What boxer did great past their prime?

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  1. Thirdtonunn24

    Thirdtonunn24 Member Full Member

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    Boxers who were old, fat, lost all their foot and hand speed. But still beat younger fighters by using ring iq, experience and willpower?
     
  2. Devon

    Devon Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Hopkins, Donaire, Foreman, both Klitschko’s, Tim Witherspoon to a degree, Holmes
     
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  3. BitPlayerVesti

    BitPlayerVesti Boxing Drunkie Full Member

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    Sugar Ray Robinson's post prime resume is crazy.
     
  4. White Bomber

    White Bomber Boxing Addict Full Member

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    James Toney
     
  5. NoNeck

    NoNeck Pugilist Specialist

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    Floyd Mayweather did so well that people thought it was his prime.
     
  6. swagdelfadeel

    swagdelfadeel Obsessed with Boxing

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    Excellent list. I'd also add Holmes.
     
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  7. Devon

    Devon Boxing Addict Full Member

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    How could I forget? I added him now, I didn’t add in Jersey Joe because he was actually at his best when he was old, whereas the fighters on my list weren’t in their prime when they were old, but were still world level
     
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  8. ETM

    ETM I thought I did enough to win. Full Member

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    Archie Moore did pretty good In the twilight of his career.
     
  9. Fergy

    Fergy Walking Dead Full Member

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    He was a special guy. Old Bernard has the same quality imo.
     
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  10. Bigcheese

    Bigcheese Well-Known Member Full Member

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    True, and he even gets dumped on for beating guys who weren't "prime" even though they were closer to their prime than he was!
     
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  11. scartissue

    scartissue Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Eddie Perkins, despite being mid-thirties and a pro for 15 years he was still too savvy for Angel Espada, Clyde Gray, Armando Muniz and Ryu Sorimachi. All of whom received title shots except for Eddie. Even Johann Orsolics was signed to fight Napoles but in a case of very poor decision-making, his camp decided to take on old Eddie before the already scheduled title fight. Eddie knocks him kicking in 4 rounds but instead of replacing Orsolics with Eddie, they just canceled the title bout.
     
  12. Richard M Murrieta

    Richard M Murrieta Now Deceased 2/4/25 Full Member

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    Those welterweights that you have mentioned were great fighters in their heyday of the 1970's, Eddie Perkins had a career dating back to the 1950's.
     
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  13. Dynamicpuncher

    Dynamicpuncher Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Daniel Zaragoza vs Wayne McCullough

    Also did very well against a prime Morales
     
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  14. Clinton

    Clinton Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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  15. ChrisJS

    ChrisJS Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Juan Manuel Marquez.
     
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