George Foreman (First Career) Vs Oleksandr Usyk?

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  1. BCS8

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    I have never measured him. I can only quote statistics by people that have done so.
     
  2. BCS8

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    You're clueless, unable to provide a single source for your pulled-from-the-ass measurements.
     
  3. Pugguy

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    …..clueless and STILL posting hurt. Try floating your rubbish with someone else…oh, that’s right, you already have and no one has been buying it :lol:
     
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  4. swagdelfadeel

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    Dude's been getting his ass kicked for 7 pages. :lol: Even that Cojimar idiot has seemingly abandoned ship.
     
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  5. BCS8

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    So you have nothing. OK
     
  6. JohnThomas1

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    This content is protected
     
  7. Pugguy

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    He’s copped it even worse than Joe Grim (the human punch bag) ever did. Just as well his ignorance keeps him “blissfully” protected.
     
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  8. Man_Machine

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    Doesn't appear to be much of a rebound there.
     
  9. JohnThomas1

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    Take particular note of the opponent too.
     
  10. McGrain

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    What difference does all of this make? Gassiev and usyk would have been heavies in foreman’s era, and probably pretty big ones.
     
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  11. Greg Price99

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    Boxrec and Wiki are unlikely to have verified his height. I assume you wont contradict me when i say heights on Boxrec and Wiki can be erroneous. Haye isn't 6ft 3ins nor is Andy Ruiz 6ft 2ins, for example. Boxrec had Amir Khan 5ft 10ins and then revised him to 5ft 8.5ins overnight. By definition one of these listings is wrong.

    I'm not asking for a definitive measurement and don't claim to have one myself. I'm asking for your estimates of Usyk and Gassiev's respective heights based on all available data, photos and footage.

    I only ever recall seeing Usyk listed as 6ft 3ins. This, to half an inch shorter than this, looks about right given how he compares to Chisora, Bellew, AJ, etc.

    Gassiev is clearly shorter than Usyk in multiple photos, videos and was apparently so during the fight.

    Therefore, I estimate Gassiev as 6ft 2ins and Usyk 6ft 2.5ins to 6ft 3ins. How about you?
     
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  12. Pugguy

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    Excellent! Thanks.

    I hope was it was clear that I didn’t mean that I thought that the 208 lb that you provided was exaggerated - I only asked the source because I wasn’t aware that they made an “unofficial” weigh on the night of the fight.

    In terms of exaggeration I was talking alleged 15 lb to 20 lb re-hydration gains. And yeah, the opponent still only came in at 197 1/2 lb himself - . 1/2 lb lighter than the official weigh in. That’s a DOUBLE banger.
     
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  13. JohnThomas1

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    I have another note somewhere where Usyk was 207 fight night. So Usyk doesn't put on anything amazing.
     
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  14. McGrain

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    Well we don’t know what he puts on because we don’t know what he works off. Lewis rested absolutely after weigh in. Liston was very active. Lewis took on water until right before bell. Liston didn’t consume anything within site of the fight. And on and on.
     
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  15. BCS8

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    I have quoted numerous other sources.

    They are around the 6'3 mark, in my opinion. Possibly Usyk is taller at 6'4, since I have seen him referred to as that. In the Chisora face off Usyk is clearly at least 2 inches taller than Chisora who is listed as 6'1.
     
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