What age is considered PRIME?

Early 20s til about 35. Mid-thirties reflexes and speed begin to slow. Muscle itself starts to slowly decline after 30.

 

Depends on the fighter. Some start late and peak late, while others start fighting as kids and tend to peak early.

 

Really depends.

For a guy like Pac, his physical prime was in the lower weight fights w/ Marquez, Morales, and Barrera. And then you had his run at 140-147 welterweight when he put it all together before KTFO6.

So physical prime and fighting prime?

 

Below 126 is 24-29

126-168 is 26-32

175-200 is 28-34

HW is 30-36

Just a general rough estimate here. The higher in weight the older the fighters are in their prime.

 

For luis ortiz it was 78

 

Muscle doesn’t decline at 30 lol

 

It’s not one size fits all

Depends on the weight class, length of amateur career, how much punishment they took in their pro career etc

Lots of different variables

 

Depends what you're talking about. Sexual peak 19. 100m sprint 26. Bench press 35. Hw boxing 35. Flyweight 25.

 

This

I agree.

The mental prime comes later most often compared to the physical prime, which can in some cases lead to confusion as to when a fighters prime actually is.

 

Absolute physical prime ?

23 - 29

Boxing prime ?

Varies according to when the dude begins boxing, his other life circumstances etc.

Tyson prime: early twenties.

BHop prime: late thirties

 

Prime in what way? Physical prime? Seems everyone here has a different criteria or definition of prime. Physical prime is the only 'prime' recognized in actual sports. So...we're looking at approx 26-32 i'd say.

 

Some good answers here.

Sometimething I've been thinking over, a lot of guys act like they are going to age like Bernard Hopkins and have time on their side. Few do.

 

Mid 20s to mid 30s

 

roughly 24-33 in most cases.