Best performance from a fighter at the age of 40+ years old

Moore won by flying colours against Joey Maxim over 40

 

This is the thread for my favorite fighters:

Bob Fitzsimmons:
- George Gardner,
- Philadelphia Jack O'Brien.

Archie Moore:
- Yvon Durelle (twice),

George Foreman:
- Michael Moorer.

 

Hopkins-Pavlik is the best overall performance I feel.

There were more dramatic and more exciting wins, but I can't think of a 40+ fighter ever performing better in a fight than the one-sided schooling Hopkins dished out.

 

I think that Moore's rematch against Durelle is even more impressive. He looked so good that some call it his peak performance (I disagree, but that's how some feel).

We don't have Fitz performance on the tape unfortunately, but beating Gardner over 20 rounds distance was extremely impressive and he schooled him for such a long fight.

 

Not 40, but Eder Jofre beat Vicente Saldivar at 37, past his best weight.

 

Got to admit I wasn't really thinking about the rematch. I'll have a look at it as I haven't seen it yet.

 

Come back when you do, I'd like to hear about your thoughts.

 

Nice. Cheers

 

George Foreman v. Michael Moorer.

True, George was slow and behind on points, but he found lightning in a bottle. And, the significance of the win was great.

 

Yeah, that was very impressive. It had a Jones-Griffin II feel to it; not stylewise, but in the way Moore came in with controlled aggression from the opening bell. Only ever going to be one winner there.

The striking thing is how much sharper Moore looked in that fight compared to the first one. Obviously the knockdowns played a big part, but he looked like an old man in there at times in the first fight. In the rematch, you could be forgiven for thinking it was prime Moore (whenever that may have been). The handspeed was incredible for a guy in his 40s.

 

The 42 years old Holmes beat the unbeaten Mercer.