Light Heavyweight Champions 5'8 & under?

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  1. POTUS

    POTUS Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Can we name some of the past? Seems very short for light heavyweight
     
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  2. Drew101

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    Tommy Burns
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  3. POTUS

    POTUS Boxing Addict Full Member

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    It's a rare breed
     
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  4. Drew101

    Drew101 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Kind of, yeah. You could add Langford and Greb, too...as they competed successfully at LH. But, even in historical times, it was clear that you had to be pretty exceptional to do so at world level.
     
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  5. dinovelvet

    dinovelvet Antifanboi Full Member

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    Montell Griffin - 5'7
     
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  6. RingKing75

    RingKing75 Boxing Junkie banned Full Member

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    Had no idea he was that short. Was that measurement taken before or after Roy took his head off?
     
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  7. Eggman

    Eggman "The cream of the crop! Nobody does it better! Full Member

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    That’s a mastermind boxing knowledge question
     
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  8. roughdiamond

    roughdiamond Ridin' the rails... Full Member

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    Harry Greb wasn't the World Champ at LHW (not given the chance) but he still dominated bigger men at 175. He was 5'7.

    Mickey Walker was also successful at these weights (natural ATG Welter / Middle). He was 5'5 / 5'6.
     
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  9. Nonito Smoak

    Nonito Smoak Ioka>Lomo, sorry my dudes Full Member

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    Since same-day weigh-ins, I would also be curious of. Even just the best 5'8"ers to be at LHW.
     
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