In your prime

[vellz13]

What exactly does this mean? I know what some will say however i have never heard a losing boxer say he lost because he was past his prime

[jri9d0]

It means when you have peaked in skill, youth and athaletic ability. It's rare you would hear a boxer make an excuse for being past his prime it's usually his fans that do it for him.

[bojangles1987]

It means when you have peaked in skill, youth and athaletic ability. It's rare you would hear a boxer make an excuse for being past his prime it's usually his fans that do it for him.

I don't even think youth factors in. It's whenever a fighter is at his best point of skill, smarts, and athleticism combined. You can be 37 and be prime if you retain enough athleticism to go along with much better ring smarts and skill than you had at 30.

[vellz13]

it means when you have peaked in skill, youth and athaletic ability. It's rare you would hear a boxer make an excuse for being past his prime it's usually his fans that do it for him.

i appreciate the reply to my first post. In my opinion and thats just what it is if every fighter fought each other in their prime who would lose? It makes me think alot

[jri9d0]

i appreciate the reply to my first post. In my opinion and thats just what it is if every fighter fought each other in their prime who would lose? It makes me think alot

It depends, you have heard the old phrase "styles make fights" and so forth is a true statement.

Believe it or not there are even fighters who have fought in there prime and didn't even put in a 100% training and still lose i.e Wilfred Benitez is a great example. Heart is a big factor as well.

By the way, welcome to Boxingscene.com

[vellz13]

it depends, you have heard the old phrase "styles make fights" and so forth is a true statement.

Believe it or not there are even fighters who have fought in there prime and didn't even put in a 100% training and still lose i.e wilfred benitez is a great example. Heart is a big factor as well.

By the way, welcome to boxingscene.com

thanks for the welcome and input
so basically it depends on which was the better fighter on the night of the fight. This makes much more sense because i have heard quite a few boxers say they lost to the better man that night and in my opinion that is very respectable