I was watching Trinidad-Whitaker recently, and I was sad. Whitaker was taking one of the worst beatings ever administered to another legend. Whats worse is that Whitaker was getting beaten up by a guy who he would've handled in his prime. Which fighters do you think simply stayed way past their expiration date? These are my choices:

Pernell Whitaker
Sugar Ray Robinson
Muhammad Ali
Julio Cesar Chavez
Mike Tyson
Terry Norris

Good picks. No list would be complete without Holyfield, though.

Good picks. No list would be complete without Holyfield, though.
A mental error, it won't happen again.

When I saw Mark "2 Sharp" Johnson get ko'ed by Rafael Marquez I was also sad.

Ray Leonard could have left earlier, too...his later fights were more boring than they were embarassing, though.

Ray Leonard could have left earlier, too...his later fights were more boring than they were embarassing, though.
The Terry Norris and Hector Camacho fights were pretty embarrassing. The way Julio Cesar Chavez looked against Willy Wise was the way Ray Robinson looked against Joey Archer. It was pathetic.

Matthew Saad Muhammad.....

A guy who took beatings when he was a WINNER....
He was brutally battered twice by Dwight Braxton.....in '81 & '82....& then proceeded to keep getting hammered throughout the 80's, & even in the 90's.

Whitaker ?
He never took too bad a beating (Trinidad laid a decent one on him), & certainly never disgraced himself, even late in his career.

Roberto Duran comes to mind

Meldrick Taylor, Poor Bastard can hardly talk anymore!!

Holyfield is staying too long

Holyfield is definitely on top of the list.

Holyfield, Tyson and Ali.

Lewis had it figured out. Leave while your on top. Screw the critics. hahaha

I was watching Trinidad-Whitaker recently, and I was sad. Whitaker was taking one of the worst beatings ever administered to another legend. Whats worse is that Whitaker was getting beaten up by a guy who he would've handled in his prime. Which fighters do you think simply stayed way past their expiration date? These are my choices:

Pernell Whitaker
Sugar Ray Robinson
Muhammad Ali
Julio Cesar Chavez
Mike Tyson
Terry Norris

Roberto Duran
Ray Leonard agains Camacho :mad:

most definitely jones jr he got not once but twice smoked by some wild Kayos and proved to have a glass chin

Too many to list.

I think the warning signs were in the first tarver fight for Jones. It seemed that going up to heavyweight then crashing down to lightheavy at his age ****ed him up ( pardon the language ). I will always wonder if Roy had stayed at heavyweight after beating Ruiz would he have been able to maintain a decent performance rate against say an old Holyfield, a Kirk Johnson, Rahman, toney etc...Maybe. But at the time there were no big fights for him after he beat Ruiz.

Jeff Fenech

Archie Moore,Muhammad ali, Holyfield, Roberto duran are the first ones that should have left boxing way earlier than they did. i guess its the pure love of the sport that doesn't let them quit.

Roy Jones Jr.

Roberto Duran

Roberto Duran
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Chavez and Holyfield!

the guys who stay too long are usually the greatest. Look at these names, they're of the guys who were born to be warriors. Ali and everyone else kept fighting because that was the thing he knew how to do and loved. Too bad his body couldn't keep up, but to tell someone like that to quit is too hard, they should make the decision by themselves.

the guys who stay too long are usually the greatest. Look at these names, they're of the guys who were born to be warriors. Ali and everyone else kept fighting because that was the thing he knew how to do and loved. Too bad his body couldn't keep up, but to tell someone like that to quit is too hard, they should make the decision by themselves.

It is a good point you make. What was the quote in "When we were kings".....

Someone said you destroy the thing you love, but the truth is the thing you love destroys you. :(

most definitely jones jr he got not once but twice smoked by some wild Kayos and proved to have a glass chin


Yea, it was sad to watch him get KO'd

Tony "the tiger" Lopez

Yory Boy Campas and Oliver McCall.

Ali, fought with Parkinsons.

Quarry, fought with Alzeimers.

Fighters who stayed too long? How 'bout fighters who didn't stay too long. That's a much smaller list since about 80% of fighters fight past their prime, just some worse than others.

Most popular ones obviously: M. Ali, Meldrick Taylor and Rays Robinson and Leonard.

theres so many to chose from

ali
joe louis
weitherspoon
tyson
holyfield