Boxers who looked older than they were

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  1. SerbianLoudmouth

    SerbianLoudmouth Overhand right-Suzie Q Full Member

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    Sammy Scaff...he looked like 50 years old man!
     
  2. sweetsci

    sweetsci Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Pipino Cuevas... he looked like a deadly serious grown man, not a teenager or 20-year-old which he was in his heyday.
     
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  3. William Walker

    William Walker Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Foreman and Norton always looked in their 30s in the 70s.
     
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  4. scartissue

    scartissue Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Norton was in his 30s in the 70s. Just sayin'! lol
     
  5. sweetsci

    sweetsci Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Earnie Shavers and Evander Holyfield (and Lynn Ball) did before they started shaving their heads.
     
  6. JWSoats

    JWSoats Active Member Full Member

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    Joe Louis really started looking old when he came back and fought Ezzard Charles.
     
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  7. Eddie Ezzard

    Eddie Ezzard Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Norton was for most of the decade.

    Cuevas for me. Looked like some Spaghetti Western bad guy when he was in his teens.
     
  8. TipNom

    TipNom Active Member Full Member

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    What are you talking about bro?

    Liston looked great for a guy in his late 60s
     
  9. Charlietf

    Charlietf Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Actually Liston was in his prime in the era of John L Sullivan
     
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  10. roughdiamond

    roughdiamond Ridin' the rails... Full Member

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    Tatsuyoshi seemed to age remarkably quickly in the later stages of his career.
     
  11. George Crowcroft

    George Crowcroft Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    That's what a beating from Sahaprom will do to you. :deal:
     
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  12. Mike Gould

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    Tony Ayala Jr. in his comeback. Marvin Johnson, Earnie Shavers and Evander Holyfield before they shaved their heads. Tommy Morrison aged rapidly after his HIV diagnosis. There's an awful court video of him somewhere where he looks like a haggard 60 something and he was in his 40's at the time.:(
     
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  13. Mike Gould

    Mike Gould Member Full Member

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    Johnny Tapia later in his career.
     
  14. Boxing2019

    Boxing2019 If you want peace, prepare war. Full Member

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    Whyte is aged ten years in six months...his hook in the last two fights looked switched off. Maybe due to the long wait to face Wilder and now Fury.
     
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  15. Glass City Cobra

    Glass City Cobra H2H Burger King Full Member

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    Well shaving your head bald and gaining like 40 lbs of fat can definitely make you look older. He has no excuse getting that big being in his prime and a #1 contender demanding his title shot, what is he gonna do if he does finally get his shot? He won't be in shape to fight and no one will want to hear his excuses for his poor performances.

    All that hot dog chomping and beer guzzling. Plus a lot of guys lose their hair even in their mid 20's, it's genetic.