Do fighters really get old or.....just figured out?

Discussion in 'World Boxing Forum' started by itsa, Nov 5, 2015.


  1. itsa

    itsa Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Maybe Jones jr was just figured out.
    Maybe Larry was just better than Ali.
     
  2. Azzer85

    Azzer85 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Spoken like a true idiot.

    You can see whose never laced a pair.
     
  3. Palooka

    Palooka Well-Known Member Full Member

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    How old are you, itsa?
     
  4. Robney

    Robney ᴻᴼ ᴸᴼᴻᴳᴲᴿ ᴲ۷ᴵᴸ Full Member

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    fighters aging is a myth. they don't age like "real" people, but stay young forever and eventually get beaten by better fighters.
     
  5. Pugilist_Spec

    Pugilist_Spec Hands Of Stone Full Member

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    The premise of the thread is true.

    Sometimes fighters do just meet their kryptonite.

    But the examples you've brought up are beyond nonsensical.
     
  6. itsa

    itsa Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Hopkins is 50 and still fighting high level.
    Foreman came back at 45 after a decade hiatus.
    Jones didnt get old he was figured out clearly from his success against low comp.
    Ali was picked to beat Holmes at the time.
    Floyd is 38 and has success still using a young mans style.
     
  7. itsa

    itsa Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Many of the old old school fighters had lost many fights by KO, yet when a new guy does it, with 100's of less fights, he is automatically "shot".\

    these guys were fighting more often, and getting hit more often and with smaller gloves. Yet cotto was stopped my Marg and Pac and he was "shot". Only to become MW champ and have a great payday fight vs Canelo. History repeats itself
     
  8. itsa

    itsa Boxing Addict Full Member

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    what does this have to do with "lacing a pair". You've never laced a pair of shoes boy.
     
  9. MetalLicker

    MetalLicker I Am Full Member

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    So you're saying that Leonard got figured out by Camacho?
     
  10. des3995

    des3995 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Just like supermodels eh? They're all still just as hot, it's just that the younger ones are hotter?
     
  11. FilipMNE

    FilipMNE Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Maybe you are stupid, well not maybe you are.
    Boxers are not human they dont age, and dont lose attributes with age :patsch
     
  12. FilipMNE

    FilipMNE Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I get what you are saying, word is Ali is making comeback, but he will be figured out not old :happy
     
  13. elchivito

    elchivito master betty Full Member

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    Jones dropped alot of weight after campaigning at heavyweight and Ali, well, he had a little thing called PARKINSON'S!
     
  14. elchivito

    elchivito master betty Full Member

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    Yea, Cotto's comeback is remarkable, he had the cojones to face Maravilla, a fighter Mayweather and Pacquiao were ducking to fight even at 154. But... Maravilla was clearly in the decline himself and it was pretty well known he had bad knee problems. So Cotto, despite being an underdog, took the risk and with the help of Roach, who's also a great matchmaker.
     
  15. GLASSMASTER KRS

    GLASSMASTER KRS THE GLASSMASTER KRS-NONE Full Member

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    I just saw Jack Johnson down the local glass store. You should check out your local glass store. There's bunches of glass stored there. Really can get bang for your buck down there dudes. But watch out you don't get sold down the river to the Star Ferry.