The fight well past their primes because of their success and ability to do so. Roberto Duran did fight on too late, but up until 98' or so I can't fault for him fighting on. Splitting a entertaining money making series with very underrated Jogre Fernando Castro. Potentially being robbed in 96' against Camacho. He was still being matched with fighters he could compete with, beat, and not take bad beatings from at all. That changed in late 98' against Joppy thanks to King, but hey...
Ray robinson,george foreman,hopkins,thomas hearns,archie moore,walcott and leonard....But i think your example is possibly the best.
Don't know about Hearn's. He did great things later in his career but he seems to be paying for it. Slurred speech and what not. Duran, not so much.
I mention hearns because when folks thought he was shot after kinchen he 'drew' with leonard and beat hill for the lt heavy title,both very fine achievements for a shot boxer....I think the speech slurring and such like may be a genetic reaction.....
whick leonard? SRL? he was terrible past his peak. he ko'd by camacho in 5 rounds sam longford is one floyd patterson did ok Herol GRaham nearly won a world title when he nearly 40
Bernard Hopkins, been significantly past his prime since after the Joppy fight, took on the heir apparent twice and arguably beating him, beating the Light HEavyweight no1, beating P4P rated Winky Wright who people forget got robbed against Taylor and even arguably beating Calazage at 43 years of age who himself is arguable P4P no1
i dont know about that. lalonde was nothing who was fighting below his natural weight. hearns beat him and teh duran fight was terrible he got ****ed by norris and embarresed by camacho
