Could a 5'9 boxer compete with today’s heavyweight boxing top contenders?

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  1. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    Not funny in light of his 90`s activities.
     
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    UniversalPart Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    He didnt do it man.

    Take the red pill and you'll see what women are like
     
  3. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    Maybe but he had a nasty attitude towards women before that anyway.
     
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    Dance84 Unicorn and seastar land Full Member

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    Rocky Marciano....
     
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    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    Too light.
     
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    kostya by ko Boxing Addict

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    Isn't Nistor 5.10? Maybe I got that wrong though.
     
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    Dance84 Unicorn and seastar land Full Member

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    **** off mark YDKSAB
     
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    Tramell Hypocrites Love to Pray & Be Seen. Mathew 6:5 Full Member

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    A flabby past it 5'7 Qawi made it 7 rounds with a 6'3 Foreman who in this fight weighed his lightest in his comeback trail. 8 inch height advantage. Anything's possible. Wondering had Qawi been in somewhat of decent shape could he have gone the distance with such a height and reach disadvantage. Or does such a disparity in size also force the taller guy to swing down, way down!
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    Safin Boxing Addict banned Full Member

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    Andy Ruiz Jr is no taller than 180cm and for my money, he is probably somewhere closer to 178cm. The 188cm claim is laughable.
     
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    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    Foreman still looks too heavy and slow there, he just couldn`t fight at that pace effectively during his comeback at all.
     
  11. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    He tucks his chin in meaning his head is pointed down and his back hunched taking about 2 inches off his height.
     
  12. Jackomano

    Jackomano Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Ruiz is around 185 -186cm, but he slouches a lot. I’m 184 cm and he was slightly taller than me, but he definitely isn’t 6’2”. I used to see Ruiz and his father almost daily because the head trainer at my old gym Salvador Villa was his trainer for a short while, but the relationship didn’t workout.
     
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    UniversalPart Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    184cm barefoot is believable. Its just slightly ovet 6ft tall.

    6ft2 in shoes is believeable.

    Joshua is 6ft6 barefoot I have no problem believing that.
     
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    Tramell Hypocrites Love to Pray & Be Seen. Mathew 6:5 Full Member

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    NP, I was just going to the extreme of finding a short dude.
     
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    fistsof steel Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Tyson 5" 9" and Tua 5' 10" hate to think what they would do to these ordinary Heavyweights fighting at the moment.!!!
     
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