The real heights of Wilder, Fury & Joshua (or as close as you will get)

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  1. Reg

    Reg Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I googled David Price and Tyson fury. 3 pictures showed up. two were torso and above where Price looked taller but that is meaningless. The third is a full body picture with both leaning in a bit but Furys back is slightly rounded form leaning in more and he still manages to be a hair taller.

    I think Fury is clearly taller than 6'7"
     
  2. Ph33rknot

    Ph33rknot Live as if you were to die tomorrow Full Member

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    how tall are you?
     
  3. UniversalPart

    UniversalPart Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    He is just trying to make himself look more impressive and the rest of even shorter.

    He is a legit 6ft6.

    Remember this is the same guy that used to wear shoulder pads during ring walk-ins as well as lifts in his shoes at press conferences to make himself look even bigger.
     
  4. SambaKing1993

    SambaKing1993 Don't do it Zachary! Full Member

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    Yes, which is why it doesn't make sense for him to claim he is smaller than he actually is.

    As for the fella that says Wlad is 6'4.5. No he's not lol. And I've seen AJ in that BBC documentary Where he has to slightly duck to get through the living room door in his house (door is 6'6) so I'm pretty sure he is as he says he is, just a touch under 6'7.
     
  5. Jackomano

    Jackomano Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    6'4.5" is still tall last time I checked. Also, consider that a standard pair of dress shoes gives you an inch, but a pair of lifts can easily give you 2-3 inches, which would easily make Wlad appear to be 6'6" to 6'7" when he's wearing them. Also, big men wear lifts more than you might think, since Michael Jordan (6'4" without lifts) and even Shaq (6'11" without lifts) wear lifts.

    Wlad 6'4.5" with 6'7.5" Fury both in flat boxing shoes. Fury easily has 2-3 inches on Wlad.
    http://fightnews.ru/files/u14041/article5010_0.jpg

    Wlad Admitting that Fury isn't 6'9" and closer to 6'7.5" Wach

    Are you recruiting sparring partners to replicate Fury’s billed height of 6ft 9ins?
    He’s actually not as tall as people say, surprisingly. I’ve been at the press conference with him and I thought he was kind of the size of Mariusz Wach [6ft 7 1/2ins]. But obviously he’s taller than me, and I have set up with my camp manager and Johnathon the list of sparring partners
    http://www.boxingnewsonline.net/wladimir-klitschko-tyson-fury-is-not-6ft-9ins/

    6'7.5" Wach and Fury
    https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DbjIJVsX0AEJ-a5.jpg
    http://www.ringpolska.pl/images/stories/575/05/wach_fury.jpg
     
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  6. RealDeal

    RealDeal Pugilist Specialist Full Member

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    Sorry but you are wrong. Wilder was 214.75 for the Ortiz fight. A person that size can easily drop 15 lbs of water weight.

    http://www.espn.com/boxing/story/_/id/22627472/deontay-wilder-weighs-bout-luis-ortiz-215-pounds

    Heavyweight world titleholder Deontay Wilder has consistently weighed in the 220s for most of his career, but on Friday, the eve of his biggest fight, he came in considerably lighter.

    Wilder will make his seventh title defense against Luis "King Kong" Ortiz on Saturday (Showtime, 9 p.m. ET) at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.

    When Wilder stepped on the scale at Barclays Center on Friday afternoon he surprised everyone by weighing 214¾ pounds. That is the lightest Wilder has weighed since he was 214½ for the third fight of his professional career in 2009.

    Wilder (39-0, 38 KOs), 32, of Tuscaloosa, Alabama, hadn't been less than 220 since he was 219 pounds when he easily outpointed Bermane Stiverne to win the title by lopsided decision in their first fight in January 2015.
     
  7. SambaKing1993

    SambaKing1993 Don't do it Zachary! Full Member

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    Tyson is standing on his tip toes in that photo with Wlad, as he always does.
     
  8. chatty

    chatty Boxing Addict Full Member

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    He is 6'6 when he wears his high heels.
     
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  9. SambaKing1993

    SambaKing1993 Don't do it Zachary! Full Member

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    More like 6'9. It's ridiculous the lifts he wears.
     
  10. Serge

    Serge Ginger Dracula Staff Member

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    Back when The Gypsy King still had his 50s matinee idol dashing good looks

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  11. SmackDaBum

    SmackDaBum TKO7 banned Full Member

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    Fury has a shrugging posture. Thats why he seems shorter than what he is. The opposite goes for Wilder and Joshua.
     
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  12. 3rdegree

    3rdegree Boxing Addict banned Full Member

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    I can't believe how much Fury's face has aged since his fight with Klitschko. If his face has aged that much, imagine his body?
     
  13. bluebird

    bluebird Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I've met a few boxers at expos.

    Errol Spence is 5'9 1/2, not the 5'9 flat.

    James Toney is a nose under 5'10, probably 5'9.75

    Zab Judah is really small, like 5'6.75

    Shawn Porter is 5'6.75 region too, but very thick! His traps tell me he is juicing.
     
  14. Aydamn

    Aydamn Dillian Da Dissappointment Full Member

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    Agreed. Wilder is a legit 6'7 and AJ is a touch under 6'7 (about 199 CM according to official website)

    Fury I would say is 6'8 but not 6'9... can see he has an inch on Wilder
     
  15. brown-bomber

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    You lose height with age. Especially once over 50. Look up Clint Eastwood, he’s lost nearly 4 inches.