Is Wlad Klitschko past his prime?

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Im suspicious of people who are saying he is past his prime. i mean what is the evidence for it?

 

I know, considering the guy is on a roll and seemingly no one around is there to match him.

 

Wlad is a ****ing physical specimen. Only Mike Tyson can rival him for pur muscle appearance for a heavyweight champ.

I do agree though that Wlad is just recently at his mental peak.

 

if he is, then tony thompson doesnt even remember having one as he turns 41 later this year and has been as active as as an old mans sex life after his script to viagra ran out

 

I t does not matter if he is past his prime because he still beats every one out their right now, and lets say he's past his prime it just shows you how good he is until some one beats him and their is no one out their now.

 

wlad is not pass prime,


but the other one is

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Very slightly past it, I'd say.

But you hardly can see it because he's that much better than others, like someone said already.

 

nearly 36 years of age and fighting only 1-2 times per year? I'd say his better years are past him. I think 2005-2009 was probably about his peak.. Its the poor level of opposition that keeps him in the saddle.

 

Most people are past their prime at 36, at least a little bit.

Strikes me as odd people think someone that age isnt past prime. Very late twenties is the best compromise of experience and 'close to 18 physical ability' and years of gym strength. Outside that you lose more than you gain, unless you were really crap to begin with of course and learned a LOT to make up for it - then you'd be better in your late 30s then when you were 28-31.

I think Wlad falls into the category of the slow learner, so hes better later on hence his peak years were 33-35. If he'd been a faster learner then he'd have peaked earlier and been better than he has been.

 

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Clearly IN HIS PRIME!!

 

Wlad is past his prime , otherwise how could 1 explain his picking of old and shot natural lightheavy , no mistake in here .
His age can't b ignored , i want call him shot either , but he was prime when he got blitzed by past prime Corrie Sanders and he was prime 4 sure when he was outmanned by Lamon Brewster , their rematch is meaningless BTW , Brewster came off retinal surgery and was not given time 2 recuperate , sign d contract or lose d $ was d case 4 poor Lamon , and he must not b blamed 4 it .

 

Watch him vs Brewster or Mercer. He was all-round much faster, particularly in terms of handspeed. His handspeed was off the scales back then. I think he's physically declining since ~2007, however, even if he's at 80% of what he had against Brewster, that's still enough to beat (if not dominate) all active heavyweights. Plus, he's mentally become better with each fight, getting more confident and optimizing his style.

Combined physically and mentally, I think his peak was between 2005 and 2008. However, for boxers that cannot hurt him, the 2002-2004 version of him would be more dangerous.

He's always in fantastic shape, lives healthy and comes out of most fights relatively unscathed. If his current slow decline continues, then it's well possible no one can beat him until he hits his 40's - although a surprise TKO is never more than one punch away, no matter how unlikely.

 

I struggle to think of many boxers having a physical prime as long as wlad has.

We're talking twelve years here, it's ridiculous.