I had my first 2 unofficial (gym wars basically) fights after 4 months, (won both of them) then another unofficial 1 after about 7 months (lost that). Starting proper official ones in early september. So about a year really its taken.

Do judges score body shots? Because people keep saying in amateur its only head shots that are scored. But my trainer says anywhere in the whole target area (upper body, head, chest, stomach etc) scores.