Joey Giardello
02-02-2010, 02:26 PM
Tommy Hearns at 6 foot 1 and Mark Brealand at 6 foot 2 both welterweights come to mind, Who else?
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View Full Version : fighters who were Freakishly tall for there weight class Joey Giardello 02-02-2010, 02:26 PM Tommy Hearns at 6 foot 1 and Mark Brealand at 6 foot 2 both welterweights come to mind, Who else? Southpaw16BF 02-02-2010, 02:30 PM Panama Al Brown Saddy Saddler Ali Funeka Guillermo Jones (6''4 Jr Middlweight At One Point) 1SILVA 02-02-2010, 03:16 PM Tommy Hearns at 6 foot 1 and Mark Brealand at 6 foot 2 both welterweights come to mind, Who else? Junior Jones, Jeff Chandler and Johnny Owen were 5'8" bantams. Alexis Arguello was a 5'10" feather. oldgringo 02-02-2010, 03:24 PM Paul Williams and Maurice Blocker were both 6'2-6'3" welterweights. Milton McCrory was also quite tall for the weight. Kingsley Ikeke was a 6'4 Middlweight. Celestino Caballero is a freakishly tall super bantamweight, nearing 6'0 tall. One more round 02-02-2010, 03:43 PM Arguello was a 5''10 126 lber Tsukiyomi 02-02-2010, 03:44 PM De La Hoya was 5'11" starting at 130. oldgringo 02-03-2010, 12:13 PM yikes...... Squirrel 02-03-2010, 12:54 PM De La Hoya was 5'11" starting at 130. Actually Oscar is only 5'9. sonnyboyx2 02-03-2010, 01:00 PM Genaro Hernandez 5ft 11in - 130lb World Champion. frankenfrank 02-03-2010, 03:42 PM 1. guillermo jones (154) 2. celestino caballero (122) 3. ali funeka (135) 4. mark breland (147) 5. maurice blocker (147) 6. paul williams (147) 7. thomas hearns (147) 8. milton mccrory (147) 9. johnny bumphus (140) 10. choose one of the following : also worth mentioning : liles (168) , nunn (160) , spinks (175) arguello (126) , corralles (130) , delahoya (130) , and of course : valuev , vitali klitschko (205 as a pro kickboxer) julius long , mike white , ali , foreman , willard , cooney , carnerra , firpo (in thier time) TheGreatA 02-03-2010, 04:08 PM Surprised that Panama Al Brown, the near 6 feet tall flyweight/bantamweight hasn't been mentioned yet. oldgringo 02-03-2010, 04:39 PM Surprised that Panama Al Brown, the near 6 feet tall flyweight/bantamweight hasn't been mentioned yet. Panama Al Brown Saddy Saddler Ali Funeka Guillermo Jones (6''4 Jr Middlweight At One Point) covered by underdog. CARLOS NEGRON! 6'6 Cruiserweight prospect on the come up right now. This guy is a freak! TheGreatA 02-03-2010, 05:14 PM covered by underdog. CARLOS NEGRON! 6'6 Cruiserweight prospect on the come up right now. This guy is a freak! It was the very first post too. :pat: In that case I'll throw another name, Hugo Pineda, a 6'1 light welterweight who has recently been a journeyman in the cruiserweight division. DeepSleep 02-03-2010, 05:28 PM Perhaps we could add Julius Long to the list. I know he is a heavyweight but the guy is 7'1" with a 90" reach, even Valuev doesn't have close to a 90" reach. The last time I saw him was against Sam Peter and he looked like a bean-pole. mickey malone 02-03-2010, 07:44 PM Tommy Hearns at 6 foot 1 and Mark Brealand at 6 foot 2 both welterweights come to mind, Who else? Former Canadian featherweight champion, Tony Pep is 6 feet 1 and a half inches tall (187 cm).. He eventually ended up as a light-welterweight, and once fought Ricky Hatton.. BennyST 02-03-2010, 08:13 PM It was the very first post too. :pat: In that case I'll throw another name, Hugo Pineda, a 6'1 light welterweight who has recently been a journeyman in the cruiserweight division. Damn it. Beat me to it. I remember when that guy fought Kostya Tzsyu. Great fight. Pineda was undefeated and so much bigger it was scary. First time Tszyu ever went down from a flash KD in round one. He went on to fight Trinidad, Johnson at LHW etc. Was very good. sleazyfellow 02-03-2010, 10:01 PM Surprised that Panama Al Brown, the near 6 feet tall flyweight/bantamweight hasn't been mentioned yet. Im surprised nobody has mentioned Bob Foster yet, I know today it aint anything special, but a 6'3 lightheavy was pretty tall for that time. |