Boxers prime.

[Memphis]

Naz is a difficult one to call. His experience/ring smarts elevator was running in reverse, he got more and more dumb as he went on.


I guess he's a good example of there being no perfect formula to apply to this question. Taking biases out of the equation you could see he was no longer interested at the tail end of his career. That just happened to coincide with running into an all time great.

[Master]

Fighters should have primes which should be their physical and mental best where they could not fight better and remain unbeaten JCC Superstar, Tyson or Rocky.

During that period they should not lose but they can like Leonard, Hearns or Khan. If they do they can still come back and win again.

Fighters primes can be young Benitez, Vargas and Tyson or older Lewis or Wlad.

Fighters to achieve success after their primes are Hopkins and Foreman which have been through experience, guile, power and luck.

Bowe had a short peak Joe Louis had a long one.

[fairyrak]

i think that there could be several primes:

teorical prime: when the body+mind makes the boxer be at its best IF he actually trains in the most perfect way and in addition he is completely mentalized, it might be at 27 to 30 years old or something like that.. In other words when the body and mind have the most power to give to the boxer if he does his job like he should (it doesn't depend even on PEDs.

practical prime: when the boxer actually is at it's best. In real life very variable It might be even at 40 or 20 or whatever other ages. In other words when the boxer actually used the body and mind (if he used PEDs he might even reach it, just might.

false fan's boxer prime: when he beat the most recognized boxer even though the most famous boxer is extremely shot (totally distorted way to look at 2 boxers like 2 names without ages

I prefer the teorical prime, because it looks more like a responsibility of the boxer with no excuses

[Spicoli]

I think prime is simply a display of consistency in execution with consideration to level of competition. Tested and rebounding to display the same, be it from a loss or a perceived loss. Being young and knocking out cans is not a prime. Possibly physical but def not mental prime and condition as you've never had to expand and adapt. Its definitely different for each fighter as far as experience, life style and the fact we are all living to be older. A lot of young guys come out now with massive 'push' and are force fed, we have a microwave mentality and I seriously think a stable foundation is sacrificed now in the name of expected stardom and many a decent fighter short change themselves in the long run. Prime should be an investment.