How tall was Joe Louis?

Joe Louis is commonly listed at 6 ft 2 in (188 cm).

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Joe Louis’s 6 ft 2 in (188 cm) is very tall for a US man: more than 95 in 100 US men are shorter.

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Joe Louis beside others

Joe Louis is in the middle of the 48 boxers we have heights for: Tyson Fury (6 ft 9 in) stands 7 in (17.7 cm) taller and Carl Frampton (5 ft 5 in) is 9 in (22.9 cm) shorter.

Also listed at 6 ft 2 in: Kimbo Slice, Tommy Morrison and Andy Ruiz Jr..

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6 ft 2 in (188 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: Associated Press, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, cropped.

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Joe Louis, 6 ft 2 in (188 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)