How tall was Sugar Ray Robinson?

Sugar Ray Robinson is commonly listed at 5 ft 11 in (180 cm).

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Sugar Ray Robinson’s 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) is a little above average for a US man: about 74 in 100 US men are shorter.

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Sugar Ray Robinson beside others

Sugar Ray Robinson is in the middle of the 48 boxers we have heights for: Tyson Fury (6 ft 9 in) stands 10 in (25.7 cm) taller and Carl Frampton (5 ft 5 in) is 6 in (14.9 cm) shorter.

Also listed at 5 ft 11 in: Joe Frazier, Roy Jones Jr. and Oscar De La Hoya.

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5 ft 11 in (180 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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Sugar Ray Robinson, 5 ft 11 in (180 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)