Best late starters?

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  1. di tullio

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    Boxers who got serious about boxing after around 18 who became great?
     
    di tullio, Jun 21, 2010
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  2. MRBILL

    MRBILL Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Marciano and Holmes take the cakes' to the bank.......:deal

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  3. Bill1234

    Bill1234 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Ron Lyle did good too.
     
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  4. young griffo

    young griffo Boxing Addict Full Member

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  5. tommygun711

    tommygun711 The Future Full Member

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    Norton.
     
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  6. TheGreatA

    TheGreatA Boxing Junkie Full Member

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  7. MRBILL

    MRBILL Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Hmmm... Lyle never achieved greatness........... Goodness? YES! That's where his buck stops in town.......
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  8. anarci

    anarci Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Carlos Palomino,Ken Norton,Sergio Martinez.
     
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  9. Boxed Ears

    Boxed Ears this my daddy's account (RIP daddy) Full Member

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    Hopkins?
     
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  10. Jear

    Jear Well-Known Member Full Member

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    True he never became great but he was 30 when he turned pro with little to no amatuer experience and he held his own with two ATGs in Ali and Foreman
     
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  11. mcvey

    mcvey VIP Member Full Member

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  12. Meast

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    Yeah wasn't Hopkins in his early 20's before he started?
     
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  13. anarci

    anarci Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    He had boxed when he was teeneager but then he fell off from it and got in trouble.
     
    anarci, Jun 22, 2010
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  14. Meast

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    Ah fair enough. Did he box in the amateurs?
     
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  15. anarci

    anarci Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Yes he started when he was 10 and went 95-4 as an amatuer dont know when he stopped but started again when he was in prison. He was 19 when he went to prison.
     
    anarci, Jun 22, 2010
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