He was tall. Plenty tall. You can look at photos all you want, but an inch is nothing to a guy of that size. Plus there's posture, camera distortion, anything closer the camera looks bigger. So unless you have a a photo with the right MM lens taken from the right distance with the subject standing perfectly straight, a next to known object for scale with a way to validate the position of the know object, this is a futile exercise. Just as an example. Take your phone out and take a selfie. Now go into the mirror and look at your face. Now tell me, how big is your nose? You think the mirror or the phone selfie is telling the truth?
"On his best day"? What, like if he tries really hard? Your point about his arms is valid, though, as reach is more important when most of the guys are between 6ft 3 and 6ft 7 anyway. If you take 2 fighters who are both 6ft 2, and one looks all arms and legs, and is a long, rangey fighter who looks quite lanky, while the other is more compact and in proportion, it is going to be the first guy who is going to have an advantage...obviously.
Funny, but the best place to see incorrect heights is IMDB. They ALWAYS add 1" at least to actors, especially the old guys from the 30's-40's. Even modern actors get an inch.
He never fought tall and usually was crouched a little bit and always looked down at the stare down. ABC sports measured Cooney at 6’6” and three quarters prior to the Holmes fight btw. I think 6’6 is acceptable.
I addressed that already, im aware Cooney slightly crouched or leaned forward in his fights Thats why i definitely think he's at LEAST 6'5 however if he truly was measured at over 6'6 barefoot then thats very interesting to know
We will never know for sure. Sure many heights & sizes are overstated. I have no reason to believe the taller guys more so. But Cooney both clearly shrunk, & if any guy looks very different even in the same fight with the same footwear, & you can see how he often crouches, he is likely the latter height. When I was a kid I recall Cooney. I think he was easily 6' 6", maybe & some fraction as when referred to above measured on the air.
Fury is probably 6'9 as stated to be fair, I've stood next to him. I'm just under 6'3 and he absolutely dwarfed me.
Cooney is a legitimate 6'6 Anthony Joshua exact height is 6'5½ i believe and the height difference between him and Usyk looked the exact same as the height difference between Cooney and Holmes when Cooney was hunched over. But when Cooney occasionally stood up straight then that height difference between him and Holmes looked larger than the height difference between Joshua and Usyk
