Tall Welter Weights

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  1. SugarRayRobin

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    Were there many good tall welter weights? Tommy Hearns one but were there any better?
    SRR obviously while he was at that weight.
     
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  2. BigReg

    BigReg Broad Street Bully Full Member

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    What do you consider to be tall for a WW? Trinidad, Hoya, and SRR were all 5'11". I think that's pretty tall for a WW.
     
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  3. larryx2012

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  4. SugarRayRobin

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    5'11" is pretty tall for a welter weight I suppose. Still not many good ones as tall as Hearns though.
     
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  5. CASH_718

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  6. MVC

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    Hearns. 6'1 welterweight. Was insane
     
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  7. m8te

    m8te Oh you ain't know? Full Member

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    vernon forrest, hearns, pwilly, srr, leonard, trinidad, de la hoya

    caballero's like 5'11 and fought at bantamweight, and ali funeka's about 6 foot too, and he's a jww.
     
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  9. ajillusions

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    Mike Jones is six foot I think. Depends on whether you classify him as good
     
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  10. J_Grizzy

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    It's easy, the tall welter weights that were really special at that weight had something that tall fighters seem to lack in that division nowadays, the jab. Particularly the jab/straight. It should be a tall fighters bread and butter, the tall WW that mastered this became extremely successful.
     
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  11. Boxing Fanatic

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    whatshisname, guillermo jones, 6'4" 147
     
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  12. Quincy K

    Quincy K Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    5'6"-5'9" is normal for a ww.

    5'8"-5'11" is normal for a jmw.

    dlh(5'10") and tito(5'11") were both tall for ww's.
     
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  13. DKD

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    Mark Breland was 6 ft 2.
     
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  14. turbotime

    turbotime Hall Of Famer Full Member

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    5'8-5'10 is the average ball park for a welter. Oscar was more a big lightweight than a big welterweight imo
     
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  15. Natural1

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    Williams 6'2''

    Jones 5'11''

    Hearns 6'1''
     
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