Actual Height v Listed Height of Ring's Top 10 HW's?

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  1. Up the gut

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    One on one off i'm hearing
     
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  2. SambaKing1993

    SambaKing1993 Don't do it Zachary! Full Member

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    You do realise there is multiple times more articles we can provide backing up our points?

    Not only that, but use your damn eyes. Your heights are way off lol.

    Are Eddie Hearn & Kugan Cassius lying about their 6'5 1/2 height because AJ is taller than them everytime they are on video? Wlad isn't an inch smaller than Kugan and Eddie lol
     
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  3. Brighton bomber

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    You're right about Fury, I think he has very bad posture, so he slumps down in height a lot, but when he stands fully erect (no homo, lol) he's much closer to the 6'9" he's listed at.
     
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  4. SambaKing1993

    SambaKing1993 Don't do it Zachary! Full Member

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    Still think he's no taller than 6'7.5. He's been pictured with Price numerous times and Price is clearly taller, and they appear to be standing straight.
     
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  5. Brighton bomber

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    He's definitely not 6'9" that's for sure, 6'8" at best, still huge and bigger than anyone else in the division at the top level though.
     
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  6. Robney

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    This has been partially done last week, due to the Wilder vs Fury weigh-in and fight. Basically the consensus was that Fury really is about 6' 7½" instead of 6' 9"
     
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  7. Heavy_Hitter

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    So Wlad and big George are same height even though when they stand next to each other Wlad dwarfs him.
    1 picture is worth a thousand words.
    In the pic with Wlad and Rahman, Wlad is looking down and leaning on Bowes shoulders, when Rahman is standing with straight back. In the ring Wlad looked massive next to Rahman.
     
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  8. andrewa1

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    Thanks for providing explanation. I still disagree completely. Can't do the "quote" function so just responded in caps above.

    I get that there is an interest in height exaggeration. But I think you move the needle a level too far.

    I don't mean to be too hard on you, btw, I started this thread for discussion like this.
     
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  9. UniversalPart

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    Let's just downgrade everyone like they do on www.celebheights.com to make ourselves feel better :lol:
     
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  10. UniversalPart

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    George is 70 years old here dude. In his prime George was a legit 6ft4 man. Next to Cooney he didn't look that small and Cooney last week still looked a legit 6ft5-6ft6 (albeit in shoes). Still looks a complete unit of a man.
     
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  11. andrewa1

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    Ah, so you do have a source for Melo, yourself! That's a great source for you, unreliable for us (no offense). Do you remember if this was this morning or evening that you measured him?
     
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  12. andrewa1

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    Yeah, I go to that website. But the site owner is usually fair. He downgrades slightly from the listed height usually, but I do think there is usually a bit of exaggeration. But he has Wlad at 6'5.25, Vitali at 6'7, Wilder at 6'6.5. The only boxer I think he's a bit unfair with is Fury, who he lists at 6'7.5. I think there is enough photographic evidence of him with those other people to prove otherwise. In the ring, where you can't really fake it, he towered over Wlad and was noticeably taller than Wilder, whose heights are fairly easy to establish.
     
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  13. andrewa1

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    Everyone would have to be dramatically lying about their height for Jackomano to be right. I mean, I believe he measured Melo, and Melo was in the 6'6 range. Though I'd say it was probably evening height and still 6'6 and change. But most of those photos really don't show what he thinks they show. They usually show someone in a hunched position etc warping the clear view.
     
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  14. Heavy_Hitter

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    No he is not, the pic was taken 15 years ago and Foreman is still in his 60s.
    I think young Foreman is around 6 foot 3 and young Wlad is around 6 foot 6
     
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  15. UniversalPart

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    I checked, it was Klitschko-Haye, so 2011.

    Foreman was 62 years old then. He's 69 now. Still a giant of a man and wide as hell.
     
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