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  • Is the Welterweight division getting shorter in height?

    80's Welterweights
    Ray Leonard - 5'10
    Wilfred Benitez - 5'10
    Thomas Hearns - 6'1
    Roberto Duran - 5'7

    90's - early 2000's welterweights.

    Oscar delahoya - 5'11
    Tito Trinidad - 5'11
    Shane Mosley - 5'9 1/2
    Vernon Forrest - 6'0
    Ricardo Mayorga - 5'9

    Welterweights in the mid 2000's - Early 2010
    Paul Williams - 6'1
    Mayweather - 5'8 1/2
    Pacquiao - 5'6
    Margarito - 5'11
    Miguel Cotto - 5'7

    Welterweights now
    Keith Thurman - 5'7 1/2
    Shawn Porter - 5'6 1/2
    Danny Garcia - 5'8
    Errol Spence - 5'9 1/2
    Kell Brook - 5'9

    seeing the pattern? They are gettign shorter and shorter

  • #2
    Why did you leave these off?

    Whitaker 5'6
    Quartey 5'7

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    • #3
      Originally posted by Robbie Barrett View Post
      Why did you leave these off?

      Whitaker 5'6
      Quartey 5'7
      Forgot about them, Quartey wasn't really THAT small, he was miguel cotto sized man.

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      • #4
        Way to leave off Sam eggington 5'11 and Ali funeka 6'1

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        • #5
          Originally posted by A.K View Post
          Way to leave off Sam eggington 5'11 and Ali funeka 6'1
          I don't know all the names. So you have to cut me some slack on that.

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          • #6
            People tend to be much fatter/bulkier now days. Have you seen the welterweights in the UFC?

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            • #7
              no they're about the same, you've got some freakishly tall fighters on that list who always stood out for being tall, except for the mid 90's fighters who all moved up multiple divisions and were pretty successful doing so. welterweights that had moved up in the past couple of years had short lived reigns or fought at catchweights

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              • #8
                They are maybe shorter, but look more muscular. Just look how Berto looks in the ring.

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