Being in the Olympics in 2012 or 2016?

[Junito-Rulez]

I did Muay Thai when i was a teenager for 2 1/2 years, 17-19( i didn't compete), and i trained MMA too but boxing is my only focus now.

[sensai]

Antonio Tarver was 27 when he competed in the Olympics. He then won his first world title at the age of 34.

All you can do is dedicate yourself and try for the best.

[Sergio Martinez]

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.

Thank you for putting him in his place.......

[Sergio Martinez]

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.

First off, I know fighters who have been boxing since a extrenly young age, but weren't any good. Most of the time it dosent matter what age you start boxing.......

Lawrence Clay Bay didnt take up boxing until the age of 25, and he made the olympics.

Ron Lyle didnt take up the sport until his mid 20's, and was captian of the USA boxing amature team.

Sergio Martinez current WBC 154 champion didnt take up boxing until the age of 20, and went to the world amature championships.

Rocky Marciano didnt take up boxing until the age of 23.

Dwight Qawi was 25.

I can name plenty more to......

[MidnightSpecial]

deontay wilder did it in three years with like 20 fights

Deontay had a few upsets in qualifying to get intoo the olympics. Not to mention he is 6'6 with a mean right

[RightCross94]

Antonio Tarver was 27 when he competed in the Olympics. He then won his first world title at the age of 34.

All you can do is dedicate yourself and try for the best.

Yeah, and about 17 years of experience before that

[RightCross94]

First off, I know fighters who have been boxing since a extrenly young age, but weren't any good. Most of the time it dosent matter what age you start boxing.......

Lawrence Clay Bay didnt take up boxing until the age of 25, and he made the olympics.

Ron Lyle didnt take up the sport until his mid 20's, and was captian of the USA boxing amature team.

Sergio Martinez current WBC 154 champion didnt take up boxing until the age of 20, and went to the world amature championships.

Rocky Marciano didnt take up boxing until the age of 23.

Dwight Qawi was 25.

I can name plenty more to......

Chances are if a fighter starts reasonably young (say before 15 or so), and they stick with it into adulthood, they are very good. Bad fighters don't stick around for long.

Usually it does matter what age you start boxing.

All the people you named are exceptions. I didn't say it was impossible, just unlikely and it takes lots of ability and hard work.

[RightCross94]

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.

That's not really helpful for a guy starting out. While all those fighters are great, the stuff they are doing is advanced and they've been at it for years to get to the level where they can do that stuff. Also they have the experience and ability to break a lot of rules someone whos starting out needs to follow.

[mod]

We filipinos don't believe in the olympics. Only the Congressmen and corrupt bureauc**** watch the olympics. We don't like the Olympics because they cheated before. Find about Onyok Velasco (Boxing)

[I3C727]

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.

Is english your first language?