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Evander Holyfield

How tall is Evander Holyfield?

Evander Holyfield is commonly listed at 6 ft 2.5 in (189.2 cm).

A figure repeated without a date or a measurement. Where this height comes from

Evander Holyfield’s 6 ft 2.5 in (189.2 cm) is very tall for a US man: more than 95 in 100 US men are shorter.

Where your height fallsEveryone about 6 ft 3 in

Evander Holyfield is taller than the average US woman by 11 in (28 cm). Tallest to shortest in this lineup.Evander Holyfield: 6 ft 2.5 in (189.2 cm). Average US man: 5 ft 9 in (175.1 cm). Evander Holyfield is taller than the average US man by 5.5 in (14.1 cm). Average US woman: 5 ft 3.5 in (161.2 cm). Evander Holyfield is taller than the average US woman by 11 in (28 cm).Evander Holyfield is taller than the average US woman by 11 in (28 cm). Tallest to shortest in this lineup.Evander Holyfield: 6 ft 2.5 in (189.2 cm). Average US man: 5 ft 9 in (175.1 cm). Evander Holyfield is taller than the average US man by 5.5 in (14.1 cm). Average US woman: 5 ft 3.5 in (161.2 cm). Evander Holyfield is taller than the average US woman by 11 in (28 cm).

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Evander Holyfield beside others

Evander Holyfield is in the middle of the 48 boxers we have heights for: Tyson Fury (6 ft 9 in) stands 6.5 in (16.5 cm) taller and Carl Frampton (5 ft 5 in) is 9.5 in (24.1 cm) shorter.

Also listed at 6 ft 2.5 in: Max Baer.

  • Joe Louis: 6 ft 2 in (188 cm), 0.5 in (1.2 cm) shorter than Evander Holyfield.
  • Muhammad Ali: 6 ft 3 in (190.5 cm), 0.5 in (1.3 cm) taller than Evander Holyfield.

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Where this height comes from

6 ft 2.5 in (189.2 cm)

A commonly listed height, as Wikipedia gives it, with no date or method, so shoes and rounding may be part of the number.

Source: Wikipedia

Photo: Toglenn, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons, cropped.

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Evander Holyfield, 6 ft 2.5 in (189 cm), drawn to scale beside the average US man, 5 ft 9 in (175 cm), and the average US woman, 5 ft 3.5 in (161 cm)