Who, in your opinion, is the most experienced active fighter?

thanks for reminding me i was 17 in 1984....

 

Yup...as you said, its not even close.

 

LOL, **** your right.

I guess when we are asked questions like this, the first thing that pops into ones mind is top fighters. Sadly, that boat sailed for The Real Deal all too long ago.

 

Some lesser known guys would have to be Veeraphol Sahaprom who is still floating around. Won his first title in 95, in his 4th pro fight, lost it not long after then won it back in 98 holding it for something like 7 years.
Add to the fact he was already an ATG kickboxer before he even started boxing, taking up that sport at 10 and having over 150 fights there.
Thats a hell of a lot of experience, he has had well over 200 combined boxing and kickboxing fights...and has been doing it competitively for nearly 30 years.

 

Holyfield
:yep

 

Holyfield, not even close.

 

He started at 12.

 

Golota had 111 amateur wins before winning bronze in 88 Olympics.

 

Hopkins , Pac and Mosley

 

Holy has been around for a billion years.

 

Probably Bernard Hopkins. JMM deserves a mention as well.

 

For only a 30 year old fighter, Pacman has a **** load of experience, but some of the old timers got this because they been in the game much longer.

 

Holyfield or hopkins.

 

James Toney gotta be up there, the man has been a pro for over 20 years, had 80 pro fights in 5 weight divisions, fought 618 pro rounds in all.

PS: never been stopped

 

I feel like naming Holyfield is cheating a bit

If we limit it to fighters who are active and are still performing at a top level I'd go with

1. Hopkins
2. Mosley (seriously going the distance against Forrest, DLH, Wright? That's a whole lot of quality experience)
3. Pac (you can't go against 60+ rounds against JMM,MAB and EM without picking up good experience)