Too old?

[RicoNL]

What do you guys think? Is 22 years old too late to train for professional boxing? I mean making a living out of it and going really far?
If you train really hard and dedicate yourself too it every week?

Like start amateur matches at 23 and then take it from there?

[BG_Knocc_Out]

Never too late, but also don't get ahead of yourself. Fight amateur and see if it's right for you.

[Mr.MojoRisin']

Never too late. I know a guy who won a National Golden Gloves title at 22 and he started boxing around 20-21. You can do alot in a little bit of time if you're smart and dedicated. Look at Dominic Breazeale, from the time he first stepped into a gym until he went to the OLYMPICS he boxed for 1.5 years. He just got a title shot. Anything is possible and you are only 22. You haven't even reached your prime yet. You have been boxing for a while right? So you are way ahead of everyone. Get a good team around you and do some things at the amateur level to get noticed. Start with winning a national golden gloves title in 2017.

[RicoNL]

Never too late. I know a guy who won a National Golden Gloves title at 22 and he started boxing around 20-21. You can do alot in a little bit of time if you're smart and dedicated. Look at Dominic Breazeale, from the time he first stepped into a gym until he went to the OLYMPICS he boxed for 1.5 years. He just got a title shot. Anything is possible and you are only 22. You haven't even reached your prime yet. You have been boxing for a while right? So you are way ahead of everyone. Get a good team around you and do some things at the amateur level to get noticed. Start with winning a national golden gloves title in 2017.

I have been boxing from 15-16 one year like 2/3 times a week, and now I have started again and have been boxing for like 4 months 4 times a week. Right now I'm sick something serious so I can't go boxing but in August I can start again so I can't box for a whole month. In september I become 22 but soon I will join a gym where I can box everyday for more than 2 hours. It's just that online you see everything older than 20 is really late for boxing and it's irritating me. Some people at my gym said I have talent though and the people I sparred with didn't believe that I only trained for 2/3 months.

[Mr.MojoRisin']

I have been boxing from 15-16 one year like 2/3 times a week, and now I have started again and have been boxing for like 4 months 4 times a week. Right now I'm sick something serious so I can't go boxing but in August I can start again so I can't box for a whole month. In september I become 22 but soon I will join a gym where I can box everyday for more than 2 hours. It's just that online you see everything older than 20 is really late for boxing and it's irritating me. Some people at my gym said I have talent though and the people I sparred with didn't believe that I only trained for 2/3 months.

I too was under the impression that anything past 20-22 was too old to start boxing but that isn't the case in reality. I was talking to a boxing manager for a really good welterweight and he was telling me that we turn our fighters pro too early. It makes sense really. Look at who dominates the divisions Lomachenko, Rigondeaux, Golovkin, Barthelemy, Lara, as well as prospects like Beterbiev who is a top contender at Light heavy in only 10 fights. They all started late by USA standards but were top amateurs and are now world champs.

But the downside is that USABoxing has ruined amateur boxing for the usa. It is very political and the best guys don't fight in the olympics and big tournaments.

If you have talent exploit it as much as you can. Screw being humble, be a pain in peoples ass until they give you a chance. I learned that relatively recently. Nobody wants to give anyone a chance in this world so you have to force people and take it.

[BuakawBanchamek]

I have been boxing from 15-16 one year like 2/3 times a week, and now I have started again and have been boxing for like 4 months 4 times a week. Right now I'm sick something serious so I can't go boxing but in August I can start again so I can't box for a whole month. In september I become 22 but soon I will join a gym where I can box everyday for more than 2 hours. It's just that online you see everything older than 20 is really late for boxing and it's irritating me. Some people at my gym said I have talent though and the people I sparred with didn't believe that I only trained for 2/3 months.

Its kinda true but I dont want to discourage you!

Keep that in mind you have now maybe 1 ( since only 2/3 times a week) experience and wanting to be pro, a good pro is hard cause your opponents gonna be guys who faught since they were 10 or even younger which means they have a 10-15 years exp advantage.

So you definitly are handicapped.

And also you will likely face injury more often which is gonna throw you months back.

So what do you think who wins a guy with 5 years experience vs a guy with 15-18 years experience, despite talent.

[Ray Corso]

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

[SUBZER0ED]

Never too late. I know a guy who won a National Golden Gloves title at 22 and he started boxing around 20-21. You can do alot in a little bit of time if you're smart and dedicated. Look at Dominic Breazeale, from the time he first stepped into a gym until he went to the OLYMPICS he boxed for 1.5 years. He just got a title shot. Anything is possible and you are only 22. You haven't even reached your prime yet. You have been boxing for a while right? So you are way ahead of everyone. Get a good team around you and do some things at the amateur level to get noticed. Start with winning a national golden gloves title in 2017.

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.

[Mr.MojoRisin']

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.

Size doesn't mean that much at the Olympic level where guys are semi pro ready to fight top level fighters. You aren't going to die in an amateur boxing match lets be real and anything can happen in a pro match no matter how much experience you have. I was using breazeale as an example of what can be accomplished in such little time. No matter what supposed advantages a fighter has that's a hell of an accomplishment.

[SUBZER0ED]

Size doesn't mean that much at the Olympic level where guys are semi pro ready to fight top level fighters. You aren't going to die in an amateur boxing match lets be real and anything can happen in a pro match no matter how much experience you have. I was using breazeale as an example of what can be accomplished in such little time. No matter what supposed advantages a fighter has that's a hell of an accomplishment.

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.