How tall was Jack Dempsey?

Jack Dempsey is commonly listed at 6 ft 1 in (185 cm).

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Jack Dempsey’s 6 ft 1 in (185 cm) is tall for a US man: about 90 in 100 US men are shorter.

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Jack Dempsey beside others

Jack Dempsey is in the middle of the 48 boxers we have heights for: Tyson Fury (6 ft 9 in) stands 8 in (20.7 cm) taller and Carl Frampton (5 ft 5 in) is 8 in (19.9 cm) shorter.

Also listed at 6 ft 1 in: Carl Froch and Tommy Fury.

Floyd Patterson: 6 ft 0 in (183 cm), 1 in (2 cm) shorter than Jack Dempsey.

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6 ft 1 in (185 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.

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Jack Dempsey, 6 ft 1 in (185 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)