There's no such thing as "Prime".

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There's no such thing as a "Prime" fighter.

The only way you can describe how a boxer was is "At His All-Time Best".

"At His All-Time Best" being that fighters best performance.


Bernard Hopkins stated himself, Kelly Pavlik was his best win.

So Bernard Hopkins was "At His All-Time Best" against Pavlik.

[Squirrel]

Um, can't say I agree with this logic but ok.

[Silencers]

Hopkins saying Pavlik was his best win doesn't mean he was at his best for the fight.

Muhammad Ali's best win was against Foreman, was he in his prime? No.

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Hopkins saying Pavlik was his best win doesn't mean he was at his best for the fight.

Muhammad Ali's best win was against Foreman, was he in his prime? No.

There's no such thing as prime.

Ali was "At His All-Time Best" against Foreman.

[Silencers]

There's no such thing as prime.

Ali was "At His All-Time Best" against Foreman.

No, he wasn't. He was in great shape but no way was he at his best in that fight.

[Sugar May Floyd]

There's no such thing as prime.

Ali was "At His All-Time Best" against Foreman.

I guess Duran was in his prime at 160 when he beat Barkley

Of course there is something as Prime. When you are at your physical best eg Handspeed reflexes foot speed and so on. As you age these things disappear but your ring intelligence increases.

Example
Roy Jones got worse as he got older, but he didn’t have a backup plan when he lost his physical attributes. That showing us he is past his prime.

As for Hopkins he had a good technique when he was young. As he got older he got smarter using his intelligence to win him fights but his power/speed.

Mayweather is a combination both. Physical attributes with ring intelligence

[krispy kreme]

This logic and thread fails.

[Sadler]

There's no such thing as a "Prime" fighter.

The only way you can describe how a boxer was is "At His All-Time Best".

"At His All-Time Best" being that fighters best performance.


Bernard Hopkins stated himself, Kelly Pavlik was his best win.

So Bernard Hopkins was "At His All-Time Best" against Pavlik.

Shut up mate. A boxers prime is when they are at the strongest, fastest and fittest theyve ever been, along with the experience. If they win a big fight when they are 43 years old then thats their best win, but are they as physically strong as they were in their prime? No.

[46-0]

I think the whole theory behind a boxers prime is more suited to the olden days. Don't get me wrong, there's still plenty of fighters with an easily discernable prime in their careers, but in todays computer era, the amount of information and knowledge that is around on physical fitness and so on along with the fact that the fighters are able to get by with as little as 2 fights per year, I think the theory behind fighters being in their prime is an outdated way of thinking. It doesn't fit no more. Just that not everyone has realized it yet.

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So does the Hopkins of 2001 beat the Hopkins of 2008?