Henry Cooper vs Ali

[Bronson66]

i never knew he was 6 foot 11 and a half. a giant. fury is 6 foot 9. you learn something new every day! Michael Jordan is 12 foot 9!

I doubt you learn something new every day.

[Bronson66]

- - Henry was not only taller than Ali proving height measurements are dubious much of the time, he was beating up Clay. So Clay had plenty of time to warm into the fight that luckily for him turned on the umpteenth career cut that cost Henry a ton of fights he otherwise would've won.

Ive already told you Cooper lost just 4 fights on cuts out of a total of 55, 2 of them to Ali which he would not have won.
You just ignore facts don't you, and repeat the same old sewage over and over again,it's positively eerie!

[Willow The Wisp]

I know Cooper was 6ft 11/2 in.No point in continuing this further.

I've met him. 6'1.5" is correct.

[Willie Pep 229]

Seems to me there are only three sizes worth noting.

1. They are the same size.
2. One guy is taller than the other.
3. One guy is so much taller that it may affect the fight.

An inch or two in either height or reach (especially in the manner in which they used to measure reach) is not worth the haggle.

P.S. Cooper and Ali fit under#1.

[them_apples]

Seems to me there are only three sizes worth noting.

1. They are the same size.
2. One guy is taller than the other.
3. One guy is so much taller that it may affect the fight.

An inch or two in either height or reach (especially in the manner in which they used to measure reach) is not worth the haggle.

P.S. Cooper and Ali fit under#1.

Even 6 ft 3 to 6 ft 8 is actually only a pop cans difference. And thats not factoring in some guys are all neck and head, others its all shoulders.

these are all overrated metrics until they are both in the ring

[QueensburyRules]

I've met him. 6'1.5" is correct.

- - You met him as a shrunken ol'man in street shoes. Clearly at the start of Ali Cooper is hammering the kid who's running the best he can. Maybe Ali shrunk during these batterings which is a good defensive strategy, but clearly he was taller with both being in flat soled boxing shoes.

[max baer]

- - You met him as a shrunken ol'man in street shoes. Clearly at the start of Ali Cooper is hammering the kid who's running the best he can. Maybe Ali shrunk during thes shoes.

ali was 6'3. boxing technique can make a man look shorter and taller if he curls and retracts or hyper extends. i am 6'3 too that's how i remembered it. "and if queeny says he knows most i'll get him in my next post! and if he wanna go to heaven i'll say cooper was 5'11!