what age do you guys reckon is best to start boxing?

[makaveli_uk]

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

[sukhenkoy]

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.

[CUBASERE]

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.

[potatoes]

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.