Best past prime performances

[goblin213]

Morales-Pacquiao 1
Hopkins-Pascal and Pavlik
Tiger-Benvenuti

[New England]

Harry greb fought a good portion of his career (and he's a titan in the sport,) with a blind eye.

[young_robbed]

Morrison-Rudduck
Quartey-Forrest
Forrest-Mora
Norris-Gonzales

[Shaun Oliver]

Carbajal vs. Arce...Carbajal took a real pounding against a fearsome young fighter and KTFO'd him in the 11th hour...sorry, that was lame. The 11th round.

Good call. This is the first fight that came to mind when I read the title.

[Obama]

Shouldn't count fights where the opponent was also past his prime...lot of that in here. Anyways Mosley - Margarito is my favorite one of recent years.

[Steak]

Shouldn't count fights where the opponent was also past his prime...lot of that in here. Anyways Mosley - Margarito is my favorite one of recent years.

well you could call Margarito past prime as well.

[Obama]

well you could call Margarito past prime as well.

No you couldn't. Not then.

[Wild Blue Yonda]

well you could call Margarito past prime as well.

How so? I wonder if you're referring to his being weight-drained for the fight? It certainly appeared he was, looking a little weakened in the legs (which I believe contributed significantly to a good, but far from great, puncher in Mosley, cracking a supposedly iron set of whiskers so emphatically), but if you are, I wouldn't say that situation constitutes Margarito being past-prime, per se. More just under-done & not in top-shape, but still during his prime. After all, he'd just scored the career-defining win a few months previous.

Then again, maybe you're making reference to Margarito not having plaster in his gloves, if you're accusing him of having made a career out of that.

[Canelo Phresh]

man b-hop has 2 primes and hes still in his second

[Wild Blue Yonda]

Shouldn't count fights where the opponent was also past his prime...lot of that in here. Anyways Mosley - Margarito is my favorite one of recent years.

I see the point you're making with your first line, but I don't ultimately agree. What if one guy was considered a little past his prime, but was much closer to it than his opponent, who was viewed as being at the end of the line, & perhaps coming up in weight, too, or facing some other additional adversity. Would that not be qualified as a great performance? I think it would.

Edit: How about a past-prime Evander Holyfield's performance in stopping a past-prime Mike Tyson, back in 1996 (to illustrate my point with a real-world instance)? I bet a lot of folkes would acknowledge Tyson's best days were behind him, but still recognise this as an outstanding performance from Holyfield.