Boxers that got better as they aged.

Things can be deceiving. I also think that much of the improvement shown by especially Walcott, but also Moore, was down to better management and chances to train properly. Of course a 35-year old that eat and train well will do better than a 25-year old that half-starve and only train by himself outside full time jobs.

Hopkins peaked unusually late, both because he started as a pro at an unusually old age and because he takes very good care of himself. But I still think that he peaked earlier than most say - he just didn't get the chance to show it against good enough opposition.

But I'd say that he's the best example, since he improved still in his late 20's to early 30's without any drastic improvements in life-style.

 

JJ Walcott, B Hopkins, Vlad at 37, Archie Moore, Foreman, Vitali, Glen Johnson,Toney

For some other than Walcott and Archie and B-Hop and Johnson who were late bloomers and better fighters into their late 30's the others like Foreman,Vlad, Vitali improved on some of their flaws and defects and strategies so say physically they may have been less but smarter at knowing their weaknesses and strengths and improvising with style or training.

Hopkins was basically war-less in his early career except for a fight he was dropped 2x but the competition was weak, his conditioning and outside of the ring preservation,experience and tactics made him a better fighter at an older 175lbs

 

How about super bantamweight champ Daniel Zaragoza?

 

saying that foreman was better at 40 is simply ******ed and stupid... everybody got more experience in his 40s, but his physical tools were much better in his 20s. young foreman would have destroyed morrison early ane he would have stopped evander, of course that the younger version was better, just because he was patient, and he used more a jab he was not better.

 

I suppose for me someone who I think noticeably improved toward the end of his career was Nigel Benn but then really I suppose all fighters improve with time - but if we are talking someone who got better at an age that they should've been getting worser then - Jersey Joe Walcott and Archie Moore are the obvious ones - no way in the world ever did George Foreman get better that is a joke that people keep bringing him up - he was awful older he could barely keep his balance!? And Lennox again he got lazier and fatter and slower and lost that fast basketballer type speed for a big man he had as a youngster

 

**** drinker didn't get better with age, he just took steroids like all the other older baseball players who started hitting homeruns as they got older

if you can't see that, then you are just another one of the **** drinkers as well

 

**** MAIN you need therapy. Over 50% of your posts must have the word **** in it.

 

Kelvin Seabrooks, Freddie Pendleton are two examples of guys who were in a ton of tough fights, lost as many as they won pretty much, then suddenly mid-career (past mid-prime physically) the benefit of all that world-class experience kind of kicked in and the light came on -- from opponent to titlist.

 

Well obviously no one's physical tools are going to become better as they age, but experience counts for a hell of a lot in the right set of hands.

Comeback Foreman was superior to young Foreman in a couple of ways. He was much more composed, paced himself better, and (though this is debatable) seemed to be harder to hit. It's up to you to decide whether that made up for his diminished reflexes, speed and general meanness.

 

Hopkins looked much more impressive and exciting in the 1990s than in the 2000s. Adjusted to age, but didn't really improve.

 

hopkins, wald, martinez, jmm

 

you need therapy bozo

can't NOT talk to me can u

you love keeping my name in your mouth don't you

over 50% of your posts must have the word MAIN in it

 

......lester......i saw archie decision oakland billy from ringside in cincinnati....i was highly impressed by how he could be so effective...just making subtle moves..always in control of the tempo..

he also made me realize how great ezzard charles was....(if ezzard can beat this guy three times he can beat anybody!)

 

Nah, unlike your ****** ass I come here to talk boxing, not instigate an obsession with another man's urine.

 

Carl Froch probably fits this category. I wouldn't say B-Hop has gotten better over the years (especially post 40) he just hasn't deteriorated as much as we'd expect him to have.