It's one of those things in boxing like saying a guy is huge when they weigh like 140lbs. Everything is relative to the weight class you are talking about.
Look at my page…. It’s not like I’m fat, it’s just not a very big size. I get they rehydrate more so maybe that is a bit bigger but 5’9, 170 isn’t very big
FYI in boxing a lot of guys are listed 2-3 inches shorter than their real height, just like how they come in 15-20lbs heavier than their listed weight. All mind games. When I first started fighting my coach said “how tall are you” I said “6’0” and he said “You’re 5’10? Ok 5’10”
Barrios is listed as 5'10 but is closer to 6'0, Shakur is often listed as 5'7 but is really 5'8, Benavidez is listed at 6'1 but is closer to 6'3, etc. The reason this happens sometimes is because a lot of fighters have their height measured very early in the career when they are teenagers and don't have it updated until much later.
And Canelo is listed as 5'9 but is in reality closer to 5'7 ish. Floyd was listed as 5'8 but is no taller than 5'7 on a good day. Fury is also repeatedly listed as 6'9 but many who met him would list him closer to 6'7
There are plenty of examples the other way around.
So tell me, in what world would that make sense?
It’s hard to get fights as a top prospect in the pros and as a good fighter in the amateurs. Guys don’t want to get beat up and will avoid fighting you especially if you’re on a tear. Coaches don’t want their fighters to get beat up and fighters want to win. You want to make yourself look as unimposing as possible. Would you rather fight a guy who is 6’0 150, or 5’9 150? Easy choice, the guy listed at 5’9 will have less trouble finding fights.
Secondly, why would you want your opponent to over-prepare? You’re listed at 6’3 and step in the ring at 6’0 and the guy across from you says “hey he isn’t so big” and gets a confidence boost. Now switch it around: your opponent is expecting a 5’9 fighter and you step in the ring at 6’0 and the guy across from you says “holy shit! That guys fucking huge, way bigger than I expected” and shits his pants.
I’m curious, what are you basing your opinion off of?
I'd say its usually the other way around but I think Lennox was really 6'6 and claimed 6'5 to surprise his opponents who probably expected him to be 6'4.
Maybe as an intimidation tactic. Like when Tyson Fury claims to be a 7ft tall 20 stone bear moth. It could also just be used as a marketing device to get the public Talking. All I can say is that it seems like a lot of guys for whatever reason inflate their stats but rarely do they do like Lennox and diminish them.
Well my experience has been the opposite. Why intimidate your opponent outside of the ring and pacify him in the ring? I want to pacify him outside the ring and intimidate him in the ring. But I’m a boxer, not a fan
Fans want legally accepted violence and suffering. That’s why Tank makes the big bucks for disconnecting cab drivers’ heads from their bodies.
If the majority of money in boxing came from people who truly care about the sport and the nuances, we wouldn’t be where we are.
You know people from his weight class like to call him a midget but in the ring he looks heavier than them. Tank is built like an actual tank, that head is huge.
Definitely a lot like a honey badger. You don’t wanna get comfortable fighting him on the inside cuz he’s sneaky and will do you some serious damage and you won’t see it coming
Everytime Tank goes to his family gathering:
Tank’s cousin introducing tank: and this is my big head ass cousin, you know, BIBOLADE got more head than he got body
Nah, the beauty of boxing is that it's never so simple. A very quick midget could beat Stevenson, especially one with a bit of pop, foot speed needed too.
Midget with high IQ, speed and crazy power. That's basically Tank Davis. Really it's a nightmare package for probably most fighters. All that being said I think Shakur is the guy to beat him whenever that fight happens
Eventually, you get tagged. We seen Bivol take clean shots and not go down. I can't say the same for Shakur, because the only ones that hit him clean is Conceicao.
Shakurs fights have all sucked horribly outside Herring who was 36 and retired next fight and Oscar off PEDs who won a robbery. The rest literally put you to sleep and he lands his best right hands and nothing happens. I honestly think Haney hits harder
top rank's team trolls this subreddit too, their PR team is going to have to pull at all the stops
imagine having to promote this guy, his style is not the most appealing and his personality is worse
A 5'7" guy calling a 5'5 1/2" a midget made me laugh.
Tank is like 5’3” in real life
Yup he's honestly tiny
Shakur is a tiny dude too and small ass hands.
Yeah definitely inflated boxing height. Garcia does look like a real 5 10 tho.
Garcia is more like 5’8 1/2 or 5’9, you can tell by him standing next to 5’11 Jake Paul
Not sure if this is just haters speaking, but I heard that Jake is closer to 5'10" but just wears big shoes to seem 6'?
Celeb heights has him at 5’11 https://www.celebheights.com/s/Jake-Paul-50221.html
Much better source than the random conjecture I've heard on reddit- my bad
It's one of those things in boxing like saying a guy is huge when they weigh like 140lbs. Everything is relative to the weight class you are talking about.
Lol saw someone call a guy on the Whyte card a “stocky mf” who was 5’9, 168. Made me think, I’m bigger than that and I’m pretty small
for a fit guy thats rather stock, he probabl weighed 175-180 in the ring
Look at my page…. It’s not like I’m fat, it’s just not a very big size. I get they rehydrate more so maybe that is a bit bigger but 5’9, 170 isn’t very big
if you're around 10 percent bodyfat it is.
Hey, 5'7" is basically 6'1"
Any taller than 5"7 and he'd probably be low end of average height, so 5"7 is tall for a short guy. He's like the tallest short guy.
Tank is not 5’5½”, that’s his listed height. Shakur’s listed at 5’8”.
His drivers license says 5’6 but they don’t verify it here in Md. so that’s most likely not accurate either
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Oh idk I saw on wiki, and I think I recall him being listed 5’8 in fights but I might be wrong.
It’s as funny as Trae Young doing the too small taunt to taller guys
FYI in boxing a lot of guys are listed 2-3 inches shorter than their real height, just like how they come in 15-20lbs heavier than their listed weight. All mind games. When I first started fighting my coach said “how tall are you” I said “6’0” and he said “You’re 5’10? Ok 5’10”
Maybe he wanted your real height and not your Tinder height.
My tinder height is 6’4 bud
Other way around
It's literally the opposite. Ive yet to see a fighter being taller by a couple of inches compared to his listed height lol
Barrios is listed as 5'10 but is closer to 6'0, Shakur is often listed as 5'7 but is really 5'8, Benavidez is listed at 6'1 but is closer to 6'3, etc. The reason this happens sometimes is because a lot of fighters have their height measured very early in the career when they are teenagers and don't have it updated until much later.
And Canelo is listed as 5'9 but is in reality closer to 5'7 ish. Floyd was listed as 5'8 but is no taller than 5'7 on a good day. Fury is also repeatedly listed as 6'9 but many who met him would list him closer to 6'7 There are plenty of examples the other way around.
Fury is definitely not 6'9". Theres a video of him meeting Jason Mamoa who is a little over 6'4" and he looked maybe 2" taller than him.
So tell me, in what world would that make sense? It’s hard to get fights as a top prospect in the pros and as a good fighter in the amateurs. Guys don’t want to get beat up and will avoid fighting you especially if you’re on a tear. Coaches don’t want their fighters to get beat up and fighters want to win. You want to make yourself look as unimposing as possible. Would you rather fight a guy who is 6’0 150, or 5’9 150? Easy choice, the guy listed at 5’9 will have less trouble finding fights. Secondly, why would you want your opponent to over-prepare? You’re listed at 6’3 and step in the ring at 6’0 and the guy across from you says “hey he isn’t so big” and gets a confidence boost. Now switch it around: your opponent is expecting a 5’9 fighter and you step in the ring at 6’0 and the guy across from you says “holy shit! That guys fucking huge, way bigger than I expected” and shits his pants. I’m curious, what are you basing your opinion off of?
I'd rather fight the 6 foot 150 pound guy 🤷♂️
>just like how they come in 15-20lbs heavier than their listed weight. All mind games How is that remotely analagous
Stories that never happened
I'd say its usually the other way around but I think Lennox was really 6'6 and claimed 6'5 to surprise his opponents who probably expected him to be 6'4.
How would the other way around make sense though
Maybe as an intimidation tactic. Like when Tyson Fury claims to be a 7ft tall 20 stone bear moth. It could also just be used as a marketing device to get the public Talking. All I can say is that it seems like a lot of guys for whatever reason inflate their stats but rarely do they do like Lennox and diminish them.
Well my experience has been the opposite. Why intimidate your opponent outside of the ring and pacify him in the ring? I want to pacify him outside the ring and intimidate him in the ring. But I’m a boxer, not a fan
Entirely too much talking on social media about sparring results. It is tiresome. Fans want the fights. Not the talking.
Just ignore it. Sad truth is most fans want the talking. If fans really just wanted the fights gervonta Davis would be unknown.
Fans want legally accepted violence and suffering. That’s why Tank makes the big bucks for disconnecting cab drivers’ heads from their bodies. If the majority of money in boxing came from people who truly care about the sport and the nuances, we wouldn’t be where we are.
Indeed
Shakur would try to make the fight happen doubt tank would.
Talking makes the fight bigger. Bigger fights are good for the sport.
We have another Dwarf Slayer!
Fuckin Odin over here
All-fucker!
You know people from his weight class like to call him a midget but in the ring he looks heavier than them. Tank is built like an actual tank, that head is huge.
Head like a pitbull with thick skin all around
Got that badger loose skin where he can turn around in it and bite you
Definitely a lot like a honey badger. You don’t wanna get comfortable fighting him on the inside cuz he’s sneaky and will do you some serious damage and you won’t see it coming
His taking shit that makes your fucking head grow Not accusing him of roid use just wanted to quote joey diaz
It's crazy because you wouldn't expect a guy who's 50% head to be a good fighter. What does a giant head bring to the table?
Not getting knocked the fuck out
Joe Joyce has a normal sized head and we could literally use it to intercept a meteor.
his head is huge. It's just that everything else is also proportionally huge
Apparently it brings quite a bit to the table, as Canelo also has a giant head,
Same for Pacquiao
Everytime Tank goes to his family gathering: Tank’s cousin introducing tank: and this is my big head ass cousin, you know, BIBOLADE got more head than he got body
Hagler had a big ass melon that someone described as having built in headgear in his skull, seemed to work out well for him
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Damn bro, tell us how you really feel! Lol at Kate and Seniesa
Regardless of the outcome of Tank/Garcia, we need to see Shakur vs Gervonta next year.
Theres no way we’d see shakur vs the loser of ryan vs tank. Would much rather see shakur vs the winner
What’s Shakur’s height?
About 5'7, he doesn't look much shorter than Crawford whenever they're next to each other.
5'8. Tank is barely 5'5
Dont believe their listed heights. Shakur is 5’7 and tank 5’4
He’s probably right. Shakur is a stylistic nightmare for anyone that’s shorter than him.
Nah, the beauty of boxing is that it's never so simple. A very quick midget could beat Stevenson, especially one with a bit of pop, foot speed needed too.
Midget with high IQ, speed and crazy power. That's basically Tank Davis. Really it's a nightmare package for probably most fighters. All that being said I think Shakur is the guy to beat him whenever that fight happens
Quick explosive midget is underrated
Shakur outboxes tank easily for a UD
Tank is short but he’s literally… built like a tank
Exactly. I think of tyson in a similar way, short for a heavyweight, but was built af.
Got downvoted for saying these that these dudes need to call each other out. And lo and behold, everyone is eating this up.
Reddit is very weird. You’ll get downvoted for something just for someone else to get upvoted for a similar comment a few weeks later
According to history, saying this sort of comment rarely goes down well for the sayer.
My girl is 5’0, in 4 inch heals she was taller or as tall as Tank. We ran into him at tacos el gordo in Vegas.
Shakur talks too much. I still question the dudes chin as the only puncher he faced was Valdez, who is just too slow to keep up.
Nakathila is a puncher
Shakur and Bivol are the least hit fighters in boxing. Why care about his chin? Nakathila is a puncher too.
Eventually, you get tagged. We seen Bivol take clean shots and not go down. I can't say the same for Shakur, because the only ones that hit him clean is Conceicao.
Shakurs fights have all sucked horribly outside Herring who was 36 and retired next fight and Oscar off PEDs who won a robbery. The rest literally put you to sleep and he lands his best right hands and nothing happens. I honestly think Haney hits harder
This is unfortunately how short man syndrome can show it's head. Bullies someone smaller, when he himself has been made fun of, in his own life.
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Manlet newrap confirmed
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no fun allowed this is srs bsns
I thought dwarves and midgets were different. I was under the impression that dwarves had the more common human proportions.
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Boohoo
Agreed, I wouldn’t use it. I actually claim that all males I meet are 6 feet tall.
You short shit
top rank's team trolls this subreddit too, their PR team is going to have to pull at all the stops imagine having to promote this guy, his style is not the most appealing and his personality is worse
Yeah, imagine having to promote arguably the most talented fighter on the planet. What a chore
Isee Shakur taking thurman’s route 🤣
🤔🤔🤔
Didn’t the midget Cuban beat Stevenson in the Olympics?
He’s setting himself up to be in a million “trash talk gone wrong” videos a la Bernard Hopkins
What about a white boy?
Twitter fight the only fight these two will ever have. Cowards the lot.
Does anyone else find boxing pro shit talk pretty lame?
Smh don't tempt the gods
Kinda want tank to knock him out just for that comment.
That’s like when Rolly when saying that shit about Tank and he was legit 2 inches taller than Tabk lol
Dreams of Bhop.
Absolute classic when two guys fighting at 61 determine who's more of a midget
Shakur is canceled!
Shakur would fuck him up.