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I am agree in your conclusions, if those large males would be weighed, the average where probably no less than 210 kg and up to 220 kg, like the Nepalese tigers, adjusted for stomach content.
By the way, I get to the conclusion that the four smaller males (No. 17-20) must be excluded from the sample, after all, they seems to be not fully grow, two of them were clearly young, one of them was still with his sister (probably no more than 2-2.5 years old) and other male had quills of porcupine, imagine how healthy could be a male in that conditions???
The average that we should use, for tigers in Northwest India (Hewett, 1938) should be that of 208.8 kg (n=16; range: 170.1 - 258.5 kg). Probably, these are the only full grow males in healthy conditions.
Brander, Hewett and the Maharaja of Cooch Behar: a review to the records
