Starting late in Boxing

My mind was not even on the possibility of the OP reaching super-stardom. Not to sound like a dream killer or anything, but it's like the lottery; the chances of it happening are nearly the same whether you participate or not. I know the odds are super hard to beat but luckily I started Boxing at the age of 14 and played soccer several years before that as well as lifting since ~13. I definitely got talent but I am a realist. I'll keep gaining experience until I am maybe 25ish before I even consider going pro if everything goes well. And indeed I got a Plan B. I'm a good student luckily.

Charles Martin became heavyweight world champion.... Started at 22, should have enough to retire very comfortably after that 8.5mill pay day I think it's a good thing that it's happening for all sorts of walks of life. It's now possible to access a lot of high quality knowledge and info.. Want to be an electrician.. Painter? you don't need to have done it since the day you left school anymore. Muscle memory, automatic responses etc must take a lot to catch up though. Kind of like a person who learns to drive very late.. The autopilot mode is easy when you learn to drive early

I dont Know about NEVER. Many Boxers have retired successfully. Of course, they are the big names, but I doubt even like a Paulie Malinaggi level Boxer is gonna be on Food Stamps Any Time soon LOL. Then u go up to B.Hop, Roy Jones, Floyd level, there are plenty of Fighters who retired with Tons of Cash. Correct, I should have specified. Clearly there are success stories of individuals who can and have retired on boxing alone. How many per year are retiring their boxing income is probably astonishingly low, but it does happen. When typing that I was thinking of the pros who fight in their state/country, are gym heroes, and go on to coaching or back to whatever their other trade was. Even guys who get a few televised fights can't retire on boxing. My mind was not even on the possibility of the OP reaching super-stardom. Not to sound like a dream killer or anything, but it's like the lottery; the chances of it happening are nearly the same whether you participate or not.

There are a lot of guys that started late and had some success. It depends a lot on what skills/talents you have. I was watching the most recent PBC card last night and I was tempted to start my pro career. I could have kicked the ass of half the fighters I saw :lol1:

Well if you have a hard punch boxing will come easier and I'm pretty sure they been fighting in the streets all their lives. But if you never been in a fist fight and start boxing late you ain't going far. The main advantage of starting early is muscle memory

Well if you have a hard punch boxing will come easier and I'm pretty sure they been fighting in the streets all their lives. But if you never been in a fist fight and start boxing late you ain't going far.

I don't think people should base their future on what others have done. Whether someone else started late or early has nothing to do with your potential or success. If you want to be a successful pro-fighter, be prepared to fail. Very, very few make a living at it and those who do could never retire on it. Shoot for the stars, but make sure your plan-B is something you can be happy with.

If you hit hard then you can start as late as you want. Jason Sosa also started late and he became a world champion.