Is there any boxer who started after the age of 23?

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  1. Salty Dog

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    Always was a fan of The Galaxy Warrior.
     
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  2. Pepsi Dioxide

    Pepsi Dioxide Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Nate Campbell started later and didn't turn pro until he was like 27 or 28
    good fighter, I remember one of the HBO announce team (maybe Steward) saying something along the lines of how Campbell could of been a real special fighter if he started earlier (think this was against Casamayor)
     
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  3. Furious

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    Fair enough, still not very bright though.
     
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  4. CroBox29

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    Vitali Klitschko started his professional career at the age of 25 and was very successful...
     
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  5. Wizbit1013

    Wizbit1013 Drama go, and don't come back Full Member

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    Curtis Woodhouse, although that depends on what you'd class as successful
     
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  6. iceferg

    iceferg Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Heavyweight Tony Thompson said he didn't start til his late 20's. Might have been 26 but I think it was 28.
     
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  7. im sparticus

    im sparticus There Ye Go. Full Member

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    Sean Dodd too. Didn't walk into a boxing gym till he was 26 years. But as you suggest..depends on how u class successful
     
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  8. George Crowcroft

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    Did he ever make a second?
     
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  9. Serge

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    George Foreman didn't turn pro until he was like 38 y/o and he became HW champion of the world seven years later at the age of 45
     
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  10. JunlongXiFan

    JunlongXiFan 45-6 in Kirks Chmpionshp Boxing Predictions 2022 Full Member

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    If you compare only uneducated individuals, you can still draw pretty obvious conclusionbs on the intellect of various boxers. Lucas Browne, although I like him a lot, seems pretty dense. On the other hand, Filip Hrgovic, likable or not, is clearly intellectual and very witty. He has a dry humour that puts me in the mind of Magnus Carlsen. Not that he has anywhere near his cognitive abilities of course.
     
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  11. Serge

    Serge Ginger Dracula Staff Member

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    Marion Wilson didn't turn pro until he was 32 y/o and he
    was only stopped once in 57 fights (on a cut), and 25 of his 57 opponents were undefeated. Only fought one opponent with a losing record, in his sixth fight and didn't retire till he was 51 years of age.

    His opponents total combined records were 1127-146-14, averaging 20-3 and he fought the likes of:

    Ray Mercer
    Andrew Golota
    Hasim Rahman
    Oliver McCall
    Shannon Briggs
    Oleg Maskaev
    Tony Thompson
    Ike Ibeabuchi
    Zeljko Mavrovic
    Kirk Johnson
    Larry Donald
    Ezra Sellers
    Frans Botha
    Jeremy Williams
    Orlin Norris
    Tyrell Biggs
    Carl Williams
    Derrick Jefferson
    Corey Sanders
    David Izon
    Jimmy Thunder
    Paea Wolfgramm
    Vaughn Bean
    Mike Hunter
    Greg Page
    Faruq Saleem
    Terrance Lewis
    Obed Sullivan

    Among others

    http://boxrec.com/boxer/4537
     
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  12. Flo_Raiden

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    Im pretty sure he did smart ass :sisi1
     
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  13. snake33

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    Born in 73 and first pro fight in 93 - 20 yo
     
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  14. Frankus

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    Antonio Tarver started quite late didn’t he?

    Sonny Liston.
     
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  15. Mickc

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    Ron Lyles first pro fight was a couple of months past his 30th birthday.
     
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