WelshDevilRob Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 Tall fighters for their weight? Just noticed that Aaron Pryor Jnr is listed as being 6 foot 4! That is tall for a Super Middleweight. What other fighters have been exceptionally tall for their weight class. Paul Williams as a Welterweight and Nikolai Valuev as a Heavyweight come to mind. What others are/were there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Ko Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 Cabbelero was really big at super bantam but moved up to Super Feather which was a dumb move. 5"11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamasadlittleboy Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 Margarito at 5'11 @ 147 Caballero 5'11 @ 122/126 Funeka 6'1 @ 130/135 Carlos Negron 6'6 @ 200 Demetrius Andrade 6'1 @ 154 Brad Solomon 5'11 @ 147 Ray Robinson 5'10 @ 147 Julius Long 7'1 @ Heavy (who fought 6'8 Tye Fields in a fight that could well have been one of if not the tallest in history) Jose Benavidez 5'11 @ 140 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
londoner Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 Tommy Hearns was pretty tall for a welterweight 6ft1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wheelchair Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 Baby Jake Matlala! A giant of a man! mlol/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crusader Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 Julius Long 7'1 vs 6'8 Tye Fields the NBA championship (national basketball association) !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAZZ-MCFC Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 Mike Jones - 6 foot @147 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grapevine241 Posted January 15, 2011 Share Posted January 15, 2011 its interesting that many of them are quite chinny. i wonder if that is from weight or just by chance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McBride Posted January 15, 2011 Share Posted January 15, 2011 Oscar won a S/ Feather title, and he is 5' 11" all bar the shouting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donlevy Posted January 15, 2011 Share Posted January 15, 2011 Maurice Blocker,Mark Breland and Milton McCrory were all over six feet tall and were champions as welterweights. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donlevy Posted January 15, 2011 Share Posted January 15, 2011 I'm pretty sure Alexis Arguello was close to six feet tall too - and he used to be a featherweight champion! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wheelchair Posted January 15, 2011 Share Posted January 15, 2011 I'm pretty sure Alexis Arguello was close to six feet tall too - and he used to be a featherweight champion! He was 5 foot 10 inches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McBride Posted January 17, 2011 Share Posted January 17, 2011 Wasn't the late Johnny Owen quite tall for a Bantamweight? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davemurphy Posted January 17, 2011 Share Posted January 17, 2011 I recall watching the old Fight Night at the LA Forum, which I think in this case was actually from the Pond in Annahiem, during the late 90's and they had a Jr Featherweight by the name of Marius Frias that was 6 ft 2. You never saw 122 pounds stretched out so far :) Wasn't a bad little boxer though, but unlike some of the thin guys who've had freakish power (someone mentioned Arguello already and Hearns certainly comes to mind) Frias had none. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davemurphy Posted January 17, 2011 Share Posted January 17, 2011 Wasn't the late Johnny Owen quite tall for a Bantamweight? McBride- His Wikipedia Page says 5 ft 8, but I was thinking he was even taller than that. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Owen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dulais_valley Posted January 17, 2011 Share Posted January 17, 2011 Khan is by no means short for a light-welter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robprosser Posted January 20, 2016 Share Posted January 20, 2016 Re: Tall fighters for their weight? Panama Al Brown was a 5' 11" bantam weight champ. I seem to recall that Tony Pep was a 6' 1" super feather contender. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cableaddict Posted January 20, 2016 Share Posted January 20, 2016 Re: Tall fighters for their weight? Willie Nelson. 6'3" LMW. (and an 81" reach ! ) Robert Easter Jr. 6'1" LW ! (although he somehow weighed 154 lbs in the ring against Attah) That's all I got. :noidea: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
repsac Posted January 20, 2016 Share Posted January 20, 2016 Re: Tall fighters for their weight? This guy lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cableaddict Posted January 21, 2016 Share Posted January 21, 2016 Re: Tall fighters for their weight? Hey @Donlevy - It's a free country & all that, but would you kindly consider changing that avatar? I can't make you, (actually, I COULD, but that would be an abuse of power :laugh: ) but it's kinda' making me sick. Be a pal, wont' ya' ? ====================== Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cableaddict Posted January 21, 2016 Share Posted January 21, 2016 Re: Tall fighters for their weight? Taishan Dong. :haha: -------------------------------- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris_A Posted February 3, 2016 Share Posted February 3, 2016 Re: Tall fighters for their weight? I think being tall and in your weight-class just offers a good advantage overall. Besides being intimidating, you have greater reach as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cableaddict Posted February 3, 2016 Share Posted February 3, 2016 Re: Tall fighters for their weight? I think being tall and in your weight-class just offers a good advantage overall. Besides being intimidating, you have greater reach as well. Actually, being tall has only one advantage: It usually goes along with having a reach advantage. (Also, you can clinch and lean on your opponent, if you're Wlad Klitschko and have paid off the referee for every fight.) A tall fighter with a short reach actually is at a huge disadvantage to a shorter fighter, all else being equal: It's much harder to throw power on a downward angle. It's harder to work on the inside. It's almost impossible to throw body shots. It's near impossible to throw uppercuts. And finally, taller guys tend to move less fluidly, so they have worse defense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luizbr Posted February 13, 2016 Share Posted February 13, 2016 Re: Tall fighters for their weight? I think being tall and in your weight-class just offers a good advantage overall. Besides being intimidating, you have greater reach as well. I don't think being tall is that much of an advantage. The tall ones have a hard time defending against normal figthers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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