Originally posted by iamboxing
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Age becomes a BIG factor in boxing after you've been in wars, after you've gained pounds of pure fat.
Wlad did neither, Wlad maintained his physique and has always been a very safe fighter. There isn't much of a difference between that heavily experienced version that fought AJ/Fury and the prime version a few years earlier because of that.
Foreman was 30lbs+ of pure fat removed from his prime when he was considered "old" vs Morrison.
Prime Tyson was around 220, the slower older version was 230+
Prime Lewis was 18lbs of fat removed from his prime vs Vitali.
Prime Holmes was 16lbs of fat removed from his prime vs Tyson.
You can do this for practically any heavyweight throughout history, a fighter's weight almost always plays a factor in a fighter's skills diminishing.
ALL these fighters looked and fought significantly different than they did in their primes. Wlad fought the same timid way he always had, timid, no body punches, holding, etc.
Wlad was around 9lbs lighter than when he fought Fury, the ONLY "old" heavy that lost weight.
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