i am not sure what you have to do and how can you become one ???
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i am not sure what you have to do and how can you become one ???
1) learn to box
2) Start to Compete as an amatuer
(there is really no 3,4 or 5, you'll find out about promoters and stuff as you get good enough to turn Pro)
Don't worry about Running if you can't even Walk yet... ;)
Does competing as an amateur pay very much?
youll need a pro card. this is an official document saying youv payed the money needed, completed a full medical examination, and are now liscenced to box.
youll need a promotor, somone who tried to get you fight slots in events so you can be paid. youll need a full time trainer, a cut man and a second who can come with you to competition.
amatuer pays nothing.
ah, shit.
that's not entirely ture alex, but what yoou can get is still basically nothing
right, you can't legally be payed. Maybe you can get sponorships etc like Armir Khan but you get no purse.
how many victories does it take to turn pro?
Chances are you may never become pro. But thats just my opinion. Good luck to ya.
theres nothin wrong with tryin u never know he might turn pro
when ali or tyson or any pro that started out the chances were that they proberby weren't gonna b pro but...cept maaybe mundine..but ;)u kno
satori
How longs a peice of string?Quote:
Originally Posted by Clint
not too long if you've cut it off. 8)
How longs a peice of string?
To damn long.
is turning pro something you decide to do, like "i think i'm ready, i'm gonna go pro". or is it something where someone comes to you or there has to be an opportunity?
if ur only it for the money its a waste of time mate u need the determination to succeed i dont think money is a big enuff movitaer in boxingQuote:
Originally Posted by Clint
actually, in theory it is mate. paying somone officially for an amatuer is illegal.Quote:
Originally Posted by iceman
sure if theres unnoficial betting, or a kind reward you could be pain... but thats the same as picking up a fiver while walking around and caliming your paid to walk the streets.
Depends - its not some computer game!Quote:
Originally Posted by Clint
Some turn pro after a very short amature stint or even none at all! other box to well over 100 victories.
The best normally turn pro after a major amature tornament such as the olympics, when their public profile is high enough to warrent a decent pro offer.
But alternativly, once your licenced you dont have to have a promoter etc. Simply phoning promoters can get you onto shows - but these wont be telavised, you'll travel a long way, get paid very little - one hell of a tough journeyman life.
In general to be a decent pro you have to be well schooled in the amatuer game, and a caeaerr that includes national honours and 50+ fights is standard for a pro wanting to make a go at a full time pro life.
is pro boxing something you can have a career and make a living with? or is it more of a 'need a job on the side' type a deal?
depends how good you are alot of fighters do it full time but there are also fighters at the bottom end who have other jobs as well
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Originally Posted by hitmanhatton
i would say most do it part time and there only a hand full that do it as there only employment.
even at quiet a high level nationaly. (Mark Krence was working in a butchers at 9am, got a phone call and ended up fighting Matt Skelton instead of Danny Williams at 8pm... :D)
its not rocky 3 where you can train and work alone (clubber lang style). its tricky. its not really what you know, its who you know. you need to be involved in it to get pro, e.g. an amateur.
Clubber lang does it all alone... he dosn't have a spotter when he weight lifts, he dosn't have a trainer to work on his technique.... he even fucking spars by himself he's so tough...