Oldest Boxer in official bout

[Mike DeLisa]

I started this off the top of my head -- help appreciated!

Oldest boxers -- official bout over 50 years old

63 Kentucky Rosebud
60 Jack Johnson
60 Saul Mamby
59 Jem Mace
59 Levi Forte
56 Daniel Mendoza (bareknuckle)
54 Ron Lyle
53 Larry Holmes
53 Kenny Lane
53 Jean Pierre Coopman
51 Tom Owen (bareknuckle)
50yrs 10 mos Freddy De Kerpel
50 Roberto Duran
50 Earnie Shavers
50 Azumah Nelson
50 Jerry Evans -- (unconfirmed)

[Senya13]

Daniel Mendoza 56 years minus 1 day vs. 51-years-old Tom Owen.

[Mike DeLisa]

Thanks -- I also added Duran, Shavers etc

[Steve]

Joe Bugner fought his last professional bout aged 49years 3months.

[Mike DeLisa]

Yeah, Joe was up there -- and had started young as well!

There are a ton of guys at 49 -- tech I think Azumah Nelson was a few days short.

Palomino, Danny Lopez etc etc all were 49. I arbitrarily made 50 the cut off.

[gregbeyer]

mike,

i think danny lopez was more like 39 when he had an ill fated comeback fight in anaheim.

greg

[kikibalt]

Kid Azteca...47/48?, years old.

[Chris Nagel]

Archie Moore fought his last fight at age 48.

[jim glen]

wasn't Bobby Dobbs well into his 50s, maybe even his 60s as it is said he fought over 5 decades.

[KOJOE90]

Freddy De Kerpel. 50/51 for his last fight.

[Mike DeLisa]

Yeah, I had Coopman but Freddy also over 50.

Good catch!


There have to be more guys at age 50 and over, right?

[Chris Nagel]

Here's another one worth looking into, John Henry Johnson was billed as fighting Kentucky Rosebud at age 56.

http://www.boxrec.com/list_bouts.php...6739&cat=boxer

[brutu]

John L. Sullivan came out of retirement in March.05.1905,
and took on contender Jim McCormick
at the Smith's Opera House in Grand Rapids Michigan.
The 273 pound Sullivan knocked out McCormick with a big right hand in the second round and McCormick was out for 5 minutes.
It was suppose to be an a four round exhibition but tell that to McCormick.
I dont think Sullivan was 50 years old ,but he was certainly pushing it.

[Mike DeLisa]

Sullivan was 46 at the time of the bout, way below my arbitraty cut-off of 50!

[Mike DeLisa]

Here's another one worth looking into, John Henry Johnson was billed as fighting Kentucky Rosebud at age 56.

http://www.boxrec.com/list_bouts.php...6739&cat=boxer

I have the Rosebud leading the list but forgot to add his opponent Johnson.


BTW I can't find a day-after report for the June 9, 1916 bout. One newspaper reported the bout as occurring "the other night" YET the exact same report had had been published on June 5, in Ft. Wayne Sentinel. Prior to that, a May 15, 1916 paper reported a 3-round kayo for Rosebud "a few weeks ago" in Philly. I guess Rosebud and Johnson staged this act several times.

[brutu]

I seem to remember about 12 years ago on some regional boxing program when I still had C-Band satellite dish.
They spot lighted some old(er) dude,who wasnt really attempting a comeback as much as coming into the sport an old fart.
I seem to remember he was a doctor or dentist and rather hairsuite.
Anyway he looked good in the dressing room shadow boxing.
Held his own for the first couple of rounds then just fell apart
and went to the canvas under not a lot of pressure as i seem to remember.

[Theo Netherland]

Bep van Klaveren, born in 1907-09-26, fought in 1955-11-28, at age 48, for the european welterweight title.

http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?hum...6726&cat=boxer

[KOJOE90]

Michael Chilambe 48?

I remember watching a young Nigel Benn blast this guy out 22 years ago!!! He still appears to be active.

http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?hum...1579&cat=boxer

[KOJOE90]

I started this off the top of my head -- help appreciated!

Oldest boxers -- official bout over 50 years old

63 Kentucky Rosebud
60 Jack Johnson
60 Saul Mamby
59 Jem Mace
59 Levi Forte
56 Daniel Mendoza (bareknuckle)
54 Ron Lyle
53 Larry Holmes
53 Kenny Lane
53 Jean Pierre Coopman
51 Tom Owen (bareknuckle)
50yrs 10 mos Freddy De Kerpel
50 Roberto Duran
50 Earnie Shavers
50 Azumah Nelson
50 Jerry Evans -- (unconfirmed)

52 Dewey Bozella

[Kyoodle]

No one wanted to see Coopman when he was 23, never mind 53....

[KOJOE90]

Arigoma Chiponda - 53 and may still be active.

[KOJOE90]

Rick Myers was 52 when he won a fight in 2010 (after a 17 year lay off).

[KOJOE90]

Joe Blessings 52

http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?hum...7217&cat=boxer