Who will be the next 40+ world champion?

[Michael bennt]

What fighters do you will think will be in the over 40 world title club?

[Lackeos]

I'm gonna go with Omar Narvaez.

[cold187]

Wladimir
?omar narvaez

[tiny_acres]

Wladamir is the only obvious choice.

[chuck9788]

Omar Narvaez?!?

Do you really believe Narvaez will win his next fight?

The fight is in Japan (not Argentina). His opponent Naoya "Monster" Inoue (7-0. 6 KO's) is only 21 years of age, yet he already holds a 6th round KO victory over a tough Adrian "The Confessor" Hernandez on his resume.

Guys .... I hate to bum you out. But the 39 year old Narvaez is not leaving the "Land of Rising Sun" with the WBO belt.

[crusader]

Why so interested in older fighters OP? You've made loads of similar threads and seem fond of guys who started late like Mansour and Washington.

[Perseus]

If the Mundine/Bundrage fight happens I'm going to say Mundine will be the next 40-year-old boxer holding a world title. He'll be 40 in May.

To this point I believe boxing has had a total of 10 boxers who held a major world title at age 40 or older.

Bob Fitzsimmons(light-heavy)
Archie Moore(light-heavy)
George Foreman(heavyweight)
Bernard Hopkins(middle and light-heavy)
Thulani Malinga(super-middle)
Giacobbe Fragomeni(cruiser, defeated by Erdei shortly after turning 40)
Vitali Klitschko(heavy)
Sam Soliman(middle and oldest first time title winner)
Cornelius Bundrage(junior middle)
Guillermo Jones(cruiser)

[Perseus]

Well then.
Scratch Narvaez from the list of possibly being a title holder at age 40.

[reggaereggae]

Well then.
Scratch Narvaez from the list of possibly being a title holder at age 40.

He might still win another title!

[Perseus]

Well then.
Scratch Narvaez from the list of possibly being a title holder at age 40.

He might still win another title!

Yeah, I guess it's possible.
I mean he did kinda look like a guy with big wins in his future and not at all like an aged vet cashing out.
Maybe go back to 112 and beat Gonzalez??

[Lackeos]

Narvaez is still good enough to pick-up a belt if he wants to, but who knows if he wants to. He could still be the next 40+ titlist, but the odds against him went up.