How tall was Ken Norton?

Ken Norton is commonly listed at 6 ft 3 in (191 cm).

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Ken Norton’s 6 ft 3 in (191 cm) is very tall for a US man: more than 95 in 100 US men are shorter.

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Ken Norton beside others

Ken Norton is one of the taller boxers we have heights for: Tyson Fury (6 ft 9 in) stands 6 in (14.7 cm) taller and Carl Frampton (5 ft 5 in) is 10 in (25.9 cm) shorter.

Also listed at 6 ft 3 in: Muhammad Ali and Oleksandr Usyk.

Kane: 7 ft 0 in (213.4 cm), 9 in (22.4 cm) taller than Ken Norton.

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6 ft 3 in (191 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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Ken Norton, 6 ft 3 in (191 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)