Short middleweights or higher (5'5 or 5'6)

[Stoppage]

Can you name some fighters that were in the middleweight or weight classes above the middleweight division that were like 5'5 or 5'6 in height.

[oldgringo]

Dwight Muhammad Qawi was a very short Light Heavyweight and Cruiserweight, maybe 5'6 or 5'7.

Carmen Basilio was more of a Welterweight, but he participated as a Middleweight against the likes of Robinson and Fullmer. He couldn't have been more than 5'6.

[Miburo]

Basilio was roughly 5'6.

[TheGreatA]

Sam Langford was 5'6.

[Southpaw16BF]

.Dwight Muhhamed Qawi
.Sam Lanford
.Carmen Basilio 5′ 6?#8243;

[TheGreatA]

Laszlo Papp was only 5'5.

[Kid McCoy]

Montell Griffin was 5'7", pretty small for a light-heavy.

[TheGreatA]

Montell Griffin was 5'7", pretty small for a light-heavy.

Montell Griffin vs Roy Jones I

Sonny Liston demolishes 5'7 German heavyweight Albert Westphal in one round:



Dwight Qawi:







Carmen Basilio:

[Kid McCoy]

Sonny Liston demolishes 5'7 German heavyweight Albert Westphal in one round:

Jack Johnson does likewise to 5'7" heavyweight champ Tommy Burns.

[TheGreatA]

Jack Johnson does likewise to 5'7" heavyweight champ Tommy Burns.

Better performances by Burns: