He was billed at 7 ft 4 in (2.24 m) and 520 pounds (236 kgs) but he was closer to 6 ft 11 in at the tallest serious estimate and he was under 400 pounds when he started but did not train seriously and gained signifigant weight as he got older. Nonetheless, the sight of him alone was enough to draw huge crowds in a day when there were only a handful of people over 6 ft 6 in.