Are we too quick to call fighters over the hill?

[Ron Swanson]

It's the exact opposite. Boxing fans ignore all the obvious signs and cling desperately to the idea guys can be great again in the face of hundreds of years of history. Look at Tyson/Lewis, people believed that was a real fight. Um, no, Tyson had been done for years. Or Tysons next fight or next or next. Look at Cotto just recently. Many people suggest he is reborn, the old Cotto again, all sorts of other nonsense as if all the damage has magically disappeared.

If a fighter is old and repeatedly looks worse than they looked when they were young it's not unreasonable to suggest they are old. In fact to suggest otherwise is lunacy.

Edit- When I say done I mean the best of them is gone. Froch is still a hell of a fighter, Pac is still a hell of a fighter. But people get old. Pop in Floyd vs Corrales and try to say he's just as fast. Things change.