Too old?

[RicoNL]

The gym will tell you if you need to stop, it always does.
You sound like a "part timer" boxing is a life style for the top tier men.
Everything you do in life is part of your boxing career. What time you sleep and awake, what you eat and when you eat, your days are orchestrated around training times.
You haven't mentioned a trainer, without a good one you go no where in this sport. Your first trainer must be a teacher and have better than basic knowledge. The habits you develop early will be difficult to fix if their not right.
Your age also lends to not being able to learn quickly and retain.
The best fighter/boxers in history all started as kids and had a lot of experiences prior to your age. Your far behind the learning curve even if you retain and train hard your at a huge disadvantage.
Maybe set your goals at being an amateur competitor than go from there.
Ray

Ofcourse I have a trainer lol I train at a gym, don't know why I would mention him in the post though? Yes my first goal is an amateur competition and I don't think my ability to learn is slow I think it's the opposite. There is a guy at my gym who has been training for 10 years and he is 18 now( amateur competitions he does ), I think with one year of training 6 days a week everyday for 3 hours I can actually be better than him. If you look at it that way that is 10 years of experience beaten in one year? Of course he then will still be younger than me so I would still be behind in terms of age.

[RicoNL]

Breazeale is huge, and was a football player. That's probably why he got as far as he did in boxing. But when he stepped into the ring against AJ, a real pro with a good amateur background, he got destroyed. I don't know how much he got paid for that fight, but no amount of money is worth your health. It has to be considered that you can die in that ring.

I think its highly unlikely that you can die in the ring, you will have to have a good amateur background before you go pro and in the amateurs they put you against people of similar experience. Also there are people fighting in the ufc with 4oz gloves and even there nobody dies. If you would die in a boxing match you would actually have to be really special.

[RicoNL]

My main point is in consideration of the op wanting to consider boxing to put food on the table. I think it's too late for that, unless the guy's some kind of natural phenomenon. Breazeale got a shot because the HW division is rather weak these days. Given that the risk/reward ratio could easily favor risk, I suggest caution in choosing to start a career of getting punched in the head at 22.

Too bad maybe you are right, is going pro at the age of 26-28 too late for a boxer? Or is no amount of hardcore training from 22 till that age going to be enough in any way.
I think if you are actually good you can still have a long carreer from that age?

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I think its highly unlikely that you can die in the ring, you will have to have a good amateur background before you go pro and in the amateurs they put you against people of similar experience. Also there are people fighting in the ufc with 4oz gloves and even there nobody dies. If you would die in a boxing match you would actually have to be really special.

Again, just trying to put in perspective the relative risk of starting boxing @ 22. You're talking about 1 year of training before turning pro. There's no amateur pedigree to speak of in that scenario. Also, keep in mind, there are worse things than dying in the ring. Ask Freddie Roach. Of course, you're going to do what you want, but you did ask for opinions. Any big decision in life deserves a look at the pros and cons. I gave you some cons to think about. Good luck in whatever you choose to do in your life, young man.

[RicoNL]

Again, just trying to put in perspective the relative risk of starting boxing @ 22. You're talking about 1 year of training before turning pro. There's no amateur pedigree to speak of in that scenario. Also, keep in mind, there are worse things than dying in the ring. Ask Freddie Roach. Of course, you're going to do what you want, but you did ask for opinions. Any big decision in life deserves a look at the pros and cons. I gave you some cons to think about. Good luck in whatever you choose to do in your life, young man.

No I did not mean to go pro in 1 year, I meant to try out amateur competitions in one year and then take it from there while still training 6-7 days a week.
I'm not sure how many years of training I would need to go pro but ofcourse one year would definitely not do it. Yes I know what you mean you can get disabled for life... and thanks for the honesty

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No I did not mean to go pro in 1 year, I meant to try out amateur competitions in one year and then take it from there while still training 6-7 days a week.
I'm not sure how many years of training I would need to go pro but ofcourse one year would definitely not do it. Yes I know what you mean you can get disabled for life... and thanks for the honesty

Oh, my mistake. As long as you're mindful of the risks and approach it carefully, you should at least be able to experience enough to know if this is something that you want to do for a living. Like one poster said, you'll find out soon enough, once you get your feet wet.

[RicoNL]

Oh, my mistake. As long as you're mindful of the risks and approach it carefully, you should at least be able to experience enough to know if this is something that you want to do for a living. Like one poster said, you'll find out soon enough, once you get your feet wet.

True man! How old did you start boxing if I may ask?

[Mr.MojoRisin']

My main point is in consideration of the op wanting to consider boxing to put food on the table. I think it's too late for that, unless the guy's some kind of natural phenomenon. Breazeale got a shot because the HW division is rather weak these days. Given that the risk/reward ratio could easily favor risk, I suggest caution in choosing to start a career of getting punched in the head at 22.

I know a guy who started from scratch at 20 is and is a top amateur in the country. He trains 3 days per week and could easily turn pro. Pro's learn as well. No pro starts in the game knowing everything they will ever learn about boxing. I see the point your making but I was using Breazeale as an example for what can be accomplished in such little time with dedication, hard work and of course talent.

Also like I said the United States turns our amateurs pro too early. Just look at countries around the world. The united states boxing is more like quantity over quality when it should be the other way around.

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True man! How old did you start boxing if I may ask?

Lol! You see, my pops told me when I was 17 that I would have made a good boxer, but he said I was too old by then. I just goofed around with it a little as a result. Funny, I went to a boxing gym a few years ago & they told me you're never too old, but I think they meant as a hobby. I'm 54.

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I know a guy who started from scratch at 20 is and is a top amateur in the country. He trains 3 days per week and could easily turn pro. Pro's learn as well. No pro starts in the game knowing everything they will ever learn about boxing. I see the point your making but I was using Breazeale as an example for what can be accomplished in such little time with dedication, hard work and of course talent.

Also like I said the United States turns our amateurs pro too early. Just look at countries around the world. The united states boxing is more like quantity over quality when it should be the other way around.

True, everybody's different. If I hadn't listened to my pops, who knows? Maybe I could have been a contender, maybe he was right. I don't like getting hit though. Makes me mad. I think he was right. I was too old to start @ 17.