Comments Thread For: Lomachenko: Who Made Rules About Age In Boxing? I'm Just 32; I Feel Young

[Richard G]

That was after the horn fight? Damn my timeline was messed up. I can’t blame him for passing on pac it it was after the Horn fight. We all thought Pacquao was finished and he couldn’t even fight in America anymore. He was self promoting and fought in Malaysia without it even being televised

And the Horn fight was no fluke either, Horn showed how to beat Pac but none of the fighters post Horn were tough enough to do it. Still while the Flips only have one semi world class sportsman Pac will get hero support no matter what he does or does not do.

[Roadblock]

OK, so how many 40 plus year olds are you seeing across any sport performing at a high level over the past 5 yrs? Then compare that to the number of athletes who retire before 40 after seeing a serious dip in their abilities. It's mother nature that can't be stopped, not the evolution of science for athletes.

Its not a blanket lol, science allows the ones that are capable to do it , not everyone trains and lives the sport, the ones that compete at top level into older age are extreme trainers and extremely clean living, that is what following science is about.

How many that cant do it are trainers like the ones that do it ?

[Roadblock]

Age means absolutely nothing

Depends on how old you are lol.

[NYG]

Depends on how old you are lol.

If 32 year old Loma beats 23 year old Lopez, does age matter? If age matters, shouldn't Lopez beat the hell out of old Loma?

[BodyBagz]

No wear or tear, a guy can extend the expiration date.

[Nightfall]

This is going to be a great fight. Loma vs a true young lion 🥊

[CubanGuyNYC]

OK, so how many 40 plus year olds are you seeing across any sport performing at a high level over the past 5 yrs? Then compare that to the number of athletes who retire before 40 after seeing a serious dip in their abilities. It's mother nature that can't be stopped, not the evolution of science for athletes.

Lomachenko is 32, not 40. He’s still in his physical prime, especially since he trains diligently. But I agree that there is an eventual drop in quality after a certain age. Although that exact age is different for everyone, we are seeing more and more athletes push the limits of what was once thought possible. At the present time, 40 seems to be around the outer-limit in sports.

[Jab jab boom]

Its not a blanket lol, science allows the ones that are capable to do it , not everyone trains and lives the sport, the ones that compete at top level into older age are extreme trainers and extremely clean living, that is what following science is about.

How many that cant do it are trainers like the ones that do it ?

that's why my initial statement said "95 % of the time". It's not a blanket, but in the overwhelming majority of cases, athletes /boxers have declined at 35 and on, and are certainly not performing at a high level into their 40s.

[SplitSecond]

32 is still usually prime. I agree. It’s also usually the final year though. 33 starts a visible decline.

[markther]

Historically only a few fighters have looked “VERY GOOD” beating MULTIPLE FIGHTERS at 35 & up. 35 seems to be the cut off point for a swift decline.

35 & up:

Bernard Hopkins-beat Trinidad, Joppy, Oscar, Tarver, Wright, Pavlik, Pascal

Floyd Mayweather-beat Cotto, Guerrero, Alvarez, Maidana, Manny

Manny-beat Bradley, Broner, Thurman