Will we ever see a Heavyweight Champion under 6' again?

[LacedUp]

How tall is Dillian Whyte?

[Butt stuff]

How tall is Dillian Whyte?

Do you rate whyte? not seen any of his fights. He looks like at least 6 foot though for sure.

[kiDynamite92]

How tall is Dillian Whyte?

Do you rate whyte? not seen any of his fights. He looks like at least 6 foot though for sure.

He's 6'3 and he's a beast.

[PainfromUkraine]

He's 6'3 and he's a beast.

On Instagram he has claimed ranging from 5'10 (an apparent joke) to 6ft 4. But he seems to complain a lot about taller fighters in sparring and such. I'd guess he's about 191.5-192cm, or 6ft 3.5. Probably like Pulev.

To the OP's question - a titlist, maybe...but unlikely. "the" champ? Nah, I don't see it.

[kiDynamite92]

On Instagram he has claimed ranging from 5'10 (an apparent joke) to 6ft 4. But he seems to complain a lot about taller fighters in sparring and such. I'd guess he's about 191.5-192cm, or 6ft 3.5. Probably like Pulev.

To the OP's question - a titlist, maybe...but unlikely. "the" champ? Nah, I don't see it.

He's just kidding. He's a real good dude, he's really truthful and honest. Just watch a few of his interviews and it would be hard to not be a fan. He's physically a huge guy, he's built like a bull. I think he weighs around 250 for his fights, he does so a lot of weights so I'm not surprised. I think he's worked in fury's, vitali's, wlad's and even Wilder's camps so standing at 6'3 he would still be dwarfed by all 4 of them.

[Weltschmerz]

Possible, but probably not.

[New England]

forever is a very long time, but i'm very confident that the majority of all HW champions will be over six feet tall moving forward. the majority of the HW champions have been six feet + for a very long time. most of the great Hw are over six feet.

louis was 6'2"
ali was 6'3"


even jack johnson was 6' and a half inch.

frazier was 5'11"
marciano was 5'11"
tyson was 5'10

that's close to 6'.

height is important at HW. reach is even more important. it makes things a hell of a lot easier in a division where guys are standing at arms' length and trading jabs, concerned about the power of virtually every opponent.

[BOXEO _]

I don't know if you've ever gotten in the ring with a much taller fighter but it's an absolute nightmare.

I'm 6'2 and I haven't sparred or fought a lot of taller guys but I've fought against some 6'6+ and above and it's not fun.

I sparred with this 6'8 visitor at my gym once and it was almost impossible to hit him. His head always felt out of range. He would dangle his head almost in range for me to hit, and then pull back whenever I made a move. I kept hitting nothing but air. Jabs were completely innefective and even if I touched him, it felt like a tap and I wasn't hitting him with my full weight because I was reaching and out of form. Hooks and uppercuts were out of the question unless I was countering him but he was always keeping me at the end of his jab. Even his body felt out of range because his humongous tree arms were keeping me out side of hitting distance.

The only shot that felt effective was my straight left(i'm a southpaw) if I could time it right and shoot it fast enough while he wasn't moving backwards.

Fighting a much taller fighter is an overwhelming obstacle. You have to be a master of the science to get away with it.