Is it too late to start training boxing seriously and have pro fights within a year or two? I'm 28.

Is it too late to start training boxing seriously and have pro fights within a year or two?

I'm 28. Very little previous fighting experience. Have been lifting/working out the last 4 years.

I can consistently devote 3-4 hours of training per week day, and all day during weekends.

I've been thinking about it the past few months but everyone around me is just being negative and saying it's too late.

I don't want to make a career out of it, just something I have a deep desire to achieve.

What do you think?

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  1. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    You can start boxing if you want to. It is never too late to do anything. But you ain't doing no pro fights in 2 years.

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      >But you ain't doing no pro fights in 2 years.
      Lol this. You ain't shit until you do atleast 5 years.

  2. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    You're not getting pro fights in that timeframe but you can 100% get into amateur fights within a year. It takes minimum about 4 years before you can even sniff near a pro fight and even then you'd have to be amazing at selling yourself and gathering the crowds. It can be done though. Definitely not impossible to achieve even starting as late as you are but it'll be one of the hardest things you'll have ever done. Also you're going to want some tomato can fighters to be in the ring with you for your first amateur and pro fights before you move up to something significant. Focus a shitload on sparring and maximize on your advantages. If you have a naturally bug gas tank then wear them down and win by points or take them out in the later rounds. If you're more of a strength and power guy then aim to be a knockout artist. If you're quick on your feet mentally then focus a lot on counter punching and out chessing your opponents. Don't try to be everything at once or peg yourself into a hole you don't fit in. You'll never make it if you do that
    t. former heavyweight boxer, retired with a good record, old and sore nowadays

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      Thanks man, that's what I wanted to hear.

      I don't intend on becoming a world champion - I just want to become good enough to be able to fight pro. Even if it's for a short time.

      So with a time frame of 4-5 years, my first pro fight I'd be well over 30. Still doable? Is there that much of a dropoff in fitness in your 30s or is that a meme?

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        >Is there that much of a dropoff in fitness in your 30s or is that a meme?
        You're quite literally in your prime you fricking moron. Go kick some ass.

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        there's really no way to know if you'll be in good shape at 33 or have gotten good enough to go pro other than actualizing it. If you're a big guy that's not old at all, in the smaller weight classes that's getting up there because speed is extremely important. Either way you can absolutely have a lot of amateur matches and maybe you go on a roll and make it somewhere, just have fun with it.

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        20-35 is a man's physical prime. You can still crack some skulls at the age you'd be going pro. Once you get past your mid 30s you're going to start slowing down but you'll be physically way stronger and by then you'll have a crazy capacity for endurance. Dad strength is a thing and older guys can still work their ass off; especially because of the mentality shift around that age. That's about the time where strategy is going to be paramount unless you're a genetic super freak

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      >t. former heavyweight boxer, retired with a good record, old and sore nowadays
      COOL

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      Never had a fight in my life, don't care to either but popped into this thread out of curiosity.
      When your adrenaline is up and your in the middle of a fight, dose getting hit even hurt all that much? Aside from liver shots which I hear are awful, it seems that fighters don't feel much until after the fight is done...

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        It hurts but it doesn't matter. Like you feel impacts, cuts and pain but the actual unpleasantness doesn't arrive until like 10-15 mins after. I had a leg clash with a dude and i felt that our shins collided but didn't realise until later than from my knee to ankle was bloody until some kid saw it and freaked out. However, i also tore a ligament in my jaw in the same fights and i fricking felt that. Couldn't close my mouth properly for like a month after

        • 1 year ago
          Anonymous

          That's adrenaline and yeah, your brain will feel all wobbly whenever you get a hit no matter how light.

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        You basically don't feel it for the first few rounds. Once you get to around round 7 you start to feel all the damage the guy your fighting did to you. It's a surreal moment when you can feel normal reality start to come back but you're only halfway done with the match

  3. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    >can you go pro within a year or 2
    abobawdely not
    >can you go pro
    its possible, and you should give it your best shot, good luck buddy

  4. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    Probably can't go pro.

    It isn't so much that you are too old, so much as that you won't be able to train enough to go pro. If you were truly an athlete, and you trained full time every day for 3 years then maybe you could go pro, but you can't.

  5. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    Whys it so hard for boxers to go "pro"?
    People can begin training muay thai twice a day, six days a week, and then start fighting amateur after a couple of months. Within a couple years they can start doing stadium fights if they have the talent.

  6. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    Its never too late to get brain damage

  7. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    Wasn't Daniel cormier like 31 when he first got into mma? Never say never bro

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      he was also an all american and olympic wrestler before that though, he just needed hands

  8. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    During weekends you better work the bag and run like hellhounds chasing you to up your cardio.

  9. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    Go for it. You can be a prominent amateur boxer, perhaps dip in to low pro area, and if you are lucky you reach high levels.

  10. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    if your already strong enough id just be doing all boxing training and very little strength training. hitting the pads, sparring and doing some running will give you the conditioning your gonna need. id go to boxing training 5 to 6 times a week but dont go all out every session. i trained for 3 years and was setup for a amateur fight but kept getting injured and had trouble getting a combat sports licence because i was over 30 and had no prior sports background

  11. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    Not too late for amatuer but never for pro.

  12. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    i started boxing in highschool to stop people from bullying me, boxing and some muay thai. I was skinny twink back then and pretty much boxing bag, worst person there i got some punches on my face but yeah most painful was those on liver spleen. I pussied out after half of year because training were too much for me, hour of running up and down the stairs can really beat shit out of you. At least i was no longer bullied cause they saw i got some muscle and i showed up in school with bruised face

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      Up and down the stairs? Really? That's moronic cardio imo, just skip some rope will ya.

  13. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    >too late to start
    No
    Find a club nearby and show up
    Expect to be ignored until you keep showing up and putting in the work (guys like you who train for a week and never come back are a frequent occurrence at any gym - prove you're worth attention by shutting up and doing, and you'll get it)
    >don't want to make a career out of it
    >have pro fights
    You will progress along the following path, reaching the height you want/can reach:
    >non-contact fitness training
    >hard drilling
    >soft sparring drills
    >soft sparring sessions
    >hard sparring sessions
    >mock fight spars
    >smokers
    >organised white collar bouts
    >master's amateur circuit
    >semipro fights
    >pro fights
    amateur, semipro & pro levels can be broken down further
    What you need to do now is immediately put all thoughts of "well I guess I want to take a couple of pro fights, just for fun you know" out of your head right now. Understand that the game is much deeper than you ever imagined, and you're being arrogant by belittling it. Men put their heart and soul into this sport, they dedicate their lives to it. It's not a game and you have no fricking clue what you're talking about.
    Set your sights lower. Start training next week, say 2-3 sessions per week, and post again six months from now if you've maintained that level.

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      Don't forget the part that there are people with no other option in life.

  14. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    i started working out regularly at 40, and 5 years later i'm genuinely amazed at what i can do. be patient tho and just do the work and expect all progress to take a long time

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