When is a fighter considered past prime?

[General Zod]

when pacman decides to fight them

Im not sure if I should respond to this, it might derail the thread into may vs Pac territory, lol

[MoneyMayMafia]

Im not sure if I should respond to this, it might derail the thread into may vs Pac territory, lol

its tha only real way to measure if a boxer is passed his prime

[-EX-]

When there reflexes slow in most cases...or they can't expand as much energy as they did in past fights...

[Akyra]

when you start running circles inside the ring, cherry picking opponents while still claiming to be the best..

[Dambala]

Good thread. Everyone ages differently age it's very relative to know if a boxer is past his prime. The first sign is when certain fighter struggle with a fighter he was supposed to dominate, but also, everyone might have a night off. So the combination of that and the loss of reflexes, speed, maybe the capacity to take a punch and sometimes the hunger.

[CubanGuyNYC]

Most of the time, we don't know a boxer is past his prime until a few fights after he's already started declining. Given one performance, we don't know if he had an off night or if his training was sub-par for that particular match. There are also fighters who seem to age in just one bout. As some have already pointed out, getting past prime depends on the individual athlete. There are a lot of variables.

But you asked: "When is a fighter considered past prime?" The answer is simple, really: A fighter is past his prime when he's no longer as good as he was at his peak. Sometimes it's obvious when that's happened. What causes debate is when fans can't agree whether a particular boxer is still as good as he once was. Age can affect an athlete's performance, but we've seen some fighters that seem to get better as they get older.

[daggum]

the surest way to know is if calzaghe steps in the ring with them. then you know they are far past it.

[Squirrel]

I suppose in a very general sense it's when a fighter starts to struggle, or even loses, to people that he should have had an easy night with earlier in his career. And that's taking stylistic matches etc into account.

To be fair though it's a very notable thing when a fighter isn't what they used to be. It's usually quite easy to call, i mean.

['Sugar' Freddi]

And don't forget that a fighter can lose his prime in one single fight. Meldrick Tayler.

[Dambala]

And don't forget that a fighter can lose his prime in one single fight. Meldrick Tayler.

It's very unusual but it happens, it reminds me of Vargas after Trinidad.