What's the first thing to go on an aging Boxer?

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  1. RafaelGonzal

    RafaelGonzal Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    The big breasted ho's in the Entourage!
     
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  2. boxbox

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    Reflex
    Agility
    Speed
    Punch resistance
    hairline
    heart (its the last to go imo)
     
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  3. PH|LLA

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    explosiveness
     
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  4. p4p_kid

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    reflexes and ability to take a punch..
     
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  5. threethirteen

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    reflexes and response times.
     
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  6. marting

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    The ability to pull the trigger. That instinctive reflex to throw a punch just seems to fade away.
     
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  7. NALLEGE

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    It's always speed imo. Even slow fighters get slower. Reflexes can be compensated for with guile, but once the speed goes, it's gone for good.
     
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  8. Borincano

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    Well, he is an exception to the rule due to being a special fighter.
     
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  9. si_19

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    reflexes
     
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  10. DocLouis

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    Eyesight.
     
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  11. MAG1965

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    speed/reflexes. And for some reason the legs are the first part of the body to show the decline in speed and reflexes. Hearns used to move well when he was younger, and when he got older he did not move as much. By the time he fought Virgil Hill and Iran Barkley at lightheavyweight, he would not move much, he would just use his jab and control the action without too much leg movement-or as little as possible.
     
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  12. Clinton

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    Excellent!!!!!!
     
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  13. Hatesrats

    Hatesrats "I'm NOT Suprised..." Full Member

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    Eye Of The Tiger
     
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  14. aliwasthegreatest

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    reflexes. You notice right away they just can't seem to fire off the shots they used to anymore. After that goes the legs when they just don't seem to be able to move the same anymore. After that depends on the fighter. Some people lose punch resistence while others seem to be able to take punches forever.
     
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  15. T.S.

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    Hunger would be my guess
     
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