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[GreenandGold]

19 hours ago, Truzzcat said:

The age curve in all weight cutting/combat sports seems to be kinder to the heavier athletes. GGG was an absolutely anomaly for that very reason. I am interested to see if we start to see a decline in Canelos performances bud seemed like maybe age was catching him against Madrimov but that could have just been how good Madrimov is. Lomachenko is a guy that I think wasted a lot of his prime because he did not turn pro until he was almost 30 and he is much lighter.

I believe prior to volk beating lopez fighters 35 and older at 170 and under were something like 2-31 in title fights. 

I've had a theory on this for a while but never put much research into other than anecdotal observation. Speed is typically the first thing to go with age and strength the last. So for the smaller guys where speed/youth is an important factor, you see their performance decline sooner than a heavyweight or an upper weight who utilizes strength/positioning over speed.

[Interviewed_at_Weehawken]

25 minutes ago, GreenandGold said:

I've had a theory on this for a while but never put much research into other than anecdotal observation. Speed is typically the first thing to go with age and strength the last. So for the smaller guys where speed/youth is an important factor, you see their performance decline sooner than a heavyweight or an upper weight who utilizes strength/positioning over speed.

We had this argument on the board some months ago.  Despite all the evidence, there were some holdouts that kept saying heavier athletes don't have longer careers.

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[Coastal]

22 hours ago, Interviewed_at_Weehawken said:

We had this argument on the board some months ago.  Despite all the evidence, there were some holdouts that kept saying heavier athletes don't have longer careers.

Speed fades faster than strength and the brain fades the slowest of all.

It's why we see NFL Olinemen and pocket passer QBs play to a much older age.