why arent more fighters making moves in their mid 20's

[Madison Boxing]

i dont get it, in most sports you are at your physical peak around mid 20's but it seems that many boxers dont start stepping up their competition until late 20's early 30's and sometimes even later.

Canelo is the obvious exception as he was fighting mayweather in early 20s and by taking tough challenges at that stage in his career hes managed to learn and improve. By the time some fighters wait to step up the competition theres not a lot of time to improve after a loss.

For example someone like jermall charlo is considered a 'young lion' at the age of 28 lol, hes treated like a prospect. Hes almost wasted his whole 20's not fighting anyone.

Tank davis seems to be shielded from fighting any world level opposition because 'he young', is 23 really that young when theres guys competing at world level in many sports at that age? Thats a grown man.

Even my man GGG wasted a lot of years in his 20's, taking an excessive number of amateur fights and bums on the way up and then got his hard fights in his mid 30's by the time he'd started to slow down and show his age.

I know experience plays a part in things and theres exceptions to boxers who took up the sport late but why do so many boxers seemingly waste what are their prime physical years?

[Star Platinum]

because they are being payed a lot of money compared to the guys in the past. Why get my head knocked in when the only reason I'm fighting is for money?

[Illmatic94]

If i can become a millionaire fighting "bums" that's what I'll do my whole career. If i was a boxer.

[rickJen]

Yeah, fans don't see current young fighters in their prime stepping up nowadays.
Yet the same fans bash fighters in their mid thirties for not stepping up,
or attack them for lining up bums after bums.
Question is why are these young fighters not being bashed as much?
The Charlos are still playing second fiddle in their late 20's.
And their fans are just fine with it.
"They're still green doe."
Bunch of inconsistent drivel by such fans.

[rickJen]

If i can become a millionaire fighting "bums" that's what I'll do my whole career. If i was a boxer.

Just like Deontae Wilder with a clown manager that says things like,
"My baby won't be rushed to fight aging Klitschko."

[dibzvincent143]

i dont get it, in most sports you are at your physical peak around mid 20's but it seems that many boxers dont start stepping up their competition until late 20's early 30's and sometimes even later.

Canelo is the obvious exception as he was fighting mayweather in early 20s and by taking tough challenges at that stage in his career hes managed to learn and improve. By the time some fighters wait to step up the competition theres not a lot of time to improve after a loss.

For example someone like jermall charlo is considered a 'young lion' at the age of 28 lol, hes treated like a prospect. Hes almost wasted his whole 20's not fighting anyone.

Tank davis seems to be shielded from fighting any world level opposition because 'he young', is 23 really that young when theres guys competing at world level in many sports at that age? Thats a grown man.

Even my man GGG wasted a lot of years in his 20's, taking an excessive number of amateur fights and bums on the way up and then got his hard fights in his mid 30's by the time he'd started to slow down and show his age.

I know experience plays a part in things and theres exceptions to boxers who took up the sport late but why do so many boxers seemingly waste what are their prime physical years?

Because it’s the social media era where they can play diva and act like superstars in their 20s without really doing anything great. Having thousands of followers in twitter and IG is already considered an achievement for them, which doesn’t even translate to PPV buys like guys in the 90s were able to do in limited platforms.

For comparison to the prev era Floyd and Pac in their early 20s were already top pound for pound fighters and had their best career wins.
They were bonafied superstars entering 30, and could already retire by then with their resumes.

[Robbie Barrett]

Because they don't want to take a big risk until they land that massive payday.

[Robbie Barrett]

Yeah, fans don't see current young fighters in their prime stepping up nowadays.
Yet the same fans bash fighters in their mid thirties for not stepping up,
or attack them for lining up bums after bums.
Question is why are these young fighters not being bashed as much?
The Charlos are still playing second fiddle in their late 20's.
And their fans are just fine with it.
"They're still green doe."
Bunch of inconsistent drivel by such fans.

If they're in their mid thirties and haven't stepped up they deserve being bashed more than someone in their mid twenties. I mean they've waited 10 more years.

[Star Platinum]

Yeah, fans don't see current young fighters in their prime stepping up nowadays.
Yet the same fans bash fighters in their mid thirties for not stepping up,
or attack them for lining up bums after bums.
Question is why are these young fighters not being bashed as much?
The Charlos are still playing second fiddle in their late 20's.
And their fans are just fine with it.
"They're still green doe."
Bunch of inconsistent drivel by such fans.

The only people not wanting the Charlos to face top competition are Canelo and GGG protectors.

You will probably go into another thread and argue that Charlo hasn't beaten anyone and doesn't deserve a fight.

[chrisJS]

A problem is modern/new fans. They think a fighter is “overhyped” or “exposed” with a loss or even a challenging fight where they don’t dominate let’s face it.

Fighters are protected to be cashed out and if they lose oh well they may be “overhyped” but money was made. Probably the biggest reason less and less fighters become great these days they simply aren’t tested enough to get good enough or complete enough.

It’s dumb fans fault.