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Max Baer

How tall was Max Baer?

Max Baer 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

Max Baer’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

Max Baer is taller than the average US woman by 11 in (28 cm). Tallest to shortest in this lineup.Max Baer: 6 ft 2.5 in (189.2 cm). Average US man: 5 ft 9 in (175.1 cm). Max Baer 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). Max Baer is taller than the average US woman by 11 in (28 cm).Max Baer is taller than the average US woman by 11 in (28 cm). Tallest to shortest in this lineup.Max Baer: 6 ft 2.5 in (189.2 cm). Average US man: 5 ft 9 in (175.1 cm). Max Baer 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). Max Baer is taller than the average US woman by 11 in (28 cm).

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Max Baer beside others

Max Baer 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: Evander Holyfield.

  • Joe Louis: 6 ft 2 in (188 cm), 0.5 in (1.2 cm) shorter than Max Baer.
  • Kimbo Slice: 6 ft 2 in (188 cm), 0.5 in (1.3 cm) shorter than Max Baer.

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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: Stephania Puchlik, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons, cropped.

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Max Baer, 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)