Notable boxers who started late

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  1. Clinton

    Clinton Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Frochie?
     
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  2. BeastsideBoxing

    BeastsideBoxing "The Thrill" Gavril Full Member

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    In the video above at 4:40 you hear the commentator saying HBO wanted one of these to fight Floyd Mayweather Jr. but he was getting 3 Mil USD and the were getting 250 K USD
     
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  3. BeastsideBoxing

    BeastsideBoxing "The Thrill" Gavril Full Member

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    Froch was 24 when he turned pro.
     
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  4. SHADOW BOX

    SHADOW BOX SHADOW BOX Full Member

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    Cuban fighters. We all know why.
     
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  5. Wenpire

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    Sergio Da Sex Martinez!
     
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  6. Furey

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    Rahman took it up when he was 20

    Wilfredo Vazquez Jr started boxing when he was 21, would have thought he'd have took it up much earlier given who his old man was!

    Bit of a tough one with Hopkins, he turned pro aged what 23/24 ? Yet he'd been in jail for 5 years previously where he took up the sport.. so really he was boxing aged 18/19.

    Similar with Foreman, he began boxing when he was 17, not sure you can really call that "late" though.
     
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  7. macalpinerules

    macalpinerules Active Member Full Member

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    What fighters actually began any form of boxing late, not just turned pro late?

    I know Sergio was already in his twenties when he first began training boxing.

    Any others?
     
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  8. MyName

    MyName Simon Adebisi Full Member

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    Nate Campbell at 24.
     
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  9. cyrax99

    cyrax99 The Greatest Full Member

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    Rahman didn't start at all until his early 20's, no prior experience.
     
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  10. jazza

    jazza Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Jess Willard
     
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  11. KO KIDD

    KO KIDD Loyal Member Full Member

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    plenty of heavies

    Mitchell, Thompson, Franklin Lawrence
     
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  12. Leonit

    Leonit Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    28-29 he was shadowboxing at work before that :)
     
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  13. MyName

    MyName Simon Adebisi Full Member

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    Yeah.

    Don't know why I remember thinking he started at 24.

    Shadowboxing atwork is how he started.Did it to fightboredom and was told he was good at it.
     
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  14. SUGAR J

    SUGAR J P4P KING Full Member

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    Bhop.

    Legend
     
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  15. PivotPunch

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    Aside from the boxers already listed Tony Thompson and Chisora. The higher your weight the easier it probably is but it's possible
     
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