what age do you think is best to start? and what age did everyone else start at? i started at 12 personally but wish id started at 10 or earlier....

what age do you think is best to start? and what age did everyone else start at? i started at 12 personally but wish id started at 10 or earlier....

i was talking to my trainer about this same topic, because i was telling him that i wish i started earlier (Currently 20)... But he says that I'm at the perfect age and got enough time. He even went and said that even if I was 23 and started boxing I would still have enough time to do well in the sport. Then I told him that wouldn't starting at an early age would have been better. He just said.. "well if you start young what you get down is the discipline and the routine and the love for the sport, but from my experience, i seen the older guys (18-24) pick it up faster (as far as techniques). i really can't explain why because i thought that you would pick it up faster at a younger age, but from my experience, thats not the case."

im 15 and wish id started at 11. although, at 11 i wouldnt have been emotionally mature enough to do it. and last year (14) i wouldnt have been fit enough

i was talking to my trainer about this same topic, because i was telling him that i wish i started earlier (Currently 20)... But he says that I'm at the perfect age and got enough time. He even went and said that even if I was 23 and started boxing I would still have enough time to do well in the sport. Then I told him that wouldn't starting at an early age would have been better. He just said.. "well if you start young what you get down is the discipline and the routine and the love for the sport, but from my experience, i seen the older guys (18-24) pick it up faster (as far as techniques). i really can't explain why because i thought that you would pick it up faster at a younger age, but from my experience, thats not the case."



The idiosyncratic experience of one person is not a reliable guide to draw any conclusions. With a bit of research you will find that 99.9% of the top players in any sport got started when they were young. There is no reason to believe that boxing is any different.

Very often you will find that some older guys who have good coordination will pick up the techniques of boxing relatively quickly. However, looking good in the gym is not the same as performing well against a real opponent, especially if he is young and hungry.

The idiosyncratic experience of one person is not a reliable guide to draw any conclusions. With a bit of research you will find that 99.9% of the top players in any sport got started when they were young. There is no reason to believe that boxing is any different.

Very often you will find that some older guys who have good coordination will pick up the techniques of boxing relatively quickly. However, looking good in the gym is not the same as performing well against a real opponent, especially if he is young and hungry.

Totally agree there i been boxing a year and im 20 now just turned but havent had a fight yet.
I think it matters how much u want it and on the person not the age.
Age doesnt matter to much enless u with a guy as gifted as mayweather lol but stil there are ways around beating gifted fighters that have started from a young age.

it is good to learn some self defense at a very early age. some training too. i think any form of really serious training is better to be started around the early to mid teen years, increasing in seriousness as a person ages.

i started martial arts with light contact sparring when i was six.

I've been boxing seriously since I was roughly 8, and am currently 23. But I was down the gym years before that as a kid farting around and doing silly stuff.

I was also taking Karate around the age of 3 or 4, which I did till I was about 9.

I also played Football and did some wrestling.

IMO the earlier you start the better. More experience is always a plus.

I would say 7 or 8! im 15 and i started when i was 14 and im wishing i started earlier!

I know a few boxers, tony robinson and nate campbell etc, both top 10 boxers in there respective division who didn't start boxing to a late age.. think 28ish with very little amateur experience. They lost a handful of fights but they are top 10 fighters and ones a 3 time world champ. I'm sure there are many fighters like them... oh and carlos maussa started at 28 to. (former wba champ).

The older you are, you take it more seriously, learn faster.. when i was young, i was just trying to punch the punch bag as hard as I can.. now i'm older, i'm focussing on boxing as a sport rather than a knockout contest.

Totally agree there i been boxing a year and im 20 now just turned but havent had a fight yet.
I think it matters how much u want it and on the person not the age.
Age doesnt matter to much enless u with a guy as gifted as mayweather lol but stil there are ways around beating gifted fighters that have started from a young age.


Rocky Marciano did alright and he started later than you. Marciano was a fanatic about training. Are you prepared to make that sacrifice?

I'm 15 but done kickboxing for maybe 2 years from about 11-13 then started boxing just the jan gone.

I think it is also important how you go about starting at an early age. I know that back in the Soviet Union, if you signed up for a sport, say, football (soccer) at an early age, you were taught technique at a very early age, and the level of discipline in the academies didn't allow for fooling around and messing about.

Basically, you can start a sport - say, boxing - at an early age, and do it just for fun and slowly pick up technique along the way. Or, you can start at 18, be fully prepared (both mentally and physically), and could achieve more by the age of 25 than someone who started at the age of 10 and messed about in the gym.

That being said, I think that if a young kid was very committed to the sport, and had a serious trainer, he would probably achieve more by the age of 25 than someone who started at 20.

With proper training and disclipline, I would say the best age is about 10 years old.

what age do you think is best to start? and what age did everyone else start at? i started at 12 personally but wish id started at 10 or earlier....

I started at 8 and stop at 14. and im 16 now....

Yan Barthelemy started at 12 too and he was olympic and world champion, and Guillermo Rigondeaux started at 15 and he is 2 time world champion and 2 time olympic champion.

I started at 8 and stop at 14. and im 16 now....

Yan Barthelemy started at 12 too and he was olympic and world champion, and Guillermo Rigondeaux started at 15 and he is 2 time world champion and 2 time olympic champion.


Mike Tyson started when he was 12 but he couldn't make the Olympic team. There are a lot of factors that go into producing a champion. Starting at the right age is only one of them.