Back in April of 2010 this writer did an article, Sometimes “TOO TALL” Is Not Better! Now that 6’9″ Tyson “The Gypsy King” Fury has become WBC Heavyweight champion you can throw all of that out! He even defeated 6’7″ Deontay “The Bronze Bomber” Wilder for that title.

There have been exceptions pertaining to tall fighters like the Klitschko brothers who became world heavyweight champions Vitali 6’7 1/2″ and Wladimir at 6’6″. Another heavyweight champion out of Russia was Nikolai Valuev at 7’0″, the tallest fighter ever to win a world title.

The two tallest fighters were both 7’4″ with one being Gogea Mitu of Romania, who lived in France who had three fights in 1935 going 2-1. After scoring a pair of knockouts he was thrown in against George Godfrey, 94-19-2, who stopped him in four rounds. Mitu passed away the following year in 1936. The other at 7’4″ was “Big” John Rankin, of New Orleans, LA. He only had one bout in November of 1967 defeating Willie Lee, 10-24-1.

Another fighter was 7’2″ Ewart “Ed” Potgieter, of South Africa. He won his first seven fights all in Africa in 1954-55. He then went to the UK in 1955 and the US in 1957 ending up with a 11-2-1 record. From Tipperay, Ireland, at 7’2″ was Jim Cully, losing his first fight in Dublin in 1942 and not fighting again until 1948 in the US and going 1-1, ending up 1-2.

At 7’1″ was Carl “The Eclipse” Chancellor, from El Paso, TX, turning pro in 1988. He ended up with a 4-6-2 record. Another at 7’1″ was Julius “Towering Inferno” Long, of Detroit, MI and living in Auckland, NZ, at 7’1″, 18-24-1 who lost to 6’8″ Tye “Big Sky” Fields, of Missoula, MT, who moved to Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, was 49-5.

At 7’0″ out of Louisville, KY, was Marcellus “More Than A Conqueror” Brown, who ended up at 26-17-1. Another at 7’0″ was Gil Anderson, from Richmond, CA, who in 1954 went 2-0 and retired.

Mike “The Giant” White, was 6’10” with his claim to fame stopping James “Buster” Douglas, who was 18-1-1, at the time. White ended up with a 26-13-1 record. James J. Beattie, was 6’9 1/2″, from St. Paul, MN, who started his fighting in a circus turning pro in 1962, and ended up at 40-10.

James “Big Bad” Oyebola, at 6’9″ was from Nigeria, fighting out of the UK, turning pro in 1967. He ended up at 18-4-1. Last but not least was Dallas Cowboy’s Ed “Too Tall” Jones, at 6’9″ who ended up 6-0 fighting in 1979-80.