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Floyd Patterson

How tall was Floyd Patterson?

Floyd Patterson is commonly listed at 6 ft 0 in (183 cm).

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Floyd Patterson’s 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) is tall for a US man: about 85 in 100 US men are shorter.

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Floyd Patterson is taller than the average US woman by 8.5 in (21.8 cm). Tallest to shortest in this lineup.Floyd Patterson: 6 ft 0 in (183 cm). Average US man: 5 ft 9 in (175.1 cm). Floyd Patterson is taller than the average US man by 3 in (7.9 cm). Average US woman: 5 ft 3.5 in (161.2 cm). Floyd Patterson is taller than the average US woman by 8.5 in (21.8 cm).Floyd Patterson is taller than the average US woman by 8.5 in (21.8 cm). Tallest to shortest in this lineup.Floyd Patterson: 6 ft 0 in (183 cm). Average US man: 5 ft 9 in (175.1 cm). Floyd Patterson is taller than the average US man by 3 in (7.9 cm). Average US woman: 5 ft 3.5 in (161.2 cm). Floyd Patterson is taller than the average US woman by 8.5 in (21.8 cm).

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Floyd Patterson beside others

Floyd Patterson is in the middle of the 48 boxers we have heights for: Tyson Fury (6 ft 9 in) stands 9 in (22.7 cm) taller and Carl Frampton (5 ft 5 in) is 7 in (17.9 cm) shorter.

  • Carl Froch: 6 ft 1 in (185 cm), 1 in (2 cm) taller than Floyd Patterson.
  • Jack Dempsey: 6 ft 1 in (185 cm), 1 in (2 cm) taller than Floyd Patterson.
  • Tommy Fury: 6 ft 1 in (185.4 cm), 1 in (2.4 cm) taller than Floyd Patterson.

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Where this height comes from

6 ft 0 in (183 cm)

A commonly listed height: it appears across many profiles, but none says when or how it was measured, so shoes and rounding may be part of the number.

Photo: Stanley Weston or his photographers, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, cropped.

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Floyd Patterson, 6 ft 0 in (183 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)