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    What fighters do you think lied about their height?



    Hagler is supposed to be 5'9, Hearns is supposed to be 6'1.

    Hearns looked a bit taller than Schuler who was 'also' 6'1'

    Also Hagler looked significantly shorter than Leonard when they finally met up, that may be owing a bit to how he fought, but I think he may have been a bit shorter than he said he was too.

    Any other examples? I've heard Louis' height announced all the way from 6'0 to 6'1 1/2

    #2
    heard lennox lewis use to lie about his height. not sure if it's true but he was listed as 6'5 & i heard he was more like 6'7...only a story i heard but no proof.

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      #3
      Jake Matlala!

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        #4
        Anyone who said that Mike Tyson was 5'11 1/2 was either lying or gullible.

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          #5
          paul williams is always listed at 6'1 yet when he stands beside Aereolla hes just as tall and he's hunching. Not to mention his reach is 82. The same as George Foreman who was 6'4 himself.

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            #6
            Originally posted by them_apples View Post
            paul williams is always listed at 6'1 yet when he stands beside Aereolla hes just as tall and he's hunching. Not to mention his reach is 82. The same as George Foreman who was 6'4 himself.


            how did you get banned?


            i remember williams being listed at or around 6'1" and it think it was to try and get WW's to be willing to fight him

            the dude had dimensions of a legitimate HW in terms of his height and reach

            at lest 6'2"
            at least 80 inches of reach (i think it's about 81. seen it listed as low as 78 and as high as 82)

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              #7
              i'm not a tall guy and almost all of the fighter's i've met were markedly shorter than i had expected.

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                #8
                I saw Tyson in Las Vegas, at the Hilton, years ago, and thought he was much shorter than he was said to be. I saw Shane Mosley in Big Bear and thought he was shorter, too. Frans Botha was shorter than I thought he would be.

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                  #9
                  Hearns was taller than listed easily. Hagler was certainly taller than Duran, who I've seen listed at 5'6" to 5'7", so he probably is right on 5'9", but I think Leonard was 5'11 certainly so it would also make sense that Leonard looked quite a bit taller. He's usually listed at 5'10 from memory but was very tall for 147 so I think 5'11" isn't stretching it at all.

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                    #10
                    Originally posted by BennyST View Post
                    Hearns was taller than listed easily. Hagler was certainly taller than Duran, who I've seen listed at 5'6" to 5'7", so he probably is right on 5'9", but I think Leonard was 5'11 certainly so it would also make sense that Leonard looked quite a bit taller. He's usually listed at 5'10 from memory but was very tall for 147 so I think 5'11" isn't stretching it at all.
                    I've never seen him in person, but I don't think Leonard was ever 5'11.

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