Spence vs Crawford is a top fight within past 10 years

Well Bud is 35, and that is past his prime. But I still think he'll win.

 

Great fight and hard to argue it ain’t the best in a long time in a p4p prime sense

 

35 these days is like 25 in the 80s

 

That might be pushing it but 35 today is definitely not what it was even say 15 years ago.

 

Alvarez v GGG in 2017.
GGG was 35 like Bud. But both Alvarez and GGG were active fighters and neither had been in a near fatal car crash.

 

35 these days is probably the equivalent to 30 in those days

 

Both fighters are undefeated, both in top 5 P4P rankings, and this is for undisputed! Don't get any better than that!

 

Age don't always dictate prime! He's still prime and performing at a top level. He's ranked #1 on most sport p4p list and he's undefeated and still a champion.

 

I think even that is a bit extreme. I would say it's closer to 32. Staving off 5 years of father time in a few decades is a bit too extreme for me. A few years? For sure. Half a decade? Nah.

 

Why fighters at 35 today are considered old, while in ancient eras they were already in decline at 30, it all depends on how much damage was done to them and how many fights they had.

 

Sorry, but age is the #1 predictor of prime. And depending on styles one of the leading indicators of decline.

 

I saw slippage in Crawford in his fight against Avanesyan.

You can watch it yourself. He's slower than usual. He was getting hit.

He should have dispatched this caliber of fighter with ease, but he didn't. Crawford is not in his prime anymore.

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Probably the best 50/50 fight since Kovalev/Ward.