ChokLab Says This Clip Proves Louis Was The Same Size As Foreman and Norton

I met Reg too but Carnera never came up. I don't dispute one of primos measurements was 6'5 and three quarters. But there are other measurements out there for him. I don't think one measurement is more authentic because Reg says so. I simply believe one measurement caught on and was published more often than the others. We don't know. That there are other measurements kind of makes me wonder what was the real one.

Foreman was most likely a bit bigger than Louis. He was heavier but how they appeared together is a separate issue. They are not really a weight division apart and in the same era they could be more similar

 

Tale of the tape measurements are essentially worthless. There is no consistent standard to it, stuff is made up by promoters, which is why you have weird examples like Antonio Tarver having larger measurements than Lennox Lewis.

Heavyweight weigh ins are ball park, one of our posters in another thread pointed out Foreman wearing boots on the scale before the Norton fight. Just not much point to it. If you take the official listings as gospel, it depends on which fights you match them.

 

Exactly

 

Not to get picky, but the difference between 217.5 lbs. and 181 lbs. is 36.5 lbs.

However, Louis was 20 when he fought Kracken, not 24. Kracken was his first professional fight.

While I certainly think Foreman was bigger, it is worth noting that different men mature at different ages. Foreman seems to have filled out earlier. I don't think 36 lbs. is a fair reading of the difference in size between Foreman and Louis. I think it is more like 15 lbs. in top shape, perhaps a bit more. 181 would make Louis lighter than Marciano's usual fighting weight, but he was clearly a lot bigger than Rocky.

 

Louis was 207 at 27 as well wasn't he?

 

Thankyou. That's what I said. Louis was 207 for Simon aged 27 and ten months.

Foreman dosnt have to be 207lb at any point. we know he was heavier.

 

Foreman was heavier that's all. Both similar height in appearance.

Measurements are worthless.

 

I wonder how big Foreman looks alongside these guys?