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Did you know Jaylen Brown's father is a 7-foot pro boxer?

Celtics rookie Jaylen Brown is listed at 6'7" and 223 pounds. By all accounts, he's a fairly enormous human being. However, Jaylen's size pales in comparison to that of his father Marselles, a seven-foot tall professional boxer.

The 48-year-old Marselles, who goes by the screenname M.Brownzilla on Instagram and fought his first pro bout in January of 1989, recently came out of retirement:

The elder Brown sites his sons, in particular Jaylen, as his reason for getting back in the ring. Via Boxing24/7.com:

My main motivation for coming out of retirement was to show my kids that I never gave up on my dreams.