i dun know how it is in the rest of the world.
but down here in holland, you have to do your firts amateur bout b4 you turn 30, and then you con box
till 35. if you havent got a fight b4 you turn 30, you wont get a fight.

i guy at my gym started training at 30, he kinda has talent but he prob will never show that outside the walls of the gym.

i never got KO'd cuz i never had my first bout (yet), my trainer says i ready, but i don't feel ready (yet).
but i've seen many fights with some1 getting KO'd in the 1st/2nd round, and i've noticed that there never was any1 who laughed, every1 was silence.

there is no shame in getting knoked out,
it's a shame when you cant accept it