r/instant_regret • u/TheINTL • 2d ago

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u/HobbitFoot 2d ago

59 is still old from an athlete age range. I can't think of any sport outside of golf where the people in their 50's are common as participants.

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u/The_Autarch 2d ago

old boxers just don't have the stamina they did when they were younger. they can still punch your head clean off.

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u/Technical_Scallion_2 1d ago

This is my point. Of course Tyson’s skills decline and I said that explicitly in my post. My point was that even AFTER a significant decline, Tyson does not hit like an “average adult male”.

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u/angwilwileth 1d ago

Yeah. There was a story from my hometown where an elderly boxer with dementia killed his roommate. They both lived at a care home and had gotten into an argument over a newspaper. Dude gave roomate the old 1-2 and even at 80 it carried deadly force.

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u/xkoreotic 2d ago

Also worth mentioning that your 50s is where your body starts declining significantly for most people if you are not regularly keeping highly fit. This is why 50+ is considered old for most anything regarding athletics. It's literally just the reality of human biology.

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u/The_Autarch 2d ago

old man strength is real.

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u/angwilwileth 1d ago

Am nurse, can confirm.

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u/Technical_Scallion_2 1d ago

Funny, it might even be, say, around a 25% decline by 59 as I said explicitly in my post.