Hahaha come on, Matt
The ones you listed are honest
Let’s not forget bob chick claiming 6 ft, levrone claiming 5’11 even has him listed at 6 ft in his “acting days,” he even lies about his birthday and age, Ronnie claiming 5’11, johnnie Jackson claiming 5’9
Most lie about everything, cycles, height, age
Craig Titus and Dennis James are older than they claimed
Lol, good call - good list.
Bob may have been 6'0" when he started bodybuilding. I think he was over 5'10" when I saw him. He may have lost some height due to neck and back surgeries over the years [same as Hulk Hogan...or Ronnie for that matter], but I don't think Bob lost more than an inch. It's not like he went from 6'0" to 5'9" or anything. I think he was solidly over 5'10". Could have been 5'11".
He's 55 now, so that may have changed.
As for Kev - the magazines listed him as 5'9". I could see him being on the higher end of 5'9" - maybe 5'9" and change [a weak 5'10", if you round up], but not 5'11".
Johnnie O. Jackson [did he lose the O in his name at some point? Lol] was around 5'7.5" peak height, and Ronnie WAS around 5'10.5" or even 5'10.75" [enough to round up to 5'11"] before the HUGE number of neck and back surgeries...today, it wouldn't surprise me if he is 5'9". Maybe even more like 5'8.75"...a full two inch loss from his peak height.
Bodybuilding can be unforgiven.
Oh...I think it's important to differentiate bodybuilders making claims versus other people, or magazines, making claims for them. Bob claimed "Six foot even"' in the 2002 BFTO video. Ronnie claimed 5'10.75" in his first television interview, and the magazines claimed 5'9" for Kevin Levrone, while Kevin denied that in a written interview once [perhaps for Muscular Development], but I don't recall him making the 5'11" claim...just denying the 5'9" one.
I would still say that overall, bodybuilders lie more about weight than height.
[like Dexter Jackson claiming 5'6.5" in an interview with Getbig's own Ron Avidan, but claiming a body weight of 235-lb, while consistently skipping the weigh-in at the Ironman Pro]