Who was the shortest boxing contender of all time that could have beaten Ali?

https://images.app.goo.gl/tMauKZ91SANrfnot5 Ali Is definitely 6ft 3 maybe slightly more, here he is right next to 6ft 3 Bruno.
https://images.app.goo.gl/8FA6cFCr1dyQ6hBy6 Here he is next to a 6ft 4 young Shannon Briggs, even with that hair and Ali having Parkinson’s he doesn’t look any taller.

 

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Yep. Ali's one of the rare ones whose height is probably usually understated, actually.

 

Yes I think so, it does make me laugh when they try to say 6ft 2

 

The thing is that Frank Bruno wasn´t 6'3" (check at 4 min 10 seconds).

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Says who? https://images.app.goo.gl/DT9unm46QkadDZr96 Also dyllian whyte must be a midgethttps://images.app.goo.gl/zGdiTrKH8YSLiE858 I thought he was 6ft 4 lol, also I suppose Briggs isn’t 6ft 3-4 either.https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=NAJcq2GgJXs&feature=youtu.be check out 7.23

 

Same thing I was going to say. He is the shortest contender I could think of.

Remember - THIS thread is about contenders, not small HW champs. How far can you go down in size before it is hopeless against Ali. (Sub 5' 10 ish I would guess)

 

I would favor prime Frazier and Marciano over Ali, and Tyson would be (not popular I know) a real live dog

 

Mike Tyson? He has a decent chance against Ali

 

I don´t know for Whyte, but its outside the ring (shoes) and Whyte not standing straight anyway. But maybe Tillis was just taller than stated? I doubt it. Hard to say from the Crusher bout, but Smith looked visibly taller.

 

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Smith looked slightly taller, and he is supposed to be an inch taller and wasn’t an inch.

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This is the video with whyte in it where the photo is from both wearing trainers, let’s face it Bruno is definitely 6ft3 always has been and never heard anything to the contrary ever.

 

@john roberts Its not your post, I thought this the last time I watched the Bruno - Tillis bout. 2 inch difference are in no way correct, its clearly to see.

It looks like Tillis was taller than stated, or all of them were simply shorter and Tillis 6'1" was correct.

No suitable camera angle, but Holyfield didn´t look´t taller than Tillis:

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Yeah it sometimes does look that way I think Tillis is slightly taller than billed, but with Bruno in all the videos I’ve seen there doesn’t seem to be anything that doesn’t suggest his 6ft 3 billing. By the way if you haven’t seen the Bruno whyte documentary it’s interesting.