Boxing's Biggest, Tallest, Shortest, and Strongest

[HomicideHenry]

On the other end of the spectrum... the shortest boxing champion was Baby Jake Matala who was 4'9".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4C5WPBkX60o

^^^This man attempted to become the shortest pro boxer in British history (if not world history), named Paul Lowe, at a height of 4'8"... but am not sure if he actually turned professional or not.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/boxing/8083261.stm

Guess the hardest part for him is finding professionals who are close enough in weight to him. Most people in the weight class he barely makes the absoloute minimum for are generally 14 or more pounds heavier than he is.

[Caractacus]

hey HH,
Are you posting any of this stuff over at the forum at the tallestman.com website?
I dont remember seeing most of any of this stuff there.

[Jan]

the tallest curren pro-boxer is franck http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_ ... &cat=boxer
Morten Poulsen is a bit taller but he fought only one time.

[HomicideHenry]

the tallest curren pro-boxer is franck http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_ ... &cat=boxer
Morten Poulsen is a bit taller but he fought only one time.

Thanks for that update

hey HH,
Are you posting any of this stuff over at the forum at the tallestman.com website?
I dont remember seeing most of any of this stuff there.

I am a member there, but haven't really discussed tall boxers there.

[man]

this thread makes me wonder once more if the
anglo americans will ever concede that the metric
is the superior system …

you guys have no idea how funny your feet, inches,
stones and probably pebbles sound.

[Caractacus]

this thread makes me wonder once more if the
anglo americans will ever concede that the metric
is the superior system …

you guys have no idea how funny your feet, inches,
stones and probably pebbles sound.

hey man,to quote you fellow countryman the late great Benny Hill

"its 12 inches long,but I never use it as a rule!".

[Syntax Error]

I think at one time very very early in his career,
they wanted to make Andre the Giant a boxer
or at least fight for the heavyweight championship belt
sometime in the late 1960's,or 1970.
He was so massive,that I dont think he could have lost.

His size would have meant there was just more of him to hit.

[HomicideHenry]

I think at one time very very early in his career,
they wanted to make Andre the Giant a boxer
or at least fight for the heavyweight championship belt
sometime in the late 1960's,or 1970.
He was so massive,that I dont think he could have lost.

His size would have meant there was just more of him to hit.

The young Andre was more in line (in size) with Valuev, except he was lighter. In his youth, he was rather nimble and quick. I think in those days, he could of been a formidable boxer. Now, as the older he got, and acromegaly began in earnest--- and the rise of his fame increased (more money, food, booze, etc) the larger and slower he became. By the 1980's he was more or less sold as the "immovable object" because quite frankly he couldn't really move at all. By the early 1990's he was a cripple, and of course then he died from heart failure.

But in the 60's-early 70's he was very athletic and fast. The mid-70's though he started getting heavier, but he could of trained down (had he pursued boxing) some and looked in good form at least. BTW, that was Dempsey's motto @ "Big men are big targets," and prior to the Gibbons fight Dempsey kayoed a giant boxer named Ben Wray inside of 60 seconds (breaking his jaw).

[BitPlayer]

Someone posted this on BF24.

James Fallon was 3' 6"
http://boxrec.com/en/boxer/469268

[Kalan]

Well.... Fallon tried... It shows smaller isn't better.

Bigger also isn't better... But at least it's an advantage not a handicap.

[Kalan]

I think at one time very very early in his career,
they wanted to make Andre the Giant a boxer
or at least fight for the heavyweight championship belt
sometime in the late 1960's,or 1970.
He was so massive,that I dont think he could have lost.

His size would have meant there was just more of him to hit.

The young Andre was more in line (in size) with Valuev, except he was lighter. In his youth, he was rather nimble and quick. I think in those days, he could of been a formidable boxer. Now, as the older he got, and acromegaly began in earnest--- and the rise of his fame increased (more money, food, booze, etc) the larger and slower he became. By the 1980's he was more or less sold as the "immovable object" because quite frankly he couldn't really move at all. By the early 1990's he was a cripple, and of course then he died from heart failure.

But in the 60's-early 70's he was very athletic and fast. The mid-70's though he started getting heavier, but he could of trained down (had he pursued boxing) some and looked in good form at least. BTW, that was Dempsey's motto @ "Big men are big targets," and prior to the Gibbons fight Dempsey kayoed a giant boxer named Ben Wray inside of 60 seconds (breaking his jaw).

Andre wasn't as tall as he was reported to be... He looked short compared to a 48 year old Wilt Chamberlain.

I don' think he was ever real athletic either... He would have done something more challenging than rasslin'

[BitPlayer]

Well.... Fallon tried... It shows smaller isn't better.

Bigger also isn't better... But at least it's an advantage not a handicap.

Wow, very classy.

[HomicideHenry]

His size would have meant there was just more of him to hit.

The young Andre was more in line (in size) with Valuev, except he was lighter. In his youth, he was rather nimble and quick. I think in those days, he could of been a formidable boxer. Now, as the older he got, and acromegaly began in earnest--- and the rise of his fame increased (more money, food, booze, etc) the larger and slower he became. By the 1980's he was more or less sold as the "immovable object" because quite frankly he couldn't really move at all. By the early 1990's he was a cripple, and of course then he died from heart failure.

But in the 60's-early 70's he was very athletic and fast. The mid-70's though he started getting heavier, but he could of trained down (had he pursued boxing) some and looked in good form at least. BTW, that was Dempsey's motto @ "Big men are big targets," and prior to the Gibbons fight Dempsey kayoed a giant boxer named Ben Wray inside of 60 seconds (breaking his jaw).

Andre wasn't as tall as he was reported to be... He looked short compared to a 48 year old Wilt Chamberlain.

I don' think he was ever real athletic either... He would have done something more challenging than rasslin'

There are different pictures of Andre with Chamberlain, and one in particular makes the two men look exactly the same height. A few wrestlers have stated that Andre's peak, true height was 7'2" and that may be true especially when you look at videos of matches he had with legitimate 6'9" Ernie Ladd.

I do know that "the tallest man .com" has him listed as a legitimate 7'0" in height. Alot of experts on the site use various techniques to gauge size and have determined that at one point he was a legitimate seven footer.

However, the scope of his athleticism will always be in question. In the 60s he was clearly nimble, fast and very fast learner of different techniques. Then again one would expect that from a student of Edouard Carpentier, the acrobat and wrestler.

[tennessee]

I'd say Louis Monaco probably strongest in recent times. Cant imagine many who could bench press more than the Facelifter.

[IKSRTFO]

Well.... Fallon tried... It shows smaller isn't better.

Bigger also isn't better... But at least it's an advantage not a handicap.

At least he can say he was never stopped in his pro career.

[Caractacus]

I remember back sometime in the mid-1980's,
Archie Moore was hired to train some former professional basketball player who was around 7 ft 4 inches tall.
on Late Night with David Lettermen,Marv Albert was a monthly guest who showed some weird sports highlights and one of the fights.
Some guy around 6 ft tall hit him and the seven footer seemed to fall down in sections
he was so tall.

http://www.nytimes.com/1985/06/06/sport ... fight.html

7'2" Ed Payne...

yeah,I came across a brief clip of him boxing here,I I think was an earlier bout before Archie Moore started to train him