Best Smaller Fighters Ever: just by HEIGHT.

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  1. Greg Price99

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    Agreed. Arguably Dwight's biggest attribute at LHW was his physical strength. If there's a sub 5ft 6ins fighter in history as strong as Qawi, I can't think of him. BJW beat LHWs and even some small HWs and Young Corbett III beat Billy Conn, but I doubt even they could stand up to Qawi.
     
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    I think we are essentially saying the same thing, just in different ways. My picks are:

    <5ft 10ins Tua/Langford
    <5ft 8ins Langford
    <5ft 6ins Qawi (or if he's not short enough, YCIII)
    <5ft 4ins and 5ft 2ins BJW
     
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    Yesss, but the question I left outstanding in several posts yet remains: are we sure that Qawi was definitely under 5 & 1/2' tall?

    EDIT: you are committing to Tua being under 5'10"?
    Never heard it, but seems more likely than not, given slight round ups + that haircut!

    And Remember, you are Still Under Oath! :sherlock::naughty2:
     
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    I'm not sure, no. I've seen him listed at anything between 5ft 5ins and 5ft 7ins, and could believe him at anything between those 2 extremes. As mentioned, if Dwight isn't under 5ft 6ins, I'd take YCIII.
     
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    Nobody picks Marciano, OR if you might you do not think he was under 5'10"? I suspect he was.
    We also got the likes of Fat Tony Galento & (if you like Fat version of) Toney to consider.

    And considering what Mr. Price muses, IF Tua is height qualified, I might need to pick him.
    Also he would not be in Langford's division-if he was given that his chin was virtually impregnable, & he helped set a HW punch volume record vs. Ike even though losing, I must reluctantly take him.

    EDIT: under my rules I amend my statement above: it is ambiguous under my initial rules whether someone in the division BELOW can fight one above.
    However since I did list below & above certain heights, it is most reasonable to say that guys must be within those categories, just like all weight divisions escept the HW/unlimited one.

    But if a man can take everyone in the height division above that should be noted!
     
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    I've seen Marciano listed as 5ft 10ins, 5ft 10.5ins and 5ft 11ins, but never below 5ft 10ins.
     
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    Usually, but a Gooogle search will show 5'9" too.
    He looked SO much shorter than Ali when they faced off for the computer fight-although he may have shrunk a bit then-that I wonder.
    But while some speculate that he was under 70", I admit I have neither definitive evidence NOR do I know if it is even likely.
    More likely Tua is under 5'10", if only due to most guys have their height rounded up...And his hair.
     
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