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    Another good way of looking at things is if a 35 year old fighter would beat a 25 year old version of himself.

    How about Wlad...would the wlad of today beat a 30 year old version.

    Sometimes a fighter can still be in their prime but if they have won everything and beaten everyone the mental side overshadows the prime.
    Current Wlad would beat younger wlad even if younger Wlad could do more physically ie be stronger, faster, recover quicker because older Wlad has experience on his side and he would use that to beat a raw young Wlad who did not know how to protect his vulnerable chin. The same would go for older Lennox Lewis that beat Holyfield to the one that lost to McCall.
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    Default Re: Boxers prime.

    Quote Originally Posted by Master View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by imp View Post
    Another good way of looking at things is if a 35 year old fighter would beat a 25 year old version of himself.

    How about Wlad...would the wlad of today beat a 30 year old version.

    Sometimes a fighter can still be in their prime but if they have won everything and beaten everyone the mental side overshadows the prime.
    Current Wlad would beat younger wlad even if younger Wlad could do more physically ie be stronger, faster, recover quicker because older Wlad has experience on his side and he would use that to beat a raw young Wlad who did not know how to protect his vulnerable chin. The same would go for older Lennox Lewis that beat Holyfield to the one that lost to McCall.
    Interesting to pit a fighter against himself at a different stage in their life.

    A seasoned Lewis would've killed the one that fought Frank Bruno- He didn't have the "master" teacher of the jab for tall fighters (M.Steward). He was very raw back then.

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