How tall is Anthony Joshua?

Anthony Joshua's listed height is 198 cm (6'6"). He is taller than about 99% of men in the United Kingdom.

Where 198 cm sits among men in the United Kingdom

Taller than about 99% of men in the United Kingdom born in 1989 (average 177.6 cm).

About Anthony Joshua

Anthony Joshua is a British professional boxer, born on 15 October 1989 in Watford. As an amateur he represented England at the 2011 World Championships, winning the super-heavyweight silver medal, and represented Great Britain at the 2012 Olympics, winning gold. In 2014, a year after turning professional, he was named Prospect of the Year by The Ring magazine.

Joshua held the British and Commonwealth heavyweight titles from 2015 to 2016, and won the IBF heavyweight title in 2016, the vacant WBA (Super) and IBO titles in 2017 and the WBO title in 2018. He held the unified heavyweight championship twice between 2017 and 2021. He lost his titles to Andy Ruiz Jr. in June 2019 and regained them in the December 2019 rematch, and later lost them to Oleksandr Usyk in 2021 and in a 2022 rematch. His 2017 fight against Wladimir Klitschko was named Fight of the Year by The Ring and the Boxing Writers Association of America.

Joshua is listed at 198 cm (6'6").

Frequently asked

How tall is Anthony Joshua in feet and inches? Anthony Joshua is 6'6" tall, which is 198 cm, 78 inches or 1.98 m.

Is Anthony Joshua tall for men in the United Kingdom? At 198 cm he is taller than about 99% of men in the United Kingdom born in 1989, whose average height is 177.6 cm.

Sources

Heights are as publicly listed, rounded to the nearest centimetre; listed heights for public figures are often self-reported. Biographical details adapted from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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