Is 35 the commonly accepted age for fighters being out of their prime?

Also you have to keep in mind altough some decline physically they can get better technicians and tacticians as they age to its harder to see.

For example a badly faded physically Kessler was a better fighter under Jimmy Montoya imo then when he was with his danis trainer altough he was fresher in that version.

 

donald Curry was in his prime before the age of 26 .....Tyson also

 

Carl Froch was getting pelted around the ring by Dale Westerman in his 20s. Mid 30's Froch destroys him.

You can be prime at 35. Many examples of it out there.

 

Depends on what they rely on. You see it in football (Soccer) players, those that rely on pace/speed/agility are quickest to decline, and usually they decline age 34-36, that's why Ronaldo is finished, but Messi isn't.

Fury is was past him prime before 35 because his agility was a big part of his game.

Joyce looks like he's in his prime now, he's not quick, but it doesn't matter, because power is the last thing to go.

If you don't need to be very agile, you can fight into your 40's, if you do, then you're probably finished by 35, maybe sooner.

 

Agreed, but with one distinction. Physical strength actually improves in the 30s, especially if you are active. Old man strength is real. Everything else like recovery time, reaction time, reflexes, speed, workrate, etc. It all kind of goes down the crapper by the time you are 35. Then you see some 38-year-old dude like Beterbiev who is rag dolling people senseless. You can be strong for very long time.

 

Beterbiev fights a style predicated on strength. At 38, he's as strong as he ever was.

 

It was the same thing with Mosley and in his last fight, but it was especially evident in the Mosley fight because of the way Mosley fights.
He just isn´t able to react in time.

 

Can't wait till I am 50!

 

It depends but it's usually about 36

 

I'd say with the exception of HWs yes. Actually I'd say more around 30 for the lower weights.

 

As the decades have passed upper echelon fighters have been able to extend their primes with the hellp of nutrition specialists who also know the in's and outs of performance enhancing meithods whether that be legal or otherwise.
More and more fighters in recent times have been able to fight well into their late 30's and beyond where past history shows that was less common.