1st thing to go in old age?

[Truth]

Yeah thank god. Left hook to the face to the body was a beautiful thing to watch against hanshaw. And how he could land that uppercut.

"Oh the uppercut."

Yeah. That combo against the ropes that knocked Hanshaw down was insanley fast. I actually thought Roy looked good in that fight, I liked how he was fighting back off the ropes.

[-Antonio-]

Reflexes and timing goes before speed.

[Jim Jeffries]

Can i have examples of this? Bernard, Ali, Foreman, Chavez all held up from being knocked out cold from one punch, dont base this off of Roy Jones Jr now, ha.

Foreman was never knocked out cold from one punch. He went down from an accumulation of many punches vs Ali, combined with extreme exhaustion, and his head never hit the canvas.

[Sweet Pete]

In boxing terms of course. When a fighter becomes "out of his prime" what is the first thing to go?

I say reflexes and timing. What do you think?

Reflexes and speed, not neccessarily timing though.

[Silencers]

Definitely reflexes and speed.

[BmoreBrawler]

Can i have examples of this? Bernard, Ali, Foreman, Chavez all held up from being knocked out cold from one punch, dont base this off of Roy Jones Jr now, ha.

JCC, Gatti, Corrales, Joe Louis, Tyson

If you have a good chin, it will deteriorate to that of a normal chin, but the constant sparring and fighting has a toll of the brain.

[phallus]

reflexes go first, look at how jones, toney, wright, have become a lot easier to hit as they got older

[Jim Jeffries]

reflexes go first, look at how jones, toney, wright, have become a lot easier to hit as they got older

True but reflexes don't do you any good without the speed to move you the hell out of the way. Combination of speed and reflexes, I'd say. Guys like Foreman, that never had any speed to begin with, last much longer in the sport.

[onetwopunch]

Reflexes as in reaction time is the 1st thing to go.

[Palma]

Reflexes and the legs.