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

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  1. Kalasinn

    Kalasinn ♧ OG Kally ♤ Full Member

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    No, i disagreed before i went & compiled these statistics.

    Anyway, looking at the results, weight will not continue to grow at the current rate, unless height grows much faster than the current trend.

    Regarding your suggested possibility of a nightmarish future division full of skilled 7' tall giants who weight over 300lbs, & your premise that many Heavyweights would be too small to compete, i will say that only Lewis would have a chance to win, because at least he is a truly great huge fighter, whereas the Klits rely too much on their size advantages. Besides, if we go with the idea that these 7' 300lbs+ guys have great skills, then surely even Lewis would find himself out of his depth... :verysad
     
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  2. Boilermaker

    Boilermaker Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    The idea of a race of evolved skilled giants is interesting. They were saying the same thing 100 years ago. Maybe it happened.

    http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/l...elly&y=0&x=0&dateFilterType=yearRange&index=1
     
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  3. mrkoolkevin

    mrkoolkevin Never wrestle with pigs or argue with fools Full Member

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    Good post.
     
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  4. Mendoza

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    Well, I don't think we'll see 7 foot tall, 300 pound champions in next 30 years. The extremely big fighters over 6'10" tall, and we can use 100+ years of boxing history tend to be stiffer, stamina challenged, not very skilled. They also tend not to hit very hard.

    If being very tall equals boxing success, dozens of basketball players who didn't make it would try boxing.

    While a giant can beat a small man, the heavyweights these days are anything but small!

    The best young pro's range from 6'4" tall to 6'9" tall. And the champions are also 6'5" or taller.

    But I will say the days of a 6 foot, 210 pound champion with less than a 75" reach appear to over.
     
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  5. McGrain

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    I'd say this would be true if there was one title. A freaky type will always be able to pick up a strap. Someone like Jones will happen along at some point in the next 120 years and prove you wrong given how many titles there are on the go. I mean the WBA alone has 3 I think.
     
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  6. Mendoza

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    I meant as a #1 rank / Ring Magazine title champion. There will always be one hit wonder WBC, WBA, IBF, WBO champions that catch someone at the right time with the right assets to win.

    But then again, Ruiz would not be one of the champions today, and Roy Jones would not attempt to fight Joshua or Wilder.
     
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  7. McGrain

    McGrain Diamond Dog Staff Member

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    He doesn't need to fight Joshua or Wilder; he could fight Manuel Charr, who I would certainly pick John Ruiz to beat.
     
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  8. Mendoza

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    Well technically you are correct but Charr won't last long as WBA champion, and I don't see any 210-200 pound men getting a chance to fight him, but I agree the Roy Jones who beat Ruiz would also beat Charr.
     
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  9. McGrain

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    He won't, but the last one was Lucas Browne. There's always going to be a weakest champion when you have multiple belts, but I think going forwards there will always be a genuinely weak one. We'll see.
     
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