What age did you started boxing?

I just turned 25 last month and have recently started training to compete as an amateur boxer.. I always loved the sport of boxing but never actually think I would try it and when I did, I can't stop thinking of it.

I did noticed that most people who goes to my gym started very young in their teens and I notice that by starting young they make every move seem so natural.. It just looks so automatic to them and for me to slip a punch seems so hard.. How much time will it take to actually feel comfortable in the ring? I sometimes train twice a day just to try to learn twice as fast but it is taking quite long to catch on..

At what age did you guys started boxing? How many wins and losses do you have? Also if you started late like I did how many fights did you win and lose?

I plan on staying with this sport untill my body can't take it anymore.. I have spent over $2000 in gears and training equipments so far.. I only been doing this since June. Am I taking this too seriously?

I really do like the motivation boxing has given me!

Thanks for reading and I hope to hear from some of you.

 

Wow Bill you weren't even a teen yet! How old are you now and how many fights have you had so far?

 

Thanks Turpinr, I'll definitely keep this post as a reminder so I wont feel so bad when 5 years has come and I still can't slip a punch. I'm kidding.

I didn' know Frazier, Holmes and Marciano started late.. Thanks again!


To Kerozene, I agree with you that it's never too late.. I just wish I had started at a younger age like most boxer did. Thanks for the response!


To Johnboy2007, do it! step it up and let him know you want to compete so he could start working with you more. Good luck with it!


To ChrisPontius, we started nearly the same age. (kinda) Have you competed yet? I don't know what style is best for me yet.. I'm still working on my rhythm and footwork. I just hope that when I start competing, I wont look so far behind the others. Thanks for responding and good luck to you!

To all the others who responded with your starting age.. Thank you! To those who asked what I spent over $2000K on.. I won't list it all here but I just took a snap shot of a pile of some of my gears and equipments..

What costed me the most money was my treadmill and TKO multi-station gym which is at my girlfriends place so I can't take a snapshot of that.


This picture shows some of my gears.. Missing is my red Pro Cleto Reyes lace up training gloves, my adidas super low boxing shoe and tons of other accessories thats in my other gym bag which is at my girlfriends place in another town.

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I'm sure I wont need a snapshot of everything.. I still plan on getting just a few more gears.. Like the competetion headgear Kolya suggested in my other post and the Winning FG-2900 headgear.. That's later on and I think that's all the headgears I'll be needing for now.

This is the first set of workout station that I bought when I first started.. I don't use it much anymore because I train at a gym near where my girlfriend lives and on my off days I train at my 2nd home (her place)

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Thanks everyone!