Which boxers started out late but made it?

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  1. The Icon

    The Icon P4P King Full Member

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    When I say made it, I mean that they became world champion and well known. So which are some boxers that started out late that you know?
     
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    cupid LONDONER Full Member

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    Nate and casamayor come to mind
     
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    The Icon P4P King Full Member

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    When did they start?
     
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  4. safc1990

    safc1990 Goodbye Bolo :( Full Member

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    Nate's the man who came to mind here, didn't he not start boxing until he was 25 or something like that?
     
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    servo Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Marciano was mid-20's i think when he started boxing professionally.
     
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  6. ramalinga

    ramalinga Well-Known Member Full Member

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    24 to be exact, with four amateur fights.

    Although Tony Thompson will never be a champion, I admire a guy who takes up boxing at 27, without even having been a competitive athlete in another sport before, and give the HW champ of the world a good fight for a few rounds. Thompson probably landed more punches on Wlad than anyone before, including the guys who beat him.
     
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    The Icon P4P King Full Member

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    He turned pro at 27, or he first went to a gym a 27?
     
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    TheJuggernaut Hitchslap Full Member

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    Wasnt Tarver late into his 20's when he started?
     
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    zulander Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Tarver
    Woods
    Froch
    Skelton
     
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    cupid LONDONER Full Member

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    nate 28
    casa 25
     
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    teeto Obsessed with Boxing banned

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    I might come across like i'm trying to be a smart ass here but i'm not. Yoko Gushiken i think started his career quite late, if anyone can be arsed looking him up on youtube, one of the best fighters i've ever seen. So shocked when i looked him up.
     
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    m8te Oh you ain't know? Full Member

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    qawi
     
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  13. richie leon

    richie leon Boxing Addict Full Member

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    He was i believe 28 when he started as a pro, but he was already a pretty high-level amateur as a kid. Actually the first ever Tarver-Roy Jones fight was when they were both 13 or 14-year old amateurs (Jones won).
     
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    radab Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Clinton Woods i think
     
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  15. BigBone

    BigBone Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Rigo is next to make it. He started at 28.
     
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