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Tallest fighter ever

Posted: 19 Jun 2003, 11:00
by Palais
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.........

Posted: 19 Jun 2003, 11:32
by Tomato-Can
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"

What's it like up there?

Posted: 19 Jun 2003, 12:47
by KOJOE90
Mike White 6'10
Ed Jones 6'9
8)

Posted: 19 Jun 2003, 13:33
by Broncano
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

Posted: 28 Jun 2003, 03:23
by Vetteguy99
Does Manute Bol qualify?
He was paid to fight the refrigerator Perry.

Tallest fighter ever

Posted: 29 Jun 2003, 18:42
by Palais
L.J. Wheeler - 6-8

Posted: 29 Jun 2003, 20:25
by Dave1armedTua
Tye Fields- 6'9 (unless he gets punched)

Posted: 29 Jun 2003, 21:15
by Tantum
I heard Lance Whitaker has a 16 inch dong, does that get included into overall height?

Posted: 30 Jun 2003, 00:25
by Dave1armedTua
I guess it could count, at that length, he could use it as a kick-stand.