Best fighters who started boxing late.

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  1. ishy

    ishy Loyal Member Full Member

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    Nate Campbell at 25/26 or something.
     
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  2. Jimbob

    Jimbob Active Member Full Member

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    Ola Afolabi had no amateur experience and had his first pro fight at about 22 i believe. He could now win a world title after beating Maccarinelli.
     
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  3. catasyou

    catasyou Lucian Bute Full Member

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    Antonio Tarver
    Nate Campbell
    Leonard Dorin
    Adonis Stevenson
    Jess Willard
     
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  4. Tom_Tocca

    Tom_Tocca The Provider Full Member

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    ???

    Tarver and Willard clearly had some amateur experience...starting at 14-15 isn't that late...
     
    Tom_Tocca, Apr 16, 2009
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  5. BlueApollo

    BlueApollo Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Well, come on now. 50 fights don't exactly make a "storied" amateur career, and he obviously wasn't the fighter yet that he would go on to become.

    There are shades of green. He wasn't Reid against Trinidad green, but he was green.
     
    BlueApollo, Apr 16, 2009
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  6. TommyV

    TommyV Loyal Member banned

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    Nate Campbell didn't even start as an amateur until he was 24. Turned pro when he was 28.

    Cristian Mijares had no amateur career.
     
    TommyV, Apr 16, 2009
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  7. ConcretePete

    ConcretePete Active Member Full Member

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    Tarver had alot of amateur experience and fought Roy when he was real young. Then when he was in his teens he gave up boxing and got involved in drugs, then when he saw Roy at the olympics he started boxing again, or so the story goes. Martin Rogan is a good one, only put gloves on for the first time at 28, I believe Tony Thompson started around the same age.
     
    ConcretePete, Apr 16, 2009
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  8. BlueApollo

    BlueApollo Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    What's going on with the Bonsante killer lately?
     
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  9. catasyou

    catasyou Lucian Bute Full Member

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    I'm talking about pros.
    Tarver started at 29
    Willard turned pro at 30.
     
    catasyou, Apr 16, 2009
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  10. catasyou

    catasyou Lucian Bute Full Member

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    Nothing,but that's his problem.
     
    catasyou, Apr 16, 2009
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  11. pit

    pit Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    yes exactly, this blows the whole myth away that Hopkins had no experience when he first faced Rjj.
     
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  12. pit

    pit Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    he had over 50 fights, and regardless if he only had 50 after 10 amateur, fighter are matched up with stiff comp, 50 fighter is more then enough to season a fighter.
     
    pit, Apr 16, 2009
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  13. BlueApollo

    BlueApollo Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    A better argument when looking at this matchup is that neither one was very experienced yet as a pro. Wasn't it the first world title fight for them both?

    Roy didn't beat a very seasoned Hopkins, and Hopkins didn't lose to a very seasoned Jones.
     
    BlueApollo, Apr 16, 2009
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  14. pit

    pit Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    In other words, they were on equal terms.
     
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  15. bill poster

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    Dennis Andries
     
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