Pile 'em high

Don't ask how I came up with this idea, its one of my weirder ones...

The top of which fighter's head, were he to be standing on top of a tower of his last 5 opponents, would be the highest?

Obviously (?) only fighters with a 5-0-0 record in their last 5 fights can be considered.

(Heights taken fom Boxrec, excluding half inches.)

For an example I'll use David Haye.

David Haye 6'3
Audley Harrison 6'5
John Ruiz 6'2
Nikolai Valuev 7'0
Monte Barrett 6'3
Enzo Maccarinelli 6'4

So David Haye's total height is : 38 feet and 5 inches.

Can anyone do better?

You seriously need to stop sniffing the tippex at work Union, nothing else can explain how you came up with this one

I really despair to think what runs through your head sometimes on non boxing related subjects Union...!

It actually came to me in a dream last night, its one of those things that makes more sense when you are asleep I reckon.

Is nobody going to have a go then?

Hope Haye vs Wlad gets made, Wlad is taller than Enzo

Of all the reasons I have ever heard to want that fight made that has to be one of the stranger ones Scott

If only Valuev enforced his rematch clause. We can only dream...

George Godfrey, a leading heavyweight from the early thirties, might push him close, Union.

In 1935 Godfrey stopped Gogea Mitu, who stood a whopping 7ft.4ins., and another guy, whose name I can't remember, who stood 6ft.9ins. Too lazy to check his other opponents from the period, but I reckon he must run Haye pretty close. Godfrey also fought Carnera, though not in the same year.

Rocky fought Thunderlips, who was at least 8 feet tall, and Drago who was 7 feet 5 or something.

Good effort Windy, although Godfrey's ill advised comeback after a two year lay off ended in defeat to Hank Hankinson, precluding him from inclusion on the 5-0-0 rule.

Union Cane wrote:Good effort Windy, although Godfrey's ill advised comeback after a two year lay off ended in defeat to Hank Hankinson, precluding him from inclusion on the 5-0-0 rule.

Cheers, Union.

On that basis I reckon your example is going to be difficult to top, if you'll pardon the pun.

For my sins, I actually had a go at this. I got Joe Louis up to 38 feet, with his height of 6'2" added to Buddy Baer x 2 (6'7"), Billy Conn (6'2"), Abe Simon (6'4") and Lou Nova (6'2"). Still doesn't quite beat Haye though.

People will be begging for the return of the glory days of reverse linear articles soon.

Came across this, for anyone interested...

http://www.interestingworldfacts.com/general/top-5-tallest-boxers-in-the-world.html

I like that they, rather optimistically, presume that you will have a favourite out of them.

My favourite is Jim Cully. They've done well to get a colour photo of him, as he last fought in 1948. He also looks suspiciously like a younger Valuev...