The Greatest Performances By Past Prime Fighters

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  1. heerko koois

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    Really ?
     
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    Bob Fitzsimmons beating Philadelphia Jack O'Brien
     
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  3. drenlou

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    I don't look at age as a gauge to judge someoneS prime. Vargas was past prime at 25 and Ali at 32 was shop worn and already showing signs of decline.
     
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    Jake ''Money'' Paul vs Anderson Silva. They way Jake was able to dig deep and produce a HL reel KD in the final round to secure the win against the GOAT after having faced some earlier adversity was nothing short of spectacular.
     
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    Holyfield against Valuev. One of the biggest robberies I've seen in boxing.
     
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    Holyfield v Tyson in 1996. Tyson was 8-0 with 7 KO since the Douglas loss and Holyfield had just struggled past blown up light heavyweight Bobby Czyz. Holyfield was an inconsistent 4-2 with 1 stoppage since losing the undisputed titles to Bowe and looked awful in Moorer 1, Bowe 3 and the aforementioned Czyz fight. Not claiming Tyson was anywhere near prime either but he was expected to destroy Holyfield after his quick demolitions of Bruno and Seldon.
     
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    People will say that doesn't count because Holy was 34. Fact is Holy was on the decline and at that time was already considered past his prime. Too bad for Tyson the 25 year old Holyfield showed up that night.
     
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    Ban worthy.

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    :lol:
     
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    Steroids will reverse aging what a miracle drug
     
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    Yeah that fight showed Holyfield was an all time great. I think it was almost the first time Tyson fought someone who had zero fear of him.
     
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    Daniel Zaragoza vs Erik Morales/Wayne McCullough
     
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    The great Mike McCallum giving the insanely tough Jeff Harding a boxing lesson

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    I love how he fought the last round and then when questioned why he did it, asked "Did you like it?"
     
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    Calzaghe wasn't past prime vs Lacy lmao
     
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