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Who is the longest active boxer?

Posted: 17 Oct 2019, 20:06
by chuck9788
Luis Collazo (fighting tomorrow night on ESPN undercard) has been boxing as a pro fight since 2000. Manny Pacquiao's pro debut was in 1995.

Re: Who is the longest active boxer?

Posted: 17 Oct 2019, 20:16
by squiggy
This question reminds me of the story that at a time when trivia questions were being put on the back of baseball cards, one pitcher got the answer "12 inches" put under the question" how long is a pitcher's rubber?"

Re: Who is the longest active boxer?

Posted: 17 Oct 2019, 20:34
by lazboy
squiggy wrote: 17 Oct 2019, 20:16 This question reminds me of the story that at a time when trivia questions were being put on the back of baseball cards, one pitcher got the answer "12 inches" put under the question" how long is a pitcher's rubber?"
:lol:

Re: Who is the longest active boxer?

Posted: 17 Oct 2019, 21:02
by tiny_acres
Oliver McCall has been pro since 1985

Re: Who is the longest active boxer?

Posted: 17 Oct 2019, 21:03
by Jeff_lacy_ko
Julius long

Re: Who is the longest active boxer?

Posted: 17 Oct 2019, 21:04
by tiny_acres
Jeff_lacy_ko wrote: 17 Oct 2019, 21:03 Julius long
Turned pro in 2001

Re: Who is the longest active boxer?

Posted: 17 Oct 2019, 21:33
by gilgamesh
tiny_acres wrote: 17 Oct 2019, 21:02 Oliver McCall has been pro since 1985
I'm not sure if he's still active, but if he is he counts. I know he's fought in the last year or so, but I don't know if he plans to fight again or not.

Pacquiao is damn sure active, and I believe he started in '96 right? Or something like that.

Re: Who is the longest active boxer?

Posted: 17 Oct 2019, 22:05
by tiny_acres
gilgamesh wrote: 17 Oct 2019, 21:33
tiny_acres wrote: 17 Oct 2019, 21:02 Oliver McCall has been pro since 1985
I'm not sure if he's still active, but if he is he counts. I know he's fought in the last year or so, but I don't know if he plans to fight again or not.

Pacquiao is damn sure active, and I believe he started in '96 right? Or something like that.
He fought twice in the last 11 months last time was May of this year

Re: Who is the longest active boxer?

Posted: 17 Oct 2019, 22:06
by gilgamesh
tiny_acres wrote: 17 Oct 2019, 22:05
gilgamesh wrote: 17 Oct 2019, 21:33

I'm not sure if he's still active, but if he is he counts. I know he's fought in the last year or so, but I don't know if he plans to fight again or not.

Pacquiao is damn sure active, and I believe he started in '96 right? Or something like that.
He fought twice in the last 11 months last time was May of this year
That's active then :TU:

Re: Who is the longest active boxer?

Posted: 18 Oct 2019, 00:04
by squiggy
Yeah, McCall, good call. He made his pro debut the same year as Mike Tyson. The year that Spinks took the title from Holmes. Just frickin' ridiculous that he's still fighting.

Re: Who is the longest active boxer?

Posted: 18 Oct 2019, 03:50
by Finkel
squiggy wrote: 18 Oct 2019, 00:04 Yeah, McCall, good call. He made his pro debut the same year as Mike Tyson. The year that Spinks took the title from Holmes. Just frickin' ridiculous that he's still fighting.
His last opponent quit on his stool
So I think he will keep going

Re: Who is the longest active boxer?

Posted: 18 Oct 2019, 04:24
by jonnyyorkshu
Danny Williams 1995
Lolenga mock 1991

Re: Who is the longest active boxer?

Posted: 18 Oct 2019, 05:31
by Enlightened-One
This interesting fact clearly doesn’t answer the question posed by the thread title, but the oldest currently active boxer I’m aware of is a 65-year-old man called Gilberto Jacobs, who scored a 1st round KO during March. He made his pro debut in 1989.

I think Oliver McCall might be the longest active boxer.

Re: Who is the longest active boxer?

Posted: 18 Oct 2019, 05:51
by claudevsq
McCall has been boxing since 1985 and last fought 4 to 5 months ago. AFAIK, he is the longest active boxer of those who are still fighting, his career meanwhile spans 34 years. :TU:

Re: Who is the longest active boxer?

Posted: 18 Oct 2019, 06:33
by Paci
Wondering what that old bull is gonna do next? And also will he countine till somebody kills him or what?

Nobody will sanction him fighting against anybody with some sort of name, right?

34 years is a long time and he had loads of fights. Did find it funny that he fought a polish fighter who had beaten his son... and won but did loss the rematch.

Crazy.

Re: Who is the longest active boxer?

Posted: 18 Oct 2019, 14:53
by Jeff_lacy_ko
tiny_acres wrote: 17 Oct 2019, 21:04
Jeff_lacy_ko wrote: 17 Oct 2019, 21:03 Julius long
Turned pro in 2001
Yeah but hes super tall and his last name is long so that should count double or something

Re: Who is the longest active boxer?

Posted: 18 Oct 2019, 15:01
by tiny_acres
Jeff_lacy_ko wrote: 18 Oct 2019, 14:53
tiny_acres wrote: 17 Oct 2019, 21:04

Turned pro in 2001
Yeah but hes super tall and his last name is long so that should count double or something
:lol:
Honestly before I looked I really thought L9ng was around longer than 2001

Re: Who is the longest active boxer?

Posted: 18 Oct 2019, 16:15
by oogiebe
Oliver McCall

Re: Who is the longest active boxer?

Posted: 18 Oct 2019, 17:16
by margaret thatcher
I'm gonna say that it's Long or McCall. Depends what type of long you are after :oo

I mean, McCall has been a pro forever

But Long is long, and he's really really long. So you've got a very long Long there.

Therefore tiny and jeff split first prize, I declare it official :yay:

Re: Who is the longest active boxer?

Posted: 18 Oct 2019, 17:22
by oogiebe
margaret thatcher wrote: 18 Oct 2019, 17:16 I'm gonna say that it's Long or McCall. Depends what type of long you are after :oo

I mean, McCall has been a pro forever

But Long is long, and he's really really long. So you've got a very long Long there.

Therefore tiny and jeff split first prize, I declare it official :yay:
I haven't seen long's package to know how long he is, but I'll take your word for it. :lol:

Re: Who is the longest active boxer?

Posted: 18 Oct 2019, 17:23
by margaret thatcher
:oo

Re: Who is the longest active boxer?

Posted: 18 Oct 2019, 17:26
by Paci
:lol: :lol: :lol: