Tallest fighter to compete in each weight class

5'9 1/2 jamie mcdonnell at Bantamweight.

Ah nevermind Panama Al Brown was taller.

Actually Mcdonnell fought once at Super fly.

 

Brown fought at Flyweight up to a significant level.

Just saying.

 

In which case, so far as I can tell, he's the tallest Fly, Bantam and Feather in boxing history.

 

Ring Mag 1924 end of year Flyweight rankings:

1. Pancho Villa, Champion
2. Frankie Genaro
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4. Jimmy Russo
5. Tommy Milton
6. Corporal Izzy Schwartz
7. Lew Perfetti
8. Emil Paluso
9. Young Dencio
10. Jack (Kid) Wolfe

He wasn't there very long, but he couldn't be argued to have been irrelevant in the weight class.

 

Current Featherweight champion Rafael Espinoza is listed as 6'1. Probably the tallest fighter in Featherweight history.

 

Hisashi Amagasa was 5′ 10½ at Super Bantamweight.

 

Would be quite a sight watching him face 5ft 2ins FW contender Nick Ball.

 

Henry Akinwande was 6'7, which was pretty tall for that time period. I remember seeing the Holyfield-Akinwande commercial as a teen thinking holy **** that guy is huge!

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That's weird. I didn't remember Akinwande was ever supposed to fight Holyfield. I wonder why they ended up not. Do you know what year that promo is from?

 

That was from 98. Akinwande pulled out after testing positive for Hepatitis, and that's when Holyfield fought Vaugn Bean on Showtimes 'free preview weekend' instead.

 

Alvin Hayes was a 6 ft 1 inch lightweight who making some noise in the 80's till Jimmy Paul took him out.

 

I thought Kingsley Ikeke was going to be the truth at MW, then Arthur Abraham destroyed him like he was nothing.

 

Muhammad Ali was a colossus that couldn’t be measured by the tale of the tape. He didn’t even shrink into old age I’d argue he’s still growing now.

 

I think it’d be interesting to have a seperate thread for guys who fought in the same day weigh in era and we could see how much the tallest guys grew with advanced weight cutting.

 

Former Bantamweight Champion Raul "Jibaro" Perez was 5'11"...