valid points all, but i still say the ring gets you more experience than competing under two sets of rules...as for your record, that imho is what is wrong with pro boxing, beat the hell out of 10 guys,and then lose to number 11 going in hurt, or worse just have a night you can't get it together and then you are a bum...you have no heart...everyone that watches boxing is an expert after 3 or so fights...they claim that guy with 40 pro fights and 150 ametur has no heart...what the f*&^ do you know about heart? is what i will tell most people saying that. that really is my only problem with pro boxing. unless we need to get into corruption the mob etc etc... i also think it is absurd that after 34 you become magically unfit to box unless you find geriatrics like yourself...(in amateur) this is stupid, you got head gear and such, why not let older guys(girls) enjoy a way to test themselves in a ring with a few safety factors thrown in? the olympica are fine, but not everyone will EVER be an olympian. few pro's will ever ever make real money...and like i said one bad fight can derail your carreer...i heard that about Tommy Morrison forever before the hIV stufff,he lost to chumps and killed the guys he should never have beat...anyway just some thoughts, not a personal attack hope this is something we can all use...