Heavyweight (Ring Top 10) Average Weights & Heights 1956-2006.

The boxers in the heavyweight division have increased in height, reach, ans weight. All three are advantages in boxing as long as the weight does not become excessive and take away from stamina, flexibility, and speed.

 

Interesting can you imagine if this trend continues, which looks to be the case.

 

This century went through cycles and so will the future. For instance the 30s and 40s were some of the larger fighters until recent decades.

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Were seeing it all sports. Even basketball, the guys are physically much bigger while still being a comparable height. I just went to a Heat game and I couldnt believe how big the guys were physically.

 

Over the next two generations the people increased in size..... has a scientific study about that, I think......

 

Yeah, basketball players look like football players today. People are definetly carrying more bulk and muscle mass, rather that is better nutrition, more nutrition, better training, or all three I have no idea.

I just wouldn't read too much in the height trends as the 30s were as tall as the 90s.

 

PED's play a role in this as well. Because of them, it's much easier to build and maintain bulk today in sports that traditionally wouldn't promote a heavy kind of build because of the cardio work involved.

 

Not really true. Americans, for one, are decreasing in height. They are getting fatter. My eyes alone tell me this.

There is certainly some sort of arms race/detente going on here. Guys are bulking up fantastically (Briggs) with the threat that one punch could end everything, so the two behemoths stand at ring center and throw pawing jabs and one right hand a round.

Awesome!

 

Yet interestingly, Muggsy Bogues was the shortest player in NBA history, and had a respectable 14 year career from 1987 to 2001. Earl Boykins is the second shortest ever, and at 5'5" 133 pounds, he's still going at age 34. So there are always exceptions, and it seems there always will be.

 

Well there will never be a shortage of short people. Even Boykins is pretty muscular for a short guy going back to my original point.


Earl Boykins bench presses more than you

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Earl Boykins is listed at 5-foot-5, 139. His max bench press is 315 pounds. This makes him the Wizards' strongest pound-for-pound player. And a lot of people, I told him, are surprised by that number.
"I think they should be," he said. "I think they should be."

 

As Janitor has said, Mike Tyson at his best was the last of the old-school champions (and he would still romp in this steroid era, by the way).

With the advent of steroids, everyone could actually aspire to "be like Mike" and attempt to emulate his unique combination of speed and power, via PEDs and weight training.

BULK is the name of the game in this different world today.

PED prohibition is a joke.

 

so heavyweights have grown half an inch and 30lb in 30 years....

This sounds really natural.

This is in line with sumo wrestling.

The next list should be of good heavyweights who never weighed less than 222lb.

Im predicting that a list of good heavyweights who never weighed less than 222lb will prove todays heavyweights are 30lb worse.

 

Well when i said to you imagine if the trend continues you shot it down and strongly disagreed.