Name fighters who were still at an elite level after the age of 35

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  1. Manu Vatuvei

    Manu Vatuvei Active Member Full Member

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    A lot of talk about Chisora for a guy who isn't even 35 yet
     
  2. OvidsExile

    OvidsExile At a minimum, a huckleberry over your persimmon. Full Member

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    Take the heavyweights out of it and the number of 35 year old fighters who beat a prime HOFer is really slim. You can find them beating past it HOFers like themselves, but one's from the next generation, almost never. Most of the best fighters are retired by age 35.

    Ray Robinson beat Basilio, Fullmer, and Dupas.
    Dick Tiger beat Giardello, Benvenuti
    Archie Moore beat Johnson, Maxim
    Bernard Hopkins beat Trinidad
    Floyd Mayweather beat Alvarez
     
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  3. effigy

    effigy Member Full Member

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    If you're talking all time elite, then the list is pretty short even without putting an age restriction. If taking elite as elite in their time at their weight, then Martinez was still pretty hot at 35, I think anyway, beat Pavlik and KO'd Williams at 35.
     
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  4. lefthandlead

    lefthandlead Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    No, it's not because Wilder beat him. It's because his birth certificate has his DOB as 1960.
     
  5. PernellSweetPea

    PernellSweetPea Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    elite at 35 either is a guy who is heavyweight or a lower weight guy in a weak era who is handpicking. To make it simple.
     
  6. BlizzyBlizz

    BlizzyBlizz Loyal Member Full Member

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    I know.