Men who turn pro at a late age

He had some solid names in his amateur record too ill try dig it up somewhere

http://www.boxrec.com/media/index.php/Sven_Ottke's_Amateur_Record

Had it on a different site before but this looks the same

 

none at all? how old was he when he turned pro?

 

Bobby Halpern always springs to my mind. He served 17 years of a 20-year sentence and then returned to the pro game (after three fights as a young man) at 43 and proved a big draw, although he was never world class.

 

qawi was getting on when he turned pro.bonecrusher smith is another.

 

Bonecrusher is a great pick, one of the few men in boxing to get stopped on his pro debut and wind up world champ.

 

his win over witherspoon was a surprise.i thought witherspoon was really going to hit the heights

 

Not sure i dont go off boxrec stats but the commentators said it when he beat enzo and i heard it elsewhere aswell

 

Yeah he defo is.

Looking for some inspiration I reckon.

 

Matt Skelton, he won british commenwealth and european titles, then challegend for a world title and he was about 95 year old when he started.

 

Not a World beater I know but wasn't Rogie 27 or 28 when he turned pro?

 

he wasn't a day over 60

 

rogie was 28 when he first put a pair of gloves on

he went pro at 34 or something

 

david banks
darnell boone

 

paul sykes was 32 and got to a british title fight the following year...

and got the beating of his life against john l gardner

 

was sykes from wakefield via a few prisons ??