Muhammad Ali

How tall was Muhammad Ali?

Muhammad Ali is commonly listed at 6 ft 3 in (190.5 cm).

A figure repeated without a date or a measurement. Where this height comes from

Muhammad Ali’s 6 ft 3 in (190.5 cm) is very tall for a US man: more than 95 in 100 US men are shorter.

Muhammad Ali is taller than the average US woman by 11.5 in (29.3 cm). Tallest to shortest in this lineup.Muhammad Ali: 6 ft 3 in (190.5 cm). Average US man: 5 ft 9 in (175.1 cm). Muhammad Ali is taller than the average US man by 6 in (15.4 cm). Average US woman: 5 ft 3.5 in (161.2 cm). Muhammad Ali is taller than the average US woman by 11.5 in (29.3 cm).Muhammad Ali is taller than the average US woman by 11.5 in (29.3 cm). Tallest to shortest in this lineup.Muhammad Ali: 6 ft 3 in (190.5 cm). Average US man: 5 ft 9 in (175.1 cm). Muhammad Ali is taller than the average US man by 6 in (15.4 cm). Average US woman: 5 ft 3.5 in (161.2 cm). Muhammad Ali is taller than the average US woman by 11.5 in (29.3 cm).

Muhammad Ali beside others

Muhammad Ali is one of the taller boxers we have heights for: Tyson Fury (6 ft 9 in) stands 6 in (15.2 cm) taller and Carl Frampton (5 ft 5 in) is 10 in (25.4 cm) shorter.

Also listed at 6 ft 3 in: Oleksandr Usyk, Tony Bellew and David Haye.

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Where this height comes from

6 ft 3 in (190.5 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: Bernard Gotfryd, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, cropped.

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Muhammad Ali, 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)