Does anyone know more about this French Giant from 1935?

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  1. reznick

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  2. channy

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    Size of him, bet he ate his snails and frogs legs by the pound
     
  3. JohnThomas1

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    Remember him well, he was around 330 pound and 7'8. Godfrey knocked him out at one point.
     
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    [url]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gogea_Mitu[/url]


    He died in 1936, aged only 21.
     
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  5. Mendoza

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    Nice find. I never heard of him. Boxing always has room for these unique type of cases.

    Mitu is not French. He's the " Goliath of Romania " Not a bad ring record either.

    Mitu's reach could have been well over 100" long. The record unofficially is Manute Bol, at 106", but it was only a celebrity boxing match and he lost it. Bol was a basketball player.
     
  6. mcvey

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    Three fights comprising two wins over nobodies and a draw. His other outings were exhibitions.
     
  7. reznick

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    Thank you. Sudden sadness overcame me reading that he died at 21 from a disease that's curable today.
     
  8. reznick

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    Look at his hand in that last shot, jesus. He could wrap it around that guys head