Why can't everyone become a Boxing Champion?

[Hannibal Barca]

I don't think the age you start boxing always matters. Look at Sergio Martinez and Mike Tyson for example.

[SpecialOne]

i think 12/13 is the perfect age for starting boxing

but if u can definitely start alot older and alot younger

[jonesy]

To be honest i was like that when i started boxing but i feel that i have some quit in me. I mean i have a lot of depressions and suicidal thoughts. Plus i'm not very confident.
I just lost a fight i was winning because i lost my composure and got DQ'd.


I think a confident talentless hardworker can go pretty far in this game.

You're very Wrong. Just be careful before you get hurt real bad. Only then will you change your opinion.

[Squirrel]

SO many factors to take into account; natural talent, how much you put in, the right management, the right luck in your fights, the right luck compared to your peers etc.

there may be countless prodgies out there who never take up the sport cause there's no gym to go to, countless more may be in the gyms but not being spotted or not competing, countless people may be competing but just not having the luck on the day or being beaten by people who will go nowhere in the sport but jsut have a stylistic advantage over you.

Look at Tyson - pure, raw talent combined with (in the early days) and insane amount of work. Then look at Froch; he took up the game late, has no real like for the sport, and isn't exactly the most talented out there; but he has drive, heart and great work ethic.

So many things to take into account; just comes down to whats available to you, how you use it, sheer luck etc.

[jonesy]

So many people train their asses off but never end up a champion. Why is this? Do elite boxers just train out of this world? Is it because they started younger? or is it because they were destined and born to box?

Dude life experience should answer this question.

Why cant anybody do anything?? PLEASE THINK!!

[Hi-Dro]

not everyone has the same heart, skill, or experience

[brooklyn33]

because people have full-time jobs.....!!!!!

Yeah, there is a such thing called having a full-time job and everyone doesnt have the stomach for getting hit.

[NChristo]

What everyone else has said and the fact that not everyone is willing to take punches to the head for a career when they can get another job which is much easier, you need to have the heart and passion for the sport.