. See some of these men in real life and they are big despite being relatively light.
    George Foreman was always BIG. He was big when he weighed 214 pounds.

    Conversely, someone might weigh 225 muscular but not be as big as the Foreman types.
    225 lean and muscular is big, don't get me wrong, but it doesn't necessarily make you bigger than the man weighing 210.

    Height is a must too. You can't really be big in boxing terms without being at least around average height for the weight class.
    As stocky and a heavily-muscled as the likes of Tyson and Tua were, for example, they were never big heavyweights.
     
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    I agree but i think that tua and tyson were big..they did not look that big because they were facing another big tall men ,but tua in the street between average people must be a human tank
     
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    For example now i am 6'1 and 220 pounds,my natural weight is around 202-205 pounds.foreman at 217 looked bigger than i at 220,it has to do with the frame, i am more type holyfield with the legs a little more thick,but not a big boned guy like george
     
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    I consider all my lads big, they are all over 6'2" and range from 230 to280lbs,I'm like a midget next to them.
     
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    Well if we're talking HW and today's standards then i would say atleast 6'3.5-6'4"
    and atleast 225-230 lbs
     
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    lol big? All ****ing valuevs
     
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    I bought the youngest one a suit for his Nan's funeral, the jacket was a 52" chest , he couldn't do it up.
     
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    It's a bit relative to your size, isn't it? Let's not confuse big with fat.

    The average person has about 18% body fat. Athletes range between 6-13% body fat.

    So let's say anyone over 6 feet 220 pounds with less than 14% body fat is a big man, but give the numbers some leeway as there are different types of builds.
     
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    Max Baer was a big man....the first "non-oafish" big man.
     
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    Baer was huge he does not look very small next to carnera