Tallest fighter ever

Palais · Post by **Palais** » 19 Jun 2003, 11:00

Henry Johnson, "The Human Skyscraper", 7-2, 265, 1898-1900
Ewart Potgieter, South Africa, 7-2
Big Ben Moroz, 7-1/2, 302
Charles Freeman, 6-10 1/2, 320

To start with.........

Tomato-Can · Post by **Tomato-Can** » 19 Jun 2003, 11:32

bollocks wrote:Nicloai Valuev - 7 feet even?

Listed here as 7'1"

Also Julius Long 7'2"
Marcellus Brown 7'0"

and according to The Ring

John Rankin 7'4"
John Cully 7'4"

KOJOE90 · Post by **KOJOE90** » 19 Jun 2003, 12:47

Mike White 6'10
Ed Jones 6'9
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Broncano · Post by **Broncano** » 19 Jun 2003, 13:33

Gogea (George) Mitu from Romania
2.20 m or 7' 4"

http://www.boxrec.com/boxer_display.php?boxer_id=058451

In portuguese
http://www.ringue.com.br/curiosidades.aspx

In German (where they have him at 2.23 cm alongside Cully and Rankin
http://hanysslawek.bei.t-online.de/records.htm
and
http://www.kontaktrunde.de/profiboxen/profiboxen.html

Vetteguy99 · Post by **Vetteguy99** » 28 Jun 2003, 03:23

Does Manute Bol qualify?
He was paid to fight the refrigerator Perry.

Palais · Post by **Palais** » 29 Jun 2003, 18:42

L.J. Wheeler - 6-8

Dave1armedTua · Post by **Dave1armedTua** » 29 Jun 2003, 20:25

Tye Fields- 6'9 (unless he gets punched)

Tantum · Post by **Tantum** » 29 Jun 2003, 21:15

I heard Lance Whitaker has a 16 inch dong, does that get included into overall height?

Dave1armedTua · Post by **Dave1armedTua** » 30 Jun 2003, 00:25

I guess it could count, at that length, he could use it as a kick-stand.