Boxing becomeing a old man's sport?

Boxers now are still going strong right up until there late 30's and 40's To name a few...... Nate Campbel 38 Shane Mosley 38 Bernard Hopkins 45 Roy Jones 41 Giacobbe Fragomeni 40 Audley Harrison 38 Evander Holeyfield 47 Sergio Martinez 35 Antonio Tarver 41 Mzonke Fana 36 Danny Greenn 36 Vitali Klitschko 38 Glen Johnson 41 Oliver Mccall 43 Rob Norton 38 Martin Rogan 39 Herbie Hide 38 Rafael Marquez 35 Sam Soliman 36 Antonio Pitalua age 40 Joel Casamayor 38 Juan Manuel Marquez 36 Nikolay Valuev 36 Tony Thompson 38 John Ruiz 38 Juan Carlos Gomez 36 James Toney 41 Cornelius Bundrage 36 Mariano Nicolas Plotinsky 35 Ivan Calderon 35 Zsolt Erdei 35 Winky Wright 38 Sergey Khomitsk 35 Travis Simms 38 Erick Lucas 38 Jean Paul Mendy 36 Gerry Penalosa 37 Ian Nappa 35 Luis Alberto Lazarte 39

Comments (11)

Irish_Hitman

Its like football(soccer)they goalkeepers tend to reach their prime around 35, defenders 29-31

16y ago

NChristo5450

Gotta be all the PED's, nobody gets better as they age right? Wrong, alot of boxers get better as they age, even 50 years ago some did, prime examples would be Jersey Joe Walcott and Archie Moore.

16y ago

daheadache

Gotta be all the PED's, nobody gets better as they age right?

16y ago

boxasmash

Half of those guys would be retired if boxing had a lot of young stars like the NBA the you look at boxing right now Mayweather 33 Mosley 38 headlining the biggest fight in boxing this year when Mosley Mayweather Pacquiao retire somebody has to replace them not sure who B-Hop will move up to p4p #1 at 50 years of age.

16y ago

MrClutch85

16y ago

boxasmash

I definitely see a shift, even Mayweather is 33 now and Calzaghe retired looking great at 36. Tua has got to be getting on too and he's a top heavyweight. It's only a good thing for the sport that boxers are lasting longer.

16y ago

Allucard

Alot of fighters are now not hitting there prime until there late 30's look at segio martinez It's not that. It's the politics of boxing. If we had more tournaments it wouldn't be so. Some of those kids only become famous after they are out of their primes, in their 30's. Some spend too much time padding records and other BS.

16y ago

Irish_Hitman

The majority of those are heavyweights hmm`

16y ago

madsweeney

Modern medicine, modern gear, modern training and dieting and low rate of fights is expanding the careers of many boxers. Would these same fighter be still fighting at 40+ 50 years ago? I really doubt it.

16y ago

Joey_Giardello

Alot of fighters are now not hitting there prime until there late 30's look at segio martinez

16y ago

da_chosen_1

please take roy jones off the list, he cant fight worth a damn at this age

16y ago