So just How Tall is Tyson Fury?
Known as the Gypsy King, in this modern era of extremely tall heavyweight boxers
Just how well does Tyson stack up and exactly what height does he claim to be?
Well in recent years, Tyson has been claiming to stand tall at a colossal 6 foot 9 inches
but earlier in his career he had this to say:
There's nothing out there that worries me. I'm 6 feet 8 inches and 259 pounds
which is an advantage, but I can also move and have speed, which is unusual for a big heavyweight
As one of the most infamous Boxers to have ever walked this earth
Fury isn't afraid to speak his mind
He's also met many fellow celebrities and has always looked an extremely tall guy
Well most of the time
Magic Johnson is not the first person who got a height shock when meeting Fury
Others have also been taken aback upon meeting Tyson in the flesh
Take for instance, my man, Jason Momoa
If you could get floored by the spoken word
Then Jason Momoa delivered the Ultimate knockout blow rendering Tyson almost speechless
Which is no mean feat?
Jason asked Tyson how tall he was.
Saying: "You're Six Six or something, Six-Five?"
You could hear the pain in Tyson's voice and the tears
and the tears welling up in his eyes as he replied:
Six Nine
Jason was a bit shocked too!
"You're Six-Nine?"
Fellow boxer Otto Wallin was also perplexed by Fury's Height
At a face-off, during the press conference
Otto called out, Tyson's Height
Saying: "Youre not really Six Nine are you?"
Tyson smiled and shaked his head seemingly in agreement
Otto asked him, "How tall are you, really?"
Whilst it's not absolutely clear
Tyson may well have admitted to Otto
he was Six Foot Seven, because Otto replied:
"You're Six Seven?"
Tyson is not only a masterful showman in the boxing ring, he once delved into the world of wrestling
Where he faced up to Man Mountain Braun Strowman
who he defeated with relative ease
Now here's the thing about Tyson. He's a big lad and his posture at times isn't so great
Tyson can go from looking shorter than Braun one day, to taller than Braun the next
And Fury isn't the type of guy who wears thick footwear.
He's typically in thin sneakers or shoes
Except that one time, when he met Dwayne Johnson
Now the Rock to be fair, has recently dropped his ludicrous claim of being 6 foot 5
in favor of a more modest 6 foot 4 claim
but let's be frank...he's closer to 6 foot 3 than 4
Fury looks well over six foot seven there, but check out their Footwear
Tyson's got Air Max 720's giving him nearly three quarters of an inch more than the rock
But that's nowhere near as bad as his boxing comrade
Wladimir Liftschko
Yes
everybody remembers Tyson's second encounter with Wladimir
in which at the weigh-in, Tyson seemed around the same height, or even smaller in some shots
It's been reported that Wladimir used lifts in his sneakers
To intimidate his opponents...and I can believe that
When Tyson stands tall and Wladimir leaves his lifts at home
Tyson looks comfortably taller
Similarly, with the 6 foot 6 range Deontay Wilder
Sometimes Tyson can look roughly similar
But when you see other shots, it looks like Tyson is at least an inch taller
Tyson's height claim of 6 foot 9 is a bit of showmanship.
Even his claim of 6 foot 8 could be a bit of a stretch
I reckon, if Tyson is ever measured
he's gonna fall somewhere between 6 foot 7 and 7 and a half
and the CelebHeights.com visitors seem to agree
from 275 votes they reckon Tyson Fury's Height is bang on 6 foot 7 and a half