best age to start boxing/when you started

[F l i c k e r]

I gotta agree with J's best fighter theory.

Personally, I started kyokushin karate(combat activity) before I was in pre-school(3-4 ish). Since then I have been all over the place. Never have considered myself a western "boxer" though.

Always a martial artist before anything else.

[j]

I gotta agree with J's best fighter theory.

Personally, I started kyokushin karate(combat activity) before I was in pre-school(3-4 ish). Since then I have been all over the place. Never have considered myself a western "boxer" though.

Always a martial artist before anything else.

thanks man. i think it is a general attitude amongst all fighters.

yeah, i too started karate before i was in 3rd grade. and lemme say it helped formed me into not being afraid of physical contact and also had a big part of being physically disciplined.

i eventually graduated to chinese boxing. and the previous sparring and learning kicks and punches as a kid helped me a lot. of course by that time, i had gotten into many fights, tested what worked better, and developed a fighter's mentality.

me too - always a martial artists before anything.

hey, i'll PM in a minute.

[Leakbeak]

I started @ 28....I wish I would have started when I was 15.....back then my parents wouldnt let me because I got in too many fights as it was....And they were right in doing so....Now that I am older I have far more discipline than when I was younger and I will make the most of my training noe...I also am taking it much more serious....

Don't know about that mate. Martial arts and boxing kept me out of trouble and stopped me from looking for fights in the street! Nowadays I know it is too easy and I'm more worried about hurting them and it they will deffo hold your training against you in court. I know someone who knocked someone out and they died so they got 2 years for manslaughter after initially being charged for murder. Eventually they got their name and record cleared in High court after numerous appeals, but had served their sentence by then!!!