What retired boxers aged 45 or more could potentially come back and win a world title?

Vitali has a very minute chance of beating a weaker titlist. Other than that? Absolutely nobody.

 

Marvin Hagler
Tommy Hitman Hearns
Oscar DelaHoya

 

45 year old Hopkins could probably beat Gvodzyk, and this current version of Kovalev.

 

Is he out of the clink yet SJ ?

 

No one wishes you'd be proven correct with that statement should it ever happen than me mate BUT I see a 47 year old Joe Calzaghe having slid past that point of no return about 4-5 years ago , having said that a 42 year old Joe Calzaghe would've beaten a currently 42 year old Carl Froch imo .

 

They say the last thing to leave a banger is their bang (and trust me an old timer boxer who once fought Howie winstone gave me a friendly little clip in jest a few years ago pissing about at the bar and trust me in this case ican testify it's true )lol but as we all know despite early suggestions before his hands got bad Joe could bang I'd love to see just how much ring smarts Joe still possesses @ 47 .

 

Vitali celebrating his birthday (last month):

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It would be a waste for someone of Joe's calibre to be lost to the sport , I'd like to see him co train a few lads with say Gary Lockett or Borgey here in wales for a start , is the gym still open up in Newbridge since the sad passing of Enzo ? Now that would be a crying shame if Enzo's legacy were allowed to wane if it's not.

 

And so it should mate .

 

I think some of the heavyweights could do it more than below light heavyweight. The faster pace 175 and below would be hard for a guy 45 to keep up. Heavyweight? That is where it would happen more. That is different. Those guys fight at a slower pace and an older fighter is not using his energy as much. Look how Larry Holmes and how he did ok later in his career, and how Foreman did ok when fighting smaller guys. Heavyweights. At middleweight those guys would have lost to contenders.

 

Why bother asking a question if all you want to do is disagree with every suggested answer made by other posters!

 

Hey Josey, good to see you're still kicking around ESB. Nah mate, Taylor completely lost the plot, he won't stay out for more than a few months at a time in his mental state.