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Tall boxers like the Klitschkos, Valuev, Tyson Fury, Helenius etc should not be mentioned when it comes to ideal fighter size. Boxing isn't fighting. The rules heavily favor these slow oafs. Throw a 1-2 & hug until the ref separates you, 1-2-hug-separate, 1-2-hug-separate. The rules make it very difficult for smaller boxers to fight on the inside & dirty boxing(which favors the shorter fighter) is illegal.
The ideal height for MMA fighters is 5'11-6'4
JDS: 6'3
Cain: 6'1
Reem: 6'4
Werdum: 6'4
Cormier: 5'11
Mir: 6'2
Nelson: 5'11
Fedor: 5'11
Nog: 6'2
Crocop: 6'1
You even see this in wrestling, bjj etc. ADD absolute weight champions-
Roger Gracie:6'4
Drysdale:6'3
Estima: 6'3
Galvao: 5'10
Even in Olympic wrestling, the greatest super heavyweights fit this range.
Alexandar Karelin: 6'3
Artur Taymazov: 6'3
Aleksandr Medved: 6'3
By the looks of it, the ideal height for fighting(MMA, wrestling, bjj) is very close to 190cm or 6'3.
To me there is no reason to compare MMA and boxing. They are two different things, and boxing is not fighting. Every sport will have its own rules that make it more advantageous to a certain body type. Sumo guys are like 500 lbs. Marathoners are maybe 145 (dunno). But top MMAers we've seen tens to be 6'1"-6'4", 230-245.
But to me, this does NOT mean that this is the optimum body type. Keep in mind that for every guy who is 6'8", there are probably 50 guys who are 6'2". So it may be more advantageous to be 6'8", but there are so few guys who grow to be that tall. Furthermore, they tend to get snatched up by other sports.