Did they exagerrate stats like height etc in boxing?

[Dempsey19]

I have a 4 pack of abs, so semmi fat but still pretty good shape. Nothing compared to those athletes

If you have a 4 pack you are much leaner than either Liston or Shavers ever were since I have not seen a single photo in which they had 2 abs let alone 4.

[Barn]

It's true, I (5ft4) recently met George George Foreman and he was a good three inches shorter than me, putting him at a cool 4ft8.

[MartialMind]

Of course they do. Mike Tyson was listed at 5'11.5" for most of his career but admits he's really 5'10". There are plenty of others too.

Tyson Fury is not really 6'9"

— Earvin Magic Johnson (@MagicJohnson)

[QueensburyRules]

- -Who measures bb player heights?

Wilts true height was a source of speculation for years. With a tall guy resting in bed for 8hrs suddenly arising to stand next to a equal whose been hard at it all day, the difference would be well over a inch.

Majic looks huge because of his aids treatments that prob include HGH to bolster his immune system that would add some height and mass. If Fury were 270 outta training, that makes majic well over 350 here.

As I recall he was listed at 6-8 and went about 220 in his prime. Lotta guys also wear lifts, an old Hollywood trick.

Promoters list boxer height for nefarious purpose like welt/midwt Paul Williams listed 6-1 but always towered over Chris Arreola listed at 6-4.

[them_apples]

No they are just built like boxers. They didn't bulk up. They were just big men who trained down in weight. All of them could have been easily over 300 of they decided to body build. They really are lean and slim but shredded and big boned. They don't have big built up chests. Foreman's waist was what 34? They were killing machines.

And they def to exaggerate heights. Andy Ruiz is listed at 6 ft.2 yet we have footage of him sparring a taller Holyfield, and him standing head to head with that talk show host who's barely 6 ft (kimmel). Not to mention Joshua was certainly more than 4 inches taller than Ruiz. A pop can is 5 inches.

[The Old LefHook]

Did? They still do it routinely.

[PRINCEKOOL]

Of course they do. Mike Tyson was listed at 5'11.5" for most of his career but admits he's really 5'10". There are plenty of others too.

Tyson Fury is not really 6'9"

— Earvin Magic Johnson (@MagicJohnson)

You can tell from the head to head with Evander Holyfield that Mike Tyson was 5"11. But you do get people staying things like oh 'he was 5"9' Those people need to shut up.

But I will state this? David Haye would sometimes make himself appear smaller in the lead up to his heavyweight fights. Just simple things like wearing flat soled shoes 'Haye was a great fan of the book, The ART OF WAR' He stated in his autobiography, that he had learnt everything from that book.

He attempted to mess with Bellew's head during their first fight, during the last head to head ' Bellew kept on stating' you have shrunk, you look small. But come the weigh in David Haye was in bullish condition, I always liked his condition in that fight 'Too bad he got injured'.

[MartialMind]

You can tell from the head to head with Evander Holyfield that Mike Tyson was 5"11. But you do get people staying things like oh 'he was 5"9' Those people need to shut up.

But I will state this? David Haye would sometimes make himself appear smaller in the lead up to his heavyweight fights. Just simple things like wearing flat soled shoes 'Haye was a great fan of the book, The ART OF WAR' He stated in his autobiography, that he had learnt everything from that book.

He attempted to mess with Bellew's head during their first fight, during the last head to head ' Bellew kept on stating' you have shrunk, you look small. But come the weigh in David Haye was in bullish condition, I always liked his condition in that fight 'Too bad he got injured'.

The 5'10" came from Mike's own mouth

"I looked at myself in the mirror the other day and said to myself: 'You're a dwarf.' I measured myself as 5ft 10in.

"Everyone in my family is 6ft. What happened to me? I'm tree stump. A fire hydrant. People p*** on fire hydrants, man!"

[PRINCEKOOL]

The 5'10" came from Mike's own mouth

A lot of things come from Tyson's own mouth these days. I think he was 5"11.

If Holyfield was 6"2 1/2, then Mike Tyson to me looked around 5"11.

[JERMELL_CHARLO_]

Like WWE do.