Is an amateur pedigree essential in professional boxing?

chavez sr didnt really have any ameteur experience

 

Ideally, I'd say both. There can be a happy medium.

I'm not a big fan of guys going pro right away; It generally means they will be fighting overmatched opponents for years and years on end as they gain experience.

I'm also not a big fan of being an amateur for a decade or more, and finally going pro in your 30's.(Though, I guess it is slightly preferable.)

 

you have to have fought at least a certain number of amateur fights to become professional under commission guidelines...

also, bhop did not have an excellent amateur career. in fact, it was somewhat limited because of his prison stint.

 

Martinez started boxing at 20.

In any sport being a good amature helps buts its not guarentee.

 

None of those three went pro in their early 30s :hat

 

Essential no, preferred yes.

You can learn the trade on the job, like in the ye olde days or like in economically weaker countries.

And boxing has something what a lot of other sports don't. If you can naturally trow a punch and take a good one too, you can succeed in the sport.

 

But he did get some amateur experience by fighting 30 tomato cans early in his career.

 

:yep

But yeah, preferable with good amateur experience, but it can be done with little or none too.

 

Absolutely not.

Look at most of the Mexican greats, most of them turned pro young

 

nein it ist not essential but vhat ist essential is zhat all zie esb user have a gut knowledge on zie importance of glass jaws.