Wtf is the minimum age to become a Thai prizefighter???

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  1. OpinionOfACasual

    OpinionOfACasual Boxing Addict banned Full Member

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    I suppose the problem is if you're allowed to box before your body has fully developed.....
    (Which can be anywhere from 21-30)
    What is the difference between 14? 16? 20? etc.


    It's always seemed odd to me in both the UK/US it's considered fine to have a kid, yet not Drink or Drive.
     
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  2. Sphillips

    Sphillips Active Member Full Member

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    And in the states you can buy a gun but not drink until 21,am I right?
     
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  3. OpinionOfACasual

    OpinionOfACasual Boxing Addict banned Full Member

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    Not American.....

    And I've decided to keep myself ill-informed on gun regulations as it would only increase the likelihood of engaging in political debate when i'm on holiday over there.
     
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  4. KiwiMan

    KiwiMan Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Yes, that's the key point and I agree with the thread. Throwing a 14yr old in with a 22 yr old is just stupid.
     
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  5. lewis gassed

    lewis gassed The Bronze Dosser Full Member

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    21 yes and some commie States are pushing raising smoking age to 21 as well.
    All kinds of ****ed up limits in the US
     
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  6. IntentionalButt

    IntentionalButt Guy wants to name his çock 'macho' that's ok by me

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    All Hallow's Eve in '82.
     
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  7. IntentionalButt

    IntentionalButt Guy wants to name his çock 'macho' that's ok by me

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    Like I said, the bulk of development, while not the sum total, has on average taken place by one's late teens/early twenties. Bodies continue to change and develop thereafter yes but nothing like the complete transformation during puberty from child to (young) adult.
     
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  8. Sphillips

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    The U.K’s amateur age limit is 19-40 for seniors now and has been since AIBA rules became internationally aligned.

    Isn’t the US the same? The masters division in the U.K. was a short and ill fated concept (34-40 year olds) and has been dead for at least a few years.Now it’s up to the 31st December in your 40th birthday year that you can compete.

    If you don’t fancy that,do the semi pro/proper white collar route that is becoming more and more popular.
     
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  9. IntentionalButt

    IntentionalButt Guy wants to name his çock 'macho' that's ok by me

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    Oh ****, I didn't even realize the USBA had rescinded that. I haven't bothered looking any further into the matter since it was current news back when I was first entertaining the idea of a return some years back. Cheers. My plan in light of that had been to just bypass the Ams completely, ill-advisable as that usually is.
     
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  10. IntentionalButt

    IntentionalButt Guy wants to name his çock 'macho' that's ok by me

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    Yeah, worked out fine but in this case with the guy that was eight years deeper into adulthood being 2-0 (2) and Phoob having practically zero pro experience (again, 47 seconds, just seven weeks earlier) could have potentially been jumping into the deep end without having learned properly how to swim. I don't care if you've fought once, twice or five hundred times on the unsanctioned tyke circuit, you don't hurtle into the pro game at 14 without it potentially being a disastrous and utterly avoidable tragedy.

    People can knock it right off citing Mexicans, too. Starting as young as Canelo hasn't been the norm for a full generation and like I said Mexico are outliers in that dept.
     
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  11. covetousjuice

    covetousjuice Putin did nothing wrong

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    Yeah, child boxing.

    That's awful.

    That's way worse than child sex slavery, generic child sweat shops, or just starving to death.

    Okay. I agree child boxing is a bad thing. I just think there are way worse things going on for these kids. Honestly, boxing could even be one of the more luxurious options there for them.
     
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  12. IntentionalButt

    IntentionalButt Guy wants to name his çock 'macho' that's ok by me

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    Boxing, sure. But as PROS?

    With all the baggage that goes along with that? (both in terms of physical risk and being exploited while too young to know any better, or in the absence of caring adult guardians)?
     
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  13. covetousjuice

    covetousjuice Putin did nothing wrong

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    Yes. Absolutely.
     
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  14. IntentionalButt

    IntentionalButt Guy wants to name his çock 'macho' that's ok by me

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    At fourteen.
     
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  15. covetousjuice

    covetousjuice Putin did nothing wrong

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    If the other options are prostitution, sweat shop labor, or literally starving to death?

    As a 14 year old, I'd rather box a 22 year old roughly my size, than get ****ed by a 40 year old man who's 5x my weight, riddled with got knows what diseases.

    Those are the options some of these kids are facing.
     
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