Do you think starting at 20 years old is too late?

[KING 2K10]

20 is not too old..Just dont rush into it though..Take your time to learn and master it,get some amateur fights under your belt and then turn pro in about 2 or 3 years..The worst thing you could do though is get in a big hurry to turn pro and when you get there, get crushed by more experienced opponents

[Thread Stealer]

Oh, I did not know that. No one really ever talks about him in his younger days, I guess the commentators don't like the mentioning of the prison thing- hurts marketability I guess.

Hopkins reported had 99 amateur fights (95 wins), I think all were when he was a kid, before he went to prison. Hopkins talked about it in the Beyond the Glory documentary. When he went to prison, they had a boxing program, so he got the desire back to box and started taking better care of his body.

[Dye]

Hi,

I started boxing this week after one year of Kickboxing because boxing is really my favourite sport. I thought the fact that i had better hands than my sparring partners in Kickboxing was gonna help me. I was wrong BIG time.

Yesterday, I trained boxing with a pro and he almost knocked me out several times, that was a painful but great experience. Now i'm really eager to learn and i want to become, at least, as good as the pro who did beat me up.

Do you think starting boxing at 20 years old make my dreams of being a good professional( who wins a lot of money) impossible ?

Are there good boxers who really started at 20years old or more ? ( Not Tarver, he had a great amateur career).

If you Have Talent And Train VERY Hard. Then you can still be something Special. The Will Has To Be Stronger Than The Skill.

[Mayorga-Rules]

By training very hard, do you think that could be good in a week:
- 10 hours of boxing
- 4 hours and a half of Gracie Jiu Jitsu( that helps for my cardio, i do it to have fun; and if pro boxing doesn't work, maybe MMA..., lol)
- 3 hours of running( 1 hour sunday, 1 hour saturday, 1 hour Tuesday) with high coasts.
- 5 hours ( 1 every day, exept the week ends) of Fitness. I mean weight liftings, push ups, abds, and flexibility training.

[ORANGEY]

I reckon if your gonna start boxing late its important to learn to box smart, also there aint nothin wrong with doing it for the money. money can be highly motivational to some,(especially if you come from a broke background)

[vein]

i strated boxing when i was 16 trained for 3months got 3 am fights then i went to college and stopped boxing now im 23 strated training again for 2months now and have 2 am fights and my next fight is 2weeks from now.

[RichGriff]

it would be ignorant to say that twenty is too late some people go pro in there thirties.... a guy at my gym went pro last year and he was 41.... never too late... you never know it just might be something that clicks for you