Is anything under 6’4 too short to become a heavyweight champion these days?

perhaps i misread you, you seemed to be of the opinion that packing on fat improves boxing skills.I am glad u arent.

 

I agree with that but that just confirms what I am saying most of them are probably on peds or have been at some point, do you not think if Ali , Norton , foreman , Terrell, and many more from 70s would have weighed similar if they didn’t train down and trained up with peds instead, certainly in similar ballpark, but then people lump Ruiz, miller kownaki even whyte and many more than five or six in as super heavies aswell it pads the super heavies out but come on really they are out of shape but that’s the era we are in I suppose, but I do think overall it is to there detriment as fighters.

 

Again, my point had nothing to do with their conditioning or any use of PED's. Fact is that modern heavyweights are just a lot bigger than those of the past.
This is why "super-heavyweight" is used to soften. You can't say super-heavyweights don't exist because you either think they are fat or must be on PED's.

 

I think you read someone else entirely.

 

Again I didn’t say they didn’t exist they do but only because they are out of shape or cheating, I think we agree to a degree, I think we have got a mix up in the cross fire somewhere which we covered earlier.

 

Like Angelo Dundee said when they asked him about klitsckos and big heavyweights in new era: small guys will be back, they gave more oxigen, can hit also hard and are faster.

 

Isnt Parker 6ft 4 and Whyte 6ft 3?

 

Parker is 6"3' at the very best.

 

is it best to be 6 foot 3, or 6 foot 4?

 

That is exactly my point, this is saying they are too short to hold it.

I remember ages ago when Parker hadn't been to the UK people kept convincing themselves Parker was well under 6ft 4 (especially seeing as his billing is 6ft 4) but now that he has been to the UK and met, and even fought people classed as 6ft 4 and above and been there or thereabouts with them yet STILL say he is max 6ft 3.

David Haye is billed at 6ft 3, side by side Parker is obviously the taller man.

Dillian Whyte is billed at 6ft 4, side by side Parker is the taller man. No one seems to question Whyte's height, yet people say Parker is shorter. The logic is very odd.

Here are some pics of apparently a "real" British 6foot 4 Dillian Whyte with a "actually more like 6foot 2" Joseph Parker: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/boxing/...s-joseph-parker-prize-money-much-fight-purse/

Or how about a British 6foot 9 Tyson Fury next to a "more like 6foot 2" Joseph Parker, 7 inches difference should make Parker close to shoulder height to Fury, right?
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=12235815

 

lol ruiz is like 5 foot 10 he is tall as AJ's chin.

 

Fact is that people are really bad at guessing others height. I can say this from personal experience and from others.

 

That would make AJ... 6 feet?

 

Being tall is only an advantage if you use it properly. If a shorter boxer can get inside and throw combinations it can be awkward for the taller opponent. You basically have to have big balls and be prepared to take one to land two or three of your own

 

chin to top of the head is like 6 inches u idiot (I haven't measures accurately). I was saying ruiz is tall up to AJ's chin.