GGG possibly the best ever 33 year old fighter in this sport's history

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  1. cslb

    cslb Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    What does that have to do with boxing?
     
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  2. VG_Addict

    VG_Addict Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Does that include high school and college sports records? And does it include state/national/county/school records? He did say ANY record, after all.
     
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  3. dinovelvet

    dinovelvet Antifanboi Full Member

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    Sergio Martinez was better than him at 37.
     
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  4. Rumsfeld

    Rumsfeld Moderator Staff Member

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    Well let's start with Wilt Chamberlain from basketball. He still holds the records for most points in a game, most rebounds in a game, most points in a season, highest average points per game in a season, and a slew of other records.

    Then there's Joe DiMaggio's 56 game hitting streak, a record that was established in 1941 that stands til this day, while hardly having been threatened since.

    Sticking with baseball, Cy Young has over 500 career wins, and that record predates the 40s. And baseball has many such instances.

    Let's take a gander at boxing now? Joe Louis had 25 title defenses, a record that stands to this day, despite the fact he fought in an age when there was one championship, and not a slew of meaningless alphabet trinkets that exist today.

    Good for starters?

    :smoke
     
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  5. Pimp C

    Pimp C Too Much Motion Full Member

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    Log off and never post on any boxing forum on the net again.
     
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  6. VG_Addict

    VG_Addict Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I'll add.

    Hack Wilson set the all-time single season RBI record in 1930, which he still holds.
     
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  7. travolt

    travolt Trolling the trolls Full Member

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    C'mon.

    Chavez was clearly on his way down at 33; he had already lost to Whitakker (unofficially) and Randall (twice really).

    Lewis had lost in his prime to Mc Call by KO

    Holyfield had lost twice to Bowe and once to Moorer, and had close calls with Cooper and Stewart

    Hoya ....

    PBF probably never KO'd anyone, as far as i know...:hey
     
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  8. Rumsfeld

    Rumsfeld Moderator Staff Member

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    That's one I've long said will never be broken. And then the last baseball player who batted .400 was Ted Williams, from the 40s. And that's not even a record.

    And then there are quite literally dozens of examples of this type of thing from baseball alone.
     
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  9. The Shockmaster

    The Shockmaster SOG has 4 children...he pulls out of nothing banned Full Member

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    lol@ not thinking baseball is a sport....

    I guarantee you've never been in a batters box against someone other than your sister.....
     
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  10. VG_Addict

    VG_Addict Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Stopped reading here. Baseball is a sport, and nothing you say can change that.

    And hand-eye coordination IS a component of athletic ability, you idiot.
     
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  11. cslb

    cslb Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Who has Golovkin fought on the level of even a McCall? If the above fighters had fought the same level of competition that Golovkin had, I assure you they would have been undefeated.
     
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  12. Rumsfeld

    Rumsfeld Moderator Staff Member

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    Doesn't this in itself pretty much invalidate your entire faulty hypothesis?

    :lol:
     
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  13. VG_Addict

    VG_Addict Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Baseball is defined as a sport, no matter what you say.
     
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  14. travolt

    travolt Trolling the trolls Full Member

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    ..but would they have won by KO and looked invincible doing so ?

    In 9 months time, we'll know for sure.

    I like my chances. :roll:
     
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  15. bandeedo

    bandeedo Loyal Member Full Member

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    you fell off the porch with this one. now you can only continue to argue, for arguments sake.
     
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