Fighters who you think were older than what they said they were

[Poet682006]

Probably, or they might not have known...I mean were there birth certificates for blacks back then?

Depends on where they were born. In the city then yes, but if they were born in a rural era then no.....hell, I doubt there were cirth certificates for poor rural whites back in those days either. One of my grandfathers was born on a dirt-poor sharecropper farm in Alabama back around 1920 and I don't think he one :dunno9:

Poet

[Great John L]

Eh, I don't know. Many of the famous black fighters ahd disputes about there age. Archie moore disagreed with his own MOTHER about the date of his birth. And there were always disputes about Liston's exact birthdate, Liston claiming to have been born in places his mother said the family neevr even visited...

[Steward]

I think the Cubans boxers who defect typically lie about their age because of the amount of time it may take for them to get an opportunity to leave. They are forced to lie because being older reduces your appeal to promoters to an extent. Take for instance Casamayor, clearly older than he made out.
Am i right it thinking this?

[RubenSonny]

I think the Cubans boxers who defect typically lie about their age because of the amount of time it may take for them to get an opportunity to leave. They are forced to lie because being older reduces your appeal to promoters to an extent. Take for instance Casamayor, clearly older than he made out.
Am i right it thinking this?

I've heard people saying Rigondeaux is older than he claims.

[Joey Giardello]

I've heard people saying Rigondeaux is older than he claims.

yeah av heard rigondeaux is actually 33 not 31

[The_Demon]

yeah av heard rigondeaux is actually 33 not 31

He certainly looks pretty old

[Scott9945]

Almost every Cuban fighter. Maybe Sam Peter too.

[RubenSonny]

He certainly looks pretty old

He looks a bit like Glen Johnson.