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By TK Stewart - In boxing, as in Hollywood, age 40 is the new age 20.
Have a look at some of the aging Hollywood starlets parading around these days and many of them look younger now than they did 20 years ago. All thanks, no doubt, to the surgeon's scalpel, clean living and the best spa treatments that money can buy.
Now, nobody is accusing Bernard Hopkins, Evander Holyfield or the rest of these geriatric pugilists extending their careers as prizefighters of cosmetic surgery or days spent lounging in the spa. But, if Hollywood beauties can prolong their run at the top of the marquee then why can't the crooked nose crew do the same?
You probably read the story that recently made the rounds. It was the tale of 91 year-old Roland Fortin from Lewiston, Maine who challenged 92-year-old fitness guru Jack LaLanne, who is 92 years young, to a boxing match. Apparently the hot Florida sun and the boredom of a retired life got to Mr. Fortin and he decided he wanted to liven things up a little. Fortin, a former boxing cut-man and widower who has wintered in Florida since retiring from the funeral business decades ago, didn't think either man would get hurt in a brief square-off. "He'd knock me down, I'd knock him down," he said.
LaLanne, using the wisdom that he has gained in nearly 100 years on the planet turned the "fight" down.
Then there is Sylvester Stallone, otherwise known as Rocky Balboa, who celebrated his 60th birthday by making the sixth film in the "Rocky" series. Stallone still has a body that would make any grandfather proud and when he was getting in shape for the film, the Italian Stallion had this to say, "I know a lot of actors say they train for 12 hours a day for parts like this, but the truth is I did about three-and-a-half to four because that's all the body can take. Anything more than that and you start to break down and actually end up performing worse. Things just wear out. All those years of heavy leg lifting and running up steps now mean when I try to run, everything hurts - my knees, hips and even my neck. There's nothing plastic in there yet, but we are getting close to it." [details]
Have a look at some of the aging Hollywood starlets parading around these days and many of them look younger now than they did 20 years ago. All thanks, no doubt, to the surgeon's scalpel, clean living and the best spa treatments that money can buy.
Now, nobody is accusing Bernard Hopkins, Evander Holyfield or the rest of these geriatric pugilists extending their careers as prizefighters of cosmetic surgery or days spent lounging in the spa. But, if Hollywood beauties can prolong their run at the top of the marquee then why can't the crooked nose crew do the same?
You probably read the story that recently made the rounds. It was the tale of 91 year-old Roland Fortin from Lewiston, Maine who challenged 92-year-old fitness guru Jack LaLanne, who is 92 years young, to a boxing match. Apparently the hot Florida sun and the boredom of a retired life got to Mr. Fortin and he decided he wanted to liven things up a little. Fortin, a former boxing cut-man and widower who has wintered in Florida since retiring from the funeral business decades ago, didn't think either man would get hurt in a brief square-off. "He'd knock me down, I'd knock him down," he said.
LaLanne, using the wisdom that he has gained in nearly 100 years on the planet turned the "fight" down.
Then there is Sylvester Stallone, otherwise known as Rocky Balboa, who celebrated his 60th birthday by making the sixth film in the "Rocky" series. Stallone still has a body that would make any grandfather proud and when he was getting in shape for the film, the Italian Stallion had this to say, "I know a lot of actors say they train for 12 hours a day for parts like this, but the truth is I did about three-and-a-half to four because that's all the body can take. Anything more than that and you start to break down and actually end up performing worse. Things just wear out. All those years of heavy leg lifting and running up steps now mean when I try to run, everything hurts - my knees, hips and even my neck. There's nothing plastic in there yet, but we are getting close to it." [details]
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