According to Boxrec Rees AND Broner are BOTH 5'7"

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  1. Maxsplit

    Maxsplit Well-Known Member Full Member

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    :shock:

    My eyes are telling me a different story altogether!! :lol:

    Anyone know what their heights really are, Broner seems to have a significant advantage in this area ....
     
  2. HOF

    HOF Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Heights are clearly not Boxrec's forte. Noticed it last week. They have Selby at 5'5" and Lindsay at 5'7" !!

    All I know is it's incredible Broner is getting down to this weight and actaully weighed in below Rees. To look at him he looks closer to a middleweight with those shoulders
     
  3. Jack Dempsey

    Jack Dempsey Legend Full Member

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    BN had Rees at 5'3'' and Broner 5'7'' seems more beliveable
     
  4. Dynamito_2012

    Dynamito_2012 Active Member Full Member

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    broner looked quite tall next to Johnny Nelson on Ringside. I would say Broner is about 5'8 or so.
     
  5. Jonsey

    Jonsey Boxing Junkie banned

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    Broner is big in the shoulders but nowhere else. Slim waste, arms, legs etc. whereas Gavin is pretty thick set everywhere.
     
  6. silly_illy

    silly_illy Boxing Addict Full Member

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    rees & baby jake matalala should be lining up for the NBA according to boxrec

    & the referee has to watch he dont step on them if they ever fought
     
  7. PaulieMc

    PaulieMc Guest

    Yeah, Rees is about 5'3 and Broner about 5'7 or 5'7 and a half.

    Rees' height is what makes him so awkward. He ducks low and his head catches his opponents and can cause cuts. It's kind of dirty but at the end of the day if you can get away with it then do it. The Americans wouldn't think twice about headbutting their opponents, just look at Andre Ward.
     
  8. Lazarus

    Lazarus Realist Full Member

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    Boxrec's statistics are SERIOUSLY inaccurate. You should know this.
     
  9. rooq

    rooq Rooq's Boxing Promoter Full Member

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    Rees is a similiar height to prince naz...maybe even shorter
     
  10. TFFP

    TFFP The Eskimo

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    Not really rob.
     
  11. iceferg

    iceferg Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    rees is 5"4 and Broner is 5"7, that's what ****** says in the sun. I've actually read articules on boxrec reffering to rees as %24 I'me sure, so how they can not get it right on the profile is daft
     
  12. AlFrancis

    AlFrancis Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I've met Rees and he was a good bit shorter than me, i'm 5 foot 6.
     
  13. Maxsplit

    Maxsplit Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Cool :good

    I wasn't sure if it was Broner's height that was inaccurate rather than Rees and he was 5'10+ like Ricky Burns?

    So Burns would have a sizeable advantage on Broner should they meet.
     
  14. HOF

    HOF Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Dailymail has Broner 5'7" and Rees 5'4" too
     
  15. StWerburghs

    StWerburghs Active Member Full Member

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    This is very strange. I am sure I checked these stats on boxrec 2-3 weeks ago and they were different.

    Very peculiar.