Age Boxers Started training.............

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  1. White Tiger

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    Naseem Hamed was 7 years old when Brendan Ingle discovered him.

    Nigel Benn was 17 years old when he started training in the Army.

    Colin Jones was 9 years old when Gareth Bevan opened up a boxing shed and he started traning there the first day.

    Chris Eubank was about 14 years old.

    Enzo Maccarinelli - first hit the gym at a amazing 2 years old !!!!! :shock::shock::shock::shock:

    Gerald McCllellan was about 10 years old when he started doing 1000 press ups a day to develop his awesome punch power.
     
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  2. MagicMan91

    MagicMan91 The Main Event Mafia Full Member

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    Rahman was 20
    Malignaggi was 17
    Martinez was 19, took it seriously at 21

    British theme or just in general?
     
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  3. White Tiger

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    Any boxer - UK or USA - anywhere.

    I heard Floyd Mayweather Jnr started training in his nappies.

    Roy Jones Jnr was about 5 years old when his father started beating him up with metal pipes and throw him in the florida sea to the sharks to toughen him up.
     
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  4. LP_1985

    LP_1985 JMM beat Pac-Man 3 Times Full Member

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    :lol::lol::lol:
     
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  5. moorser

    moorser Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    boxing is a sport were you dont have to pick it up as a child to make it big although it helps
     
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  6. icemax

    icemax Indian Red Full Member

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    :good Obviously, the more naturally gifted you are the later you can start
     
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  7. White Tiger

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    :lol::lol::lol:

    Roy Jones Snrs logic

    "There you go little Roy - jump in there - it will make you that much a better fighter when you are older"..............:nut:nut:nut


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  8. Bonavena25

    Bonavena25 Vamos! Full Member

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    Ken Norton started late I believe.
     
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  9. GazOC

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    Jess Willard had his first pro fight at 29.
     
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  10. Mandanda

    Mandanda SkillspayBills Full Member

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    Nate Campbell 28 years of age. Found himself falling asleep in his job and started shadow boxing to keep himself awake and someone in his work saw him and told him take it to gym your good and he went from there. Amazing stories boxing flings up.
     
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  11. Smudger

    Smudger Well-Known Member Full Member

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    I started when I was 19.... Yeah :yep

    That's a quality story about Nate. Just goes to show how many hidden talents there probably is out there.
     
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  12. Danny-boy

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    I heard Rocky Marciano got into a bar fight when he was about 20 with a guy about a foot taller than him and that made him realise just how hard he could hit
     
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  13. Relentless

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    yeah campbells boss took him to the gym

    similar thing happened with emile griffith.
     
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  14. White Tiger

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    yeah it was in Swansea.

    been in the Pub on a few occasions for a pint. :bbb
     
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  15. robpalmer135

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    James Toney started properly at 19 after his American Football career was finished due to injury, although he had previously boxed as a junior.
     
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