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I know he's tall; that's not in question. But every photo I've seen head to head with Wladimir, he doesn't look 3" taller.

Is this a case of WWF height exaggeration or terrible posture.

3 inches? That suggests Wlad is only 6'6!?

I reckon Wlad is about 6'7, Vitali 6'8 & Fury 6'9.

Wladimir is 6'6", but in interviews he's said he's 6'5". Anyway, that isn't the point.

Commented on this to a mate the other day. 1-1 1/2 inch in it I reckon unless Wlad is wearing heels. Joshua is also listed as 6'6 and I thought Wlad looked an inch or so taller than him so maybe Wlad is a little taller. Boxing heights seem to be all over the shop though. If I remember rightly, Gamboa was on here as 5'6 but 5'4 in his mugshot.

Wlad is taller than 6'6.

Klitschko wears lifts.

HomicideHenry wrote:Klitschko wears lifts.

Loki wrote:

HomicideHenry wrote:Klitschko wears lifts.

He does. In that picture in the stadium, Fury is clearly taller. In other pictures, at press conferences, they are equal height.

HomicideHenry wrote:

Loki wrote:

HomicideHenry wrote:Klitschko wears lifts.

He does. In that picture in the stadium, Fury is clearly taller. In other pictures, at press conferences, they are equal height.

Doubtful, but the stadium pictures were the ones I was talking about in opening post.

HomicideHenry wrote:

Loki wrote:

HomicideHenry wrote:Klitschko wears lifts.

He does. In that picture in the stadium, Fury is clearly taller. In other pictures, at press conferences, they are equal height.

Usually when they lie about a fighters height, there are some pretty big discrepancies among fights, especially older to new fights. The shortest I've ever seen Klitschko listed is 6'6 1/2.I think he's a pretty clear 6'7.

I agree with Wlad.

http://www.boxingnewsonline.net/wladimi ... -6ft-9ins/

punchoutsb wrote:
Usually when they lie about a fighters height, there are some pretty big discrepancies among fights, especially older to new fights. The shortest I've ever seen Klitschko listed is 6'6 1/2.I think he's a pretty clear 6'7.

C'mon, Wlad has been listed at 6'6 throughout his entire career (I remember the number 198 cm from way back, which is exactly 6'6, same as per boxrec and wiki). Vitali is clearly an inch higher at 6'7. Then you could see Ustinov a lil bit higher than Vitali (pr0lly under 1 inch diff):
Same goes for Fury and Ustinov:
So Fury seems to be closer to 6'8.

Based on the available evidence I think:

Wlad 6'6 or a smidge under
Vitali 6'7
Fury 6'8

Leonid wrote:

punchoutsb wrote:
Usually when they lie about a fighters height, there are some pretty big discrepancies among fights, especially older to new fights. The shortest I've ever seen Klitschko listed is 6'6 1/2.I think he's a pretty clear 6'7.

C'mon, Wlad has been listed at 6'6 throughout his entire career (I remember the number 198 cm from way back, which is exactly 6'6, same as per boxrec and wiki). Vitali is clearly an inch higher at 6'7. Then you could see Ustinov a lil bit higher than Vitali (pr0lly under 1 inch diff):
Same goes for Fury and Ustinov:
So Fury seems to be closer to 6'8.

Pictures of people at varying differences from the camera or leaning over doesn't really help your case.

Has Wlad always been listed as 6'6 on boxrec? I seem to remember he used to be 6'7 and Vitali 6'8. Must be shrinking with age

Either way, he's tall. So is Fury and it should be a good fight!

Leonid wrote:

punchoutsb wrote:
Usually when they lie about a fighters height, there are some pretty big discrepancies among fights, especially older to new fights. The shortest I've ever seen Klitschko listed is 6'6 1/2.I think he's a pretty clear 6'7.

C'mon, Wlad has been listed at 6'6 throughout his entire career (I remember the number 198 cm from way back, which is exactly 6'6, same as per boxrec and wiki). Vitali is clearly an inch higher at 6'7. Then you could see Ustinov a lil bit higher than Vitali (pr0lly under 1 inch diff):
Same goes for Fury and Ustinov:
So Fury seems to be closer to 6'8.

Something is wrong as Vlad looks as tall but when you look at Fury's photo with Ustinov you can see he is taller even when leaning in on a angle.

Vlad does seem to look taller pre fights than in the ring for some reason..

Wlad and Helenius. Helenius is listed as 6' 6 1/2", 1/2 inch taller than Wlad, but he looks a few inches taller than Wlad in this picture.

I think Fury is 202 cm. Another question: What about Julius Long? He once was 7-1, now he is 6-9 at boxrec!?

x2x wrote:

Wlad and Helenius. Helenius is listed as 6' 6 1/2", 1/2 inch taller than Wlad, but he looks a few inches taller than Wlad in this picture.

Can you NOT see that Wlad has a fucken leg bent there?

People, you are arguing over inches. And not even the marginal question of whether an extra inch here or there might slightly improve on the portion granted to your long-suffering Better Halves, which is probably an important one in your lives, but over whether one boxer who's clearly as fucken day slightly taller than another, is taller by one inch or two, and the margin of difference seems to be between 6 foot 6 and six foot fucken nine

And you sad pudenda are ARGUING about this?

You should all have a long hard look at yourselves.

.............

To me the big point here is that these are all gigantic fellers, a head taller than me - and if I was still boxing, as a heavyweight around 210, and 6 feet tall, they'd want me to get in the same ring with those monsters, but my feet would be saying, "Let's run away!" Boxing needs at least one more heavy weight class and preferably more than one, because right now there's no fair place in boxing for guys my size, which is what they now call "small" heavyweights.

x2x wrote:To me the big point here is that these are all gigantic fellers, a head taller than me - and if I was still boxing, as a heavyweight around 210, and 6 feet tall, they'd want me to get in the same ring with those monsters, but my feet would be saying, "Let's run away!" Boxing needs at least one more heavy weight class and preferably more than one, because right now there's no fair place in boxing for guys my size, which is what they now call "small" heavyweights.

I strongly disagree. If you're 210lb and 6 feet tall, you can probably make the 200lb cruiserweight limit. If not, you are either too musclebound, overweight or, like Mike Tyson and Joe Frazier, you are a real, legitimate, short heavyweight. Boxing history is littered with small heavyweight champions who regularly beat bigger men. Most would agree that Lennox Lewis was better than Wladimir Klitschko, around the same weight and only an inch shorter. While in his prime, he was pushed to a close decision against a clearly post-prime Evander Holyfield, who has admitted that he had no trouble making the old 190lb cruiserweight limit. More recently, Eddie Chambers, a guy who looked fat at 205lb and could conceivably have made LHW, easily accounted for the Ivan Drago-esque, Top 20 heavyweight Alexander Dimitrenko (the judge who scored it a draw must have been high).

If anything, I'd like to see the cruiserweight limit put back to 190lb, because the gap from LHW to CW is too big.

can people please spare a thought for Joey d and Grover Young during this difficult period.

x2x wrote:To me the big point here is that these are all gigantic fellers, a head taller than me - and if I was still boxing, as a heavyweight around 210, and 6 feet tall, they'd want me to get in the same ring with those monsters, but my feet would be saying, "Let's run away!" Boxing needs at least one more heavy weight class and preferably more than one, because right now there's no fair place in boxing for guys my size, which is what they now call "small" heavyweights.

No chance, the talent pool is already too diluted.

If you had a super heavyweight division, it would be dreadful, because most of the really big guys can't fight a lick, and throw few punches, it would be turgid beyond belief.

Counter-puncher wrote:

x2x wrote:

Wlad and Helenius. Helenius is listed as 6' 6 1/2", 1/2 inch taller than Wlad, but he looks a few inches taller than Wlad in this picture.

Can you NOT see that Wlad has a fucken leg bent there?

People, you are arguing over inches. And not even the marginal question of whether an extra inch here or there might slightly improve on the portion granted to your long-suffering Better Halves, which is probably an important one in your lives, but over whether one boxer who's clearly as fucken day slightly taller than another, is taller by one inch or two, and the margin of difference seems to be between 6 foot 6 and six foot fucken nine

And you sad pudenda are ARGUING about this?

You should all have a long hard look at yourselves.

I'll give you something long and hard alright you sausage bandit.

jamesmcdonnell wrote:

x2x wrote:To me the big point here is that these are all gigantic fellers, a head taller than me - and if I was still boxing, as a heavyweight around 210, and 6 feet tall, they'd want me to get in the same ring with those monsters, but my feet would be saying, "Let's run away!" Boxing needs at least one more heavy weight class and preferably more than one, because right now there's no fair place in boxing for guys my size, which is what they now call "small" heavyweights.

No chance, the talent pool is already too diluted.

If you had a super heavyweight division, it would be dreadful, because most of the really big guys can't fight a lick, and throw few punches, it would be turgid beyond belief.

This.