Shortest Heavyweights?

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  1. Russell

    Russell Loyal Member Full Member

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    Who are they?

    Qawi springs to mind.
     
  2. Calroid

    Calroid Active Member Full Member

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    Tony Musto "The Baby Tank"

    5' 7 1/2"
     
  3. josak

    josak Boxing Addict Full Member

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    tyson 5' 11" , frazier 5 '11 , marciano 5 10", tua 5 10"
     
  4. Senya13

    Senya13 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Sam Langford 5' 6 1/2
     
  5. RoccoMarciano

    RoccoMarciano Blockbuster Full Member

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    Was he really that small?
     
  6. Senya13

    Senya13 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    His height varies in different sources. CBZ lists him as 5'8". Boxrec as 5' 6 1/2. I'm too lazy to look up his measurements in the newspapers.
     
  7. Bigcat

    Bigcat Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Tommy Burns .. How he even dared face someone like Jack Johnson as a five foot something feller. He had balls as big as a basketball..

    Orlin was short too , in fact Tyson never wanted any part of Orlin when he was champ even though Orlin was Nabf champ and always knocking on the door...
     
  8. OLD FOGEY

    OLD FOGEY Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Turkey Thompson was listed at 5' 8 1/2" -he generally weighed over 200 lbs in his prime.
     
  9. Sonny's jab

    Sonny's jab Guest

    I daresay there was some fat mexican sometime, or some old 40 year-old guy coming off a 15 year layoff who once won the golden gloves featherweight title. Some 5'4" 200 pound dude, rolls of fat everywhere, getting knocked out by some badass prospect away from TV cameras or out in Wisconsin.
    The things people do when they're desperate for money.
     
  10. bigjake

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    tommy burns was 5'7" tall i believe
     
  11. bigjake

    bigjake Active Member Full Member

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    sam langford comes from nova scotia canada,i believe he was taller then that