How long is the average career span of a professional boxer?

I would say it lasts as long as Matthew Hatton let's it go.
He decides when boxers retire with his left hooks.

 

It depends on the individual, Alot of fighters are shot by 27 others last far longer.

 

Really too hard to say, fighters can be toatally shot in there early 20's or they can continue to defie father time eg B-Hop average id say would be around the age of 30-32

 

I'm not sure who can tell you this because it depends on the indvidual fighter. Some pro's only last a couple years and get out, while others last ridiculously long like as much as 20 years or more.

If you want a mathematical average I suggest you pick out 100 random fighters on boxrec and figure it out. I can't be bothered with that **** so good luck to you.

 

Check out some of the old time fighters records.

 

Among elite boxers, I've notice most of them retire between 30 to 50 fights, and perhaps more specifically between 35 to 45 fights. Very few go beyond 50, and I can only think of a few boxers in today's generation fighting over 60 fights. Marco Antonio Barrera has over 60 fights.

 

I think its between 35-55 fights in this time period.....some guys have no amatuer carear, and so they will have many more pro fights....then you will have guys who had long amateur carears, and those guys usually end up with 30-45 fights...

 

yes, but you know the ones with no amatuer career don't go as far as the ones with solid amateur fights. i think a fighter should have between 150-200 amateur fights,and that should make them very experienced but not burnt out. no more than 200. i always think about what clint eastwood said in million dollar baby, you can't just wake up one day and say you want to be a ballerina, and you can't just wake up one day and be a pro fighter.

 

I have been told since I was a kid that bangers, maulers, sluggers whatever you call them have a very short career. Slick fighters such as Pep, Ali, Moore have a much longer lifespan due to the fact that they don't take so many head shots. Marciano was smart and left the game before he started his sharp decline which would have come soon if he kept fighting.

Recently I have seen several very good fighters fall apart at a relatively early age. Taylor, Hatton, Adrade and Baby Bull Diaz. All of these guys were awesome early on but simply were too eager to take shots to give them.

I would be a mauler since I hit hard, I can take a shot but I am not fast enough to outbox a good slick fighter. My Dad noticed this early on and steered me away from boxing. Maybe this is why I have always been a fan of fighters with this style. Guys who did not have the best skills but made up for it with pure grit. Guys who didn't give up on their dream at a young age and actually became great champions.

Time to open another beer.

 

Here's a random sampling. Some of these guys made some rather misguided attempts at a "comeback" after YEARS out of the ring. I'm exluding those fights.

Alexis Arguello: August 1968 - February 1982. 88 fights over 14 years.

Tommy Hearns: November 1977 - April 2000. 65 fights over 23 years.

Danny "Little Red" Lopez: May 1971 - June 1980. 47 fights over 9 years.

Bronco McKart: July 1992 - December 2008. 61 fights over 16 years.

Ruben Olivares: January 1965 - March 1988. 104 fights over 23 years.

Yori Boy Campas: July 1987 - October 2009. 108 fights over 21 years.

Andy Gannigan: May 1972 - June 1983. 39 fights over 11 years.

These are just random fighters I pulled up as the names popped into my head. The numbers are all over the map.

 

The average span of a boxing career is less than 20 fights. There are a ton of guys that come into boxing off the street with no experience, they turn pro(thinking that street fighting is the same as boxing) and get their asses handed to them by someone that knows what they are doing and they immediately retire.

 

Ask Evander he's about spot on average

 

it's safe to say it's about 10 years on average. but you get freaks or journeymen who continue onwards passed 15 and even 20.