Age Is Relative
Bernard Hopkins fights Jean Pascal in Montreal Saturday night for the WBC light heavyweight title. If the 46-year old Hopkins defeats 28-year-old Pascal, he will become the oldest fighter in history to win a world title.
Boxing is a young man’s sport, but there are exceptions, and exceptional exceptions they are.
Yahoo recently compiled a top-ten list of the greatest fighters over 40. Not only are they all hall-of-famers, or in the case of Bernard Hopkins and Glen Johnson future hall-of-famers, they are also prime examples that one is only as old as one feels.
1. Archie Moore: Career (185-23-10, 131 KOs), Post-40 (26-2-2, 16 KOs)
2. George Foreman: Career (76-5, 68 KOs), Post-40 (17-3, 12 KOs)
3) Bernard Hopkins: Career (51-5-2, 32 KOs), Post-40 (6-3-1)
4) Sugar Ray Robinson: Career (173-19-6, 108 KOs), Post-40 (30-10-3, 15 KOs)
5) Larry Holmes: Career (69-6, 44 KOs), Post-40 (21-3, 10 KOs)
6) Roberto Duran: Career (103-16, 70 KOs), Post-40 (18-7, 9 KOs)
7) Jack Johnson: Career (55-12-7, 35 KOs), Post-40 (13-6, 7 KOs)
8) Willie Pep: Career (229-11-1, 65 KOs), Post-40 (9-1, 4 KOs)
9) Bob Fitzsimmons: Career (66-8-4, 59 KOs), Post-40 (6-3, 3 KOs)
10) Glen Johnson: Career (51-14-2, 35 KOs), Post-40 (3-2, 2 KOs)
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