Boxing becomeing a old man's sport?

[Southpaw Great]

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

[Holtol]

I think the talent pool is getting smaller in boxing. Its not on tv often. Where I live they don't even have ring magazine anymore. 10 years ago I used to be able to buy them. Now they have WWE,Kung FU,And Ufc mags. I think the general public know less about who the champs are in each division then they used to. I don't think as many kids take up boxing these days. They just are not exposed to it enough.

[The_Demon]

I was thinking about this the other day.I assume the majority of the guys mentioned will be hanging them up in the next 2-3 years,and whether their is enough young talent out there to fill the void

Personally i think their is.america has lots of super talented young guys; the andres,bradley,alexander etc plus lots of prospects on their way up

South america has guys like alvarez,gamboa,rigondeaux and juanma

The british scene is looking better than ever in terms of young talent as are the europeans with guys like Korobov,Golovkin etc promising to do big things

[Joey Giardello]

If you look throught that list of fighters you will see most of them are still fighting at top level or some sort of championship class! alot of fighters seem to be hitting there prime in there late 30's in boxing now look at sergio martinez

[Poet682006]

Some on that list really aren't fighting at a high level anymore though. Case in point: Evander Holyfield. Holy should have hung them up a long time ago. In cases where older fighters are still major players I tend to think it's due more to a gap in talent where there younger fighters coming up in their respective divisions weren't very good which allowed the older fighters to stay on top a lot longer than they would have in a division where there was a steady flow of good young talent.

Poet

[GJC]

I think boxers and sportsman in general know how to look after their bodies better these days. Archie Moore was a very clever re nutrition etc and a bit before his time so stood out in those days maybe it is more the norm now.
I also am a firm believer in that a fighter (depending majorly on his style) only has so many fights in him, maybe the fights they are having arn't taking it out of them like they have in other eras?

[Poet682006]

I think boxers and sportsman in general know how to look after their bodies better these days. Archie Moore was a very clever re nutrition etc and a bit before his time so stood out in those days maybe it is more the norm now.
I also am a firm believer in that a fighter (depending majorly on his style) only has so many fights in him, maybe the fights they are having arn't taking it out of them like they have in other eras?

I tend to think it has more to do with ring intelligence coupled with a style of fighting that doesn't put a lot of wear and tear on the body. Fighters such as Moore, Walcott, Hopkins, and Toney are perfect examples: All of them won a lot of fights using their craftyness and ring smarts long after their reflexes had deserted them.

Poet

[GJC]

I tend to think it has more to do with ring intelligence coupled with a style of fighting that doesn't put a lot of wear and tear on the body. Fighters such as Moore, Walcott, Hopkins, and Toney are perfect examples: All of them won a lot of fights using their craftyness and ring smarts long after their reflexes had deserted them.

Poet

Another factor for sure, you might want to throw Duan in with those names too

[GJC]

Another factor for sure, you might want to throw Duan in with those names too

Or Duran would be an even better pick

[Poet682006]

Another factor for sure, you might want to throw Duran in with those names too

Duran is a good call! BTW, this is post number 9,000

Poet