Shortest and tallest ever fighters for their division
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margaret thatcher
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Shortest and tallest ever fighters for their division
Who are some dudes who were really tall or short for their divisions?
Inspired by watching 6'6 pile of bones Seb Fundora win a fight at 154 pounds the other day. He wasnt bad tbf and dominated inside as much as he did outside
Inspired by watching 6'6 pile of bones Seb Fundora win a fight at 154 pounds the other day. He wasnt bad tbf and dominated inside as much as he did outside
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Celestino Caballero was 5' 11" and fought at bantum 120lbs
Diego Corrales was 5' 10" and fought at 130lb, he always seemed to tower over everyone he fought.
Diego Corrales was 5' 10" and fought at 130lb, he always seemed to tower over everyone he fought.
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gregregegg
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Julius Lloyd-long is listed at 7'1 with a 90 inch reach... cant win a fight but.
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margaret thatcher
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Btw when the hell did Julius Long get Lloyded? I see that's the actual name on his record now but it was the first i'd heard of it
So his name has that extra length now too
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Boxing Prospect
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Ryoichi Taguchi springs to mind, a 5'6" Light Flyweight, but he actually faced a taller guy, Yuki Chinen, who was 5'7.5" at 108 can't imagine many beat him for the weight
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Callum Smith is the tallest SMW champ I can remember but he’s only 6’3.
Nikolai Valuev is an obvious one.
Jamie McDonnel at Bantam?
Genaro Hernandez at SFW was about 5’11
Dwight Muhammad Qawi was a very short heavy
Nikolai Valuev is an obvious one.
Jamie McDonnel at Bantam?
Genaro Hernandez at SFW was about 5’11
Dwight Muhammad Qawi was a very short heavy
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Tommy O (cant spell his last name) South African won an IBO at Super Middleweight and pretty sure he is taller than Callum Smith.
Couple of obvious ones who both titles in their division.
Paul William's at 6 foot 1 at 147 pounds.
Nontino Donaire at 5 foot 7 at 112 pounds.
Plus that crazy Georgian; Khurtzide won a title (could have been interim) at middleweight. He was seriously short for the weight at about 5 foot 5.
Couple of obvious ones who both titles in their division.
Paul William's at 6 foot 1 at 147 pounds.
Nontino Donaire at 5 foot 7 at 112 pounds.
Plus that crazy Georgian; Khurtzide won a title (could have been interim) at middleweight. He was seriously short for the weight at about 5 foot 5.
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Fray Bentos
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Panama Al Brown was a 5ft 11ins bantamweight, first gay world champion too!
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Dwight Muhammad Quai is listed as 5ft7 on boxrec, 5ft5 on wiki.
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Raul 'Jibaro' Perez was very tall for a bantamweight.
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TheLeprechaun
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The little middleweight Mike Tyson who came over and did Langford. He was pretty small for the weight. He's doing time for being in the russian mafia I heard? The guy was small but he was one of the most intimidating looking blokes I've ever seen. I would have liked to have seen him brought over to fight Eubank.
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Qawi
Jeff Chandler
Dave McAuley
Jake Matalala
Luigi Campaturo (sp)
Ricardo Lopez
Guillermo Jones
Sandy Saddler (longer reach than Marciano)
Tony Pep
Mitu is/was the tallest heavyweight?
Jeff Chandler
Dave McAuley
Jake Matalala
Luigi Campaturo (sp)
Ricardo Lopez
Guillermo Jones
Sandy Saddler (longer reach than Marciano)
Tony Pep
Mitu is/was the tallest heavyweight?
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In addition to Caballero, Mathebula is 5'11" which is incredibly tall for a super bantam.
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What about Tommy Burns
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margaret thatcher
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margaret thatcher
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Arguello 5'10", held a world title down at super feather and feather. Did box at lower weights prior to that.
I think MAB turned pro down at super fly, not the tallest super bantam/feather etc but must have looked rake thin down at those weights.
I think MAB turned pro down at super fly, not the tallest super bantam/feather etc but must have looked rake thin down at those weights.
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Old bones Ian
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Imagine the size of his balls. Imagine getting into a fight with the fxcker!gregregegg wrote: ↑23 Aug 2020, 23:21 Julius Lloyd-long is listed at 7'1 with a 90 inch reach... cant win a fight but.
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Hearns for a welter
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Naseem Named at heavyweight
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One time Light Flyweight contender Kazunori Tenryu was 4'9", not sure if it's a world record but the JBC recognise him as the Shortest Japanese fighter
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80's lightweight Alvin Hayes was 6 ft 1 in..
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Boxerbeetle
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I once saw a 6 feet 7 light-middleweight in a under 20 bout amateur novice championship.
He lost and his name escapes me.
He lost and his name escapes me.