Badly hurt AJ vs top 41 year old HW punchers

It is often claimed that Wlad lost to Aj because he was 41 years old. This may or may not be true, all we know for certain is Wlad failed when they fought and retired rather than take the chance to avenge his loss.

But are there 41 year old HW's who would have probably stopped AJ in the same situation? Big punchers who could have plausibly dropped AJ heavily in the first place too.

The scenario:

AJ has been hurt in the 5th and dropped heavily in the 6th. He is badly hurt, gassed, demoralised. He has never been in a fight nearly this hard, an event this big, and never been past 7 rounds. The opponent is a clear B-side and knows it, with the first 5 rounds being close or AJ rounds, so the incentive to finish him is even stronger. AJ rises to his feet and the fight resumes with about 100 seconds left in the 6th.

We know in reality that Ruiz and Dubois made AJ quit or sparked him in 7 and 5 rounds respectively, so it's far from impossible.

Replace 41 year old Wlad with same age versions of Foreman, Ortiz and Zhang. Do they finish AJ? Is there anyone outside these three who you'd favour to finish the job?

 

I would add that even if Foreman, Ortiz or Zhang failed to finish it, they would all go for it hard. None of them would pointfight for the rest of the match in my opinion.

 

You're my biggest fan, which is far more pathetic by your own logic.

What have you got going on in your life codger?

 

I don't find the hypothetical as viable with Vitali because he didnt have the power to compromise AJ with one punch like that. 41 year old Vitali was worse than the one who went 12 with Kevin, old Briggs and Chisora, not dropping or overwhelming any of them despite landing loads.

 

Sosnowski/Danny Williams level or above non-injury stoppages always took Vitali past 7 rounds, without exception, and even then they tended to be standing TKO's or RTD's. He was very underpowered for his size and at 41 it stands to reason that his KO threat had furthered diminished. The myth around Vitali doesnt match the reality of his record or the fight footage.

 

Kevin and Chisora didnt look beaten up iirc. Ive never seen the full timo hoffmann fight. Old Briggs shouldnt have survived given the amount of flush punches he ate, if Vitali was such a puncher. Lewis was vulnerable to being one punched and Byrd was a blown up LHW. Vitali dropped none of them.

https://www.boxingforum24.com/threads/facts-about-vitali.706069/

 

I recall Vitali being more tired than Chisora, who applied pressure from 1-12. Kevin was trying to replicate Byrd's win and Vitali had some trouble with him, not able to hurt Kevin and getting marked up.

 

Results for stopping a badly hurt AJ thus far:

41 Foreman 15-0
41 Ortiz 10-2
41 Zhang 10-2

It wasn't primarily an age (speed, stamina, co-ordination) problem, it was a Wlad problem.