Getting into boxing at a later age.

23? Please, don't let anybody say that you're too old.

edit: just saw the part where you want to make a career of it. Well, that's a hard life with no guarantee of success, even if you have talent. So ask yourself if you are prepared for that.

...but as far as taking up training and seeing how you do and then evaluating how far you want to attempt taking it from there - don't let anyone dissuade you from starting just because you're 23. You're fine, you're still a baby. You'll get naysayers insisting the window's closed if you didn't pick it up before ****rty and don't have a full trophy case from juniors tourneys, but screw 'em.

You'll hit 30, look back, and realize "****, I should've gone for it when I was 23...atsch"

Trust me.

 

:good

 

Ah, Woosta. Been to many a fun show out there, between the Centrum & Palladium...

 

How the **** is starting at 23 starting out "late"?

If you want to box then box.

 

Yeah, I hate when people act like having exited your teens means the door is shut.

Yeah, maybe if you're setting your goals at Olympic gold medals and professional world titles in multiple weight classes, not having put on gloves before you weaned off breast milk could be considered a handicap, but otherwise...

There are many different levels of competition.

...and you don't even have to compete. You can feel it out, learn the ropes (figuratively & literally), spar a bit and decide what's right for you.

 

You can make a living, just don't expect to waltz in and become very successful right away. The odds are long to even make it on TV, let alone become a contender in the pros. So don't go in with your expectations too lofty (I mean, obviously have self-confidence and work as hard as you can and maybe with a deal of luck some good will come of it), but 23 is hardly too old and it's been done by plenty of people that age or even older.

Of course, your location matters too. In order to make a living (with regular appearances on small regional cards) there need to actually be a fair amount of them in your area. You still in New England?

 

Why? If you have the ability to box and can learn, it's possible, nothing to do with age.

 

Rife with opportunity. You're golden. :thumbsup

Plenty of club shows you could fight on across greater metro LA.


...but first things first, get your ring legs, see how you do.

 

It's never too late (OK, maybe if you're like 60+ ) and besides even if you started young there's no guarantee you'd have been some great boxer.