Are there many boxers who started age 23 and over?

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  1. cotto20

    cotto20 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Are there many?
     
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  2. JoeAverage

    JoeAverage Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Mundine.
     
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    truushot Well-Known Member Full Member

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    I started at 39. Sadly, I didn't even make it to the car, to go to the gym, as I got distracted by a rerun of Batman, featuring MILTON ****ING BERLE!!!!
     
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    truewarrior Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Why r you thinking about it? Get on it theres a guy in our gym givin it a last run and hes 30. Also Nonitos brother(Glen) is 32 and making a comeback.
     
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  5. SchweitzerMan

    SchweitzerMan Active Member Full Member

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    Larry Holmes was 23 when he turned pro
     
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  6. lastletter26

    lastletter26 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    You can find a decent amount of fighters who turn pro late but not too many champions started actually boxing late. I know i'm missing somebody out there that was a champion who started from the beginning in his 20s but I just can't think of who right now. There have been title contenders like Micheal Grant and many others but.............. I can't believe I missed this one. BERNARD THE EXECUTIONER HOPKINS. A master boxer and one of the all time greats. 23 years old fresh out of prison. HOW'S THAT FOR INSPIRATION.
     
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    DeanoFlash Boxing Addict Full Member

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    yeah buddy, you don't get any younger. Get at it!
     
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  8. cotto20

    cotto20 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Wasnt marciano 23 when he started?
     
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  9. essexboy

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    Hopkins was 23 at the time of his first pro fight.
     
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  10. JAHamilton77

    JAHamilton77 Walking Violence Full Member

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    Nate Campbell & Antonio Davis both got off to late starts
     
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  11. cotto20

    cotto20 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    who is davis?
     
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    lastletter26 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Yeah but he had just got out at 22 and started boxing.
     
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  13. J.R.

    J.R. No Mames Guey Full Member

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    No, Hopkins was actually an amateur boxer as a youngen so he was already quite famliliar with boxing even before he went to prison.
     
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  14. Savino

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    Audley Harrison and Carl Froch...or we talking about world class fighters here?
     
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  15. MagnaNasakki

    MagnaNasakki Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I know several professionals who've made a successful go of it with a late start.

    Anthony Mundine, Nate Campbell, Hasim Rahman, its very possible, and you should try it!
     
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