Best past prime performances

[SCtrojansbaby]

man b-hop has 2 primes and hes still in his second

I agree middle weight and 170+ B-hop are 2 different fighters. But Bernard is not in his 170+ prime anymore

[chillifists]

Ali-Foreman
Morales-Pacquaio I
Mosley-Margarito
Hopkins-Pavlik

[Barn]

Has Duran - Barkley been mentioned yet?
Hearns vs Hill
Hagler vs Mugabi

[Steak]

No you couldn't. Not then.

How so? I wonder if you're referring to his being weight-drained for the fight? It certainly appeared he was, looking a little weakened in the legs (which I believe contributed significantly to a good, but far from great, puncher in Mosley, cracking a supposedly iron set of whiskers so emphatically), but if you are, I wouldn't say that situation constitutes Margarito being past-prime, per se. More just under-done & not in top-shape, but still during his prime. After all, he'd just scored the career-defining win a few months previous.

Then again, maybe you're making reference to Margarito not having plaster in his gloves, if you're accusing him of having made a career out of that.

I personally believe Margarito was already starting to go downhill leading up to the Cotto fight...just by what I saw. career defining win does not=prime automatically. Margarito even earlier than Cotto hit harder and had more leverage behind his shots. the Cotto fight he ws more plodding and used more arm punches than sitting down on them.

also there were rumors of Margarito getting beat up in sparring leading up to the Mosley fight, and hes looked like crap since...I think the Cotto fight was the last time we saw a quality Margarito.
but...thats my opinion.

Mosley cracking Margs chin is still a very impressive past prime performance.

[F l i c k e r]

I really liked Foreman-Holyfield.

The best? meh, but it's one that I liked.

[Quarry]

Tyson beating Golota

[bojangles1987]

Marquez against both Diaz and Katsidis. He pretty much only won these fights because of his skill as a counter puncher. He had no other physical advantage, other than punching power I guess.

Hagler-Mugabi as well.

[Daddy T]

jones jnr v toney (just an awesome performance)

Joe Calzaghe v Jeff lacey (he delivered such a one sided beating that lacey was never the same again)

Ali v williams (ali at his best)

Ray leonard v tommy hearns 1 (two awesome fighters both in their prime and both putting in one of their best performances on the same night)

Pac v De la Hoya (just a totally dominant performance)

Floyd v Corrales (still Floyd's best performance imo)

Tyson v M Frazier (i dunno if anybody could have beaten mike on this night tyson himself said it was the best condition he reached in his whole career)

Jones jnr v Ruiz - okay not the most exciting fight but a boxing masterclass all the same

Foreman v Frazier 1 - Big George at his best

Joe Louis Max Schmelling 2 (Louis showing why he dominated for so long)

Ali v Floyd Patterson - Could have gone for the more obvious Liston fight but I think this one really showed how good he was. Ali toys with the former two time champ on his way to an easy win showing just how much better he was.

Marquez v Diaz - marquez was prolly a bit past his prime but if you havent seen it check it out

[DonairesRevenge]

Past Prime Joe Calzaghe schooling Bernard Hopkins

[RubenSonny]

jones jnr v toney (just an awesome performance)

Joe Calzaghe v Jeff lacey (he delivered such a one sided beating that lacey was never the same again)

Ali v williams (ali at his best)

Ray leonard v tommy hearns 1 (two awesome fighters both in their prime and both putting in one of their best performances on the same night)

Pac v De la Hoya (just a totally dominant performance)

Floyd v Corrales (still Floyd's best performance imo)

Tyson v M Frazier (i dunno if anybody could have beaten mike on this night tyson himself said it was the best condition he reached in his whole career)

Jones jnr v Ruiz - okay not the most exciting fight but a boxing masterclass all the same

Foreman v Frazier 1 - Big George at his best

Joe Louis Max Schmelling 2 (Louis showing why he dominated for so long)

Ali v Floyd Patterson - Could have gone for the more obvious Liston fight but I think this one really showed how good he was. Ali toys with the former two time champ on his way to an easy win showing just how much better he was.

Marquez v Diaz - marquez was prolly a bit past his prime but if you havent seen it check it out

This is about great performances by past prime fighters, read some of the other posts.