Was Gerry Cooney really 6'6 or was he in the 6'5 range ?

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  1. Yaiyr Alexander

    Yaiyr Alexander Member banned Full Member

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    He looked 6'5 against Larry Holmes but other times he looks 6'6
     
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  2. miniq

    miniq Tyson Fury Undisputed HW Champion 18/5/24 Full Member

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    6'5"

    AJ is 6'6"
    Wilder is 6''7"
    Fury on his best day is 6'8" & not a fraction more (His reach however is like that of an orangutan)
     
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  4. Sap1en

    Sap1en Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Fury on his best day is 6"7" AJ is 6"5". Don't get worked by promoters
     
  5. BUDW

    BUDW Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Every bit of 6 6
     
  6. Reg

    Reg Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    When you're 6'6" the difference an inch makes is very negligible. If this thread was talking about bantamweights then sure, You can notice an inch pretty well but not with heavyweights. At that height you're going to sleep an inch shorter than you wake up from spinal compression alone,
     
  7. MorvidusStyle

    MorvidusStyle Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Probably 6'4.
    My advice after noticing phoney heights in sport for many years (exposed when one or more phoney heights come head to head):

    Just take 2 inches off any heights over 6' and it will be about right, particularly if they're being branded as giants/monstrous.
    Take 1-1.5 inches off of listed heights below 6' and that will be about right, unless they are very small in which case take 2 inches off.

    There are always exceptions who actually list their correct height. Groves might be one of those. The clue is that he could have just listed 6'+ to make it sound better, but he lists 5'11 and a half. There's no reason to do that unless you're being honest.
     
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  8. West of Hollywood

    West of Hollywood Active Member Full Member

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    Professional wrestling was always known for exaggerating heights and weights. Ivan Koloff (who was really Canadian!) was listed as 6'1" but was really 5'8" at best. Guy was a physical specimen though and had a Mike Tyson-like physique.
     
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  9. titanic

    titanic Boxing Addict Full Member

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    6"5' or 6"6' or 6"7' doesn't matter, he is the GENTLE GIANT !!!
     
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  10. MarkusFlorez99

    MarkusFlorez99 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    This belongs in the classic forum, but if Holmes was a legit 6'3 Cooney was probably a legit 6'6 or just about. He looked about 6'4½ against Holmes in spots because of his stature. He leaned forward a lot so when Cooney stood straight up against Holmes from time to time looked HUGE.

    He was listed as 6'5 in some fights but he looked slightly taller than that
     
  11. vargasfan1985

    vargasfan1985 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Such a weird thread. Like the difference of 1 inch matters at that height.
     
  12. GoldenHulk

    GoldenHulk Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I'd say 6'6. Foreman is 6'4 and he was easily a couple inches taller than Big George.
     
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  13. HolDat

    HolDat Well-Known Member Full Member

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    An inch doesn't matter when you're a giant.
     
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  14. Safin

    Safin Boxing Addict banned Full Member

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    Foreman has never seen 6'4'' in his life. He was always 6'3'' 190.5cm possibly 191cm at the most.

    Heavyweight heights are particularly inflated, though there are some exceptions (within half an inch, say). At the top just now, Joshua, Wilder, Usyk, Joyce are all legitimate. Fury is overlisted by around 5cm, Whyte same, Lucas Browne around 4cm overlisted, Parker 3cm over, Ruiz 5cm over, Gassiev is not taller than Usyk, H. Fury 4cm over and so on and on.