I'm curious as to actual recorded fights where mythical punchers like Jimmy Wild sparked out men 50-100 pounds more then them. And beyond that, what are some of the largest weight differences in boxing history? Don't have to be world class fighters. Carnera had almost 60 pounds on Sharkey, and 89 pounds on Stribling. Byrd made a career out of this, including almost 60 pounds against McCline.
5'11, 180 lb Tommy Loughran fought 6'6, 270 lb Primo Carnera, 6'8, 255 lb Ray Impelletiere and 6'10, 232 lb Victorio Campolo.
Joe Walcott 5'0 140lb defeated 6'6 215lb Fred Russell. That is 16" in height "Joe Walcott, the welter-weight champion, and Fred Russell, of Minneapolis, went six rounds to a draw here tonight. Russell, who is a heavy-weight and big at that, was unable to do anything with Wolcott, and it certainly appeared as though the latter was entitled to the verdict, having forced the fighting throughout. When the men shaped up for action, there was so much disparity in their sizes and the affair looked ridiculous. Walcott's head just reached Russell's waist line. The men fought but 2 minutes, however, when it was plainly evident that the little negro was perfectly able to cope with his big opponent and rather enjoyed holding up Russel's 215 pounds when they clinched. Before the round ended Walcott dropped Russell with a right to the jaw. In order to land the blow Walcott had to jump off his feet fully six inches. Russell took the count of nine and rose to his feet groggy. He appeared timid during the next four rounds and kept well covered, but managed to land several hard swings on Walcott's head to which the latter payed little attention. In the last round Walcott reached Russell's stomach with a number of hard swings and had the big fellow so weak, that although weighing nearly a hundred pounds less he was able to push Russell all over the ring when they came to a clinch." (Durango Democrat)
In one of Valeuv's early fights he went up against Alarim Uysal who weighed (according to boxrec) 189 pounds to Valuev's 348.
