Being in the Olympics in 2012 or 2016?

[Junito-Rulez]

It may look ****** but i started boxing in March, i'm gonna soon make my official amateur debut and i wondered if it was too late to make it to the Olympics. I'm 20 years old and i train 12 hours, 4 times a week. I do run or lift weights the other days.
My goal is to be in the olympics in 2016(more realistic)to get a belt somwhere in my 29, 30.
Is it still possible? I don't wanna kill myself to make 141, so i'm gonna stay at 152.
I never achieved anything big before but if an armless and legless wrestler succeeded, i guess anybody who believe can achieve.

[TheNegation]

Being on an Olympic Team takes an extreme amount of dedication and skill....Like it's going to be your life.

[Sergio Martinez]

Well your most certainly no to old. Thats for sure. You will have to be 110% dedicated and focused on boxing if you want to make the Olympics, and even then you it isnt fact you will make it, but as the old saying goes, those who dare to be great.

But I think you're looking to far ahead, just get your first few amatures fights out the way and see how good you are, and see how you will react and take to boxing.

[Sergio Martinez]

If you're serious about boxing and you want to go far in the sport. The best advice I can give is.....

-Stay Dedicated.

-Don't Drink, Smoke, Or Do Any Drugs.

-Eat as little Junk Food as possible if any and don't touch suger or fizzy drinks. Stick to water, and green tea.

-Stick to the one women, or try and stay away from women most of the time.

-Study vintage fight tapes, of the likes of Archie Moore, Ezzard Charles, Marciano, Julio Chavez, Pernell Whitaker, Joe Louis, etc. You will pick up alot from fighters such as these.

-Be a gym rat, and be in the gym as much as possible. Always practasing techinuqes and always trying to improve.

-Try and go to places were you will get some good and world class sparring. This will also help you improve.

-And be mentalliy strong and don't give in when things get hard.

That's the best advice I can give to any fighter coming up in the ranks.

[peewee1460]

deontay wilder did it in three years with like 20 fights

[Del Coqui]

It may look ****** but i started boxing in March, i'm gonna soon make my official amateur debut and i wondered if it was too late to make it to the Olympics. I'm 20 years old and i train 12 hours, 4 times a week. I do run or lift weights the other days.
My goal is to be in the olympics in 2016(more realistic)to get a belt somwhere in my 29, 30.
Is it still possible? I don't wanna kill myself to make 141, so i'm gonna stay at 152.
I never achieved anything big before but if an armless and legless wrestler succeeded, i guess anybody who believe can achieve.

i hope thats a typo....

yes you can make it. I know a swimmer who did in exactly that, 4 yrs which is a lot harder.

[Junito-Rulez]

i hope thats a typo....

yes you can make it. I know a swimmer who did in exactly that, 4 yrs which is a lot harder.

lol yes it is, i meant 4 x 3 = 12, not 4 x 12.

[kryo]

If you're serious about boxing and you want to go far in the sport. The best advice I can give is.....

-Stay Dedicated.

-Don't Drink, Smoke, Or Do Any Drugs.

-Eat as little Junk Food as possible if any and don't touch suger or fizzy drinks. Stick to water, and green tea.

-Stick to the one women, or try and stay away from women most of the time.

-Study vintage fight tapes, of the likes of Archie Moore, Ezzard Charles, Marciano, Julio Chavez, Pernell Whitaker, Joe Louis, etc. You will pick up alot from fighters such as these.

-Be a gym rat, and be in the gym as much as possible. Always practasing techinuqes and always trying to improve.

-Try and go to places were you will get some good and world class sparring. This will also help you improve.

-And be mentalliy strong and don't give in when things get hard.

That's the best advice I can give to any fighter coming up in the ranks.

Women have nothing to do with becoming a boxer. As long as you remain diligent with your training, you could be ****ing as many women as possible and it wouldn't effect a damn thing. Also, I agree with staying away from alcohol and nicotine, but that isn't always practical.. especially if you're in your upper teens to mid-twenties. A random night of drinking (as long as you don't plan on training the next day) is not going to cause enough harm to hinder you in anyway (unless of course you hurt yourself while drunk!). Everything else you said is pretty spot on, though.

[Del Coqui]

Women have nothing to do with becoming a boxer. As long as you remain diligent with your training, you could be ****ing as many women as possible and it wouldn't effect a damn thing. Also, I agree with staying away from alcohol and nicotine, but that isn't always practical.. especially if you're in your upper teens to mid-twenties. A random night of drinking (as long as you don't plan on training the next day) is not going to cause enough harm to hinder you in anyway (unless of course you hurt yourself while drunk!). Everything else you said is pretty spot on, though.

That's crazy....... of course you can lose your focus ****ing around with women and your random alcohol night. Its just asking for trouble. Guy has 4 yrs and is new to boxing he has a LOT of catching up to do and has to be 100% focus to see his goals.

[RightCross94]

Well I don't think you will make the 2012 olympics, and making the 2016 olympics will be even tougher. Not saying 2016 can't be done, but it you would have to be exceedingly talented and work extremely hard.

Remember to make the Olympic team in 2016, you will compete for the spot with guys who have boxed since they were knee high, kids who may have been fighting from as young as 8 years old and racked up 100+ fights. And 152 is a pretty thick division too, lot of guys around that weight. Most of them will have started as teenagers at the latest.

I'm fighting at a big tournament in about 4 weeks, and I'm going to have to be on form and work hard to do well there, because I've only had 8 fights (plus a few exhibitions) and I'll probably have to beat kids who've had 20 or 30 fights. Tough, but definitely do able. But see that hurdle is absolutely nothing compared to starting as an adult and trying to qualify for an olympics only 6-7 years later, when most of the guys going for that olympics are about my age now, and have already been competing a few years.

Just start fighting and go for it. Work hard and make sacrifices. If you are good enough, it might happen.