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

They are the best in the world at what they do.

 

Some amateur boxers have a hundred or so fights by then. Guys like Roy Jones Jr, Andre Ward, and Floyd Mayweather started when they were 5 or 6. Pacquiao had something like 60 amateur fights and then turned pro at 16. Wilfred Benitez turned pro at 15 and beat an ATG for a title at 17. That's about on track for a Thai. He burned out early too. Whitaker started boxing at 9 and got over 200 amateur fights in by 20 when he turned pro. That's the usual way Muay Thai fighters do it. I don't think they match them with adults right away. They just don't have separate amateur and professional divisions.

 

I agree it's wrong and barbaric. Especially not having an age range. 14 year old fighting a 22 year old is madness.

There isn't that much difference between a 14 year old fighting pro and most top level professionals in the world today having fought in the amateur circuit and sparred in the gym since they were almost half that age. I don't think there should be youth amateur circuits for 10 year olds so, hey, I try to be consistent here. Can't have it both ways.

 

Why are mods allowed to bypass the filtering of banned words routinely on this forum, over and over again, but when I did it twice in a two day span I got banned for 2 weeks and cited for "banned words are banned, do NOT manipulate text to get around the filter..."? Just curious but hey that's cool.

 

It doesn't mean he won't eat. It means he'll be channeled into prostitution. Thailand, bro. Thailand.

 

yeah, its pretty common, given whats involved. my condemnation isnt born out of a moralistic outrage, its from a view of what is best for all, not just within the group in question, but us all, both as willing participants and silent bystanders.

 

Wasn’t ellerbe a underaged Thai prostitute for a few years before he became a teen??

 

Buakaw Banchamek started when he was 8. Dude was a Manny Pacquiao type beast until he was about 32. He's still fighting at 36 even though he's only ranked the number 5 lightweight in the world.

 

then it becomes a question of whats worse, a victim of a child predator or a human dog fighter. a question of which, if any, would you support to avoid the other?
im not offering any solutions, just pointing out the working reality of the situation.

 

Don't like 22 kids die every year from playing pop warner football?

 

what i see different in that, is that the responsibility for any abuse, if it exists, rests a lot closer to home and not spread out among my neighbors who are also profiteering from any possible abuse.

 

I had so much fun at rifle camp when I was 5. I got in trouble for screwing around on the archery range, so they took away my bow, but I was like "**** it, I'll just go shoot .22s."

 

They had three more years of experience than their competitors. That's why Jones, Mayweather, etc had to start as children. If you take up boxing at 18 you fight like Wilder if you're lucky.