Can a 47 year old become a competitive boxer?

[Howlin Mad Missy]

if you're punching untrained under 16's sure.

[Snakey]

Nope, end of thread.

[OumaFan]

Age is just a number!

If you have heavy hands (the kind that could destroy a watermelon) you wouldn't even really have to get into good shape. Just get in good enough shape to go one or two rounds and everything should be fine.

[AdamGB]

Normally I'd be thinking 'why couldn't this have been posted in ask the trainer'

But I''m happy to leave it otherwise...

Honestly? No chance... not unless by competitive you mean 'fighting other untrained 47 year old novices'

Nothing saying that you can't get fitter and look better and learn a bit of boxing whilst doing so... and that is an achievement in itself.

[Master]

Good luck at boxing, I wanted to do it and for the same reason I did not continue to box, did not want to break my long nose, plus parents would not have been happy. Life has not turned out bad but wished I did try boxing as an amateur. Try white collar boxing first and take it from there.

[Hulk]

I'm surprised at how many guys on here haven't boxed before.

If you are a huge boxing fan then the temptation to learn to box and compete yourself is almost impossible to resist.

It was for me anyway.

I'm far from Youngblood, but I have had a few boxing smokers and learned to box from proper trainers, and sparred hundreds and hundreds of rounds, some against professional mma fighters over the past 3 years.

I have a chipped front tooth, what seems to be a deviated septum, and I once pissed blood for a week, but otherwise I feel great !

Even at 47, it is possible to get into boxing to some degree and have an amateur fight or two against someone around your age. And it would be incredibly rewarding.

[AdamGB]

Not sure about in the US, but in the Uk you're not getting a sanctioned amateur bout over the age of 35

[FinitoElDinamita]

I'm surprised at how many guys on here haven't boxed before.

If you are a huge boxing fan then the temptation to learn to box and compete yourself is almost impossible to resist.

It was for me anyway.

I'm far from Youngblood, but I have had a few boxing smokers and learned to box from proper trainers, and sparred hundreds and hundreds of rounds, some against professional mma fighters over the past 3 years.

I have a chipped front tooth, what seems to be a deviated septum, and I once pissed blood for a week, but otherwise I feel great !



Even at 47, it is possible to get into boxing to some degree and have an amateur fight or two against someone around your age. And it would be incredibly rewarding.

Nicely put. I agree.

[Jody Lane]

I'm surprised at how many guys on here haven't boxed before.

If you are a huge boxing fan then the temptation to learn to box and compete yourself is almost impossible to resist.

It was for me anyway.

I'm far from Youngblood, but I have had a few boxing smokers and learned to box from proper trainers, and sparred hundreds and hundreds of rounds, some against professional mma fighters over the past 3 years.

I have a chipped front tooth, what seems to be a deviated septum, and I once pissed blood for a week, but otherwise I feel great !

Even at 47, it is possible to get into boxing to some degree and have an amateur fight or two against someone around your age. And it would be incredibly rewarding.

I am one of the guys on here that did box. 1983 Golden gloves champ in Indiana at 147. Now working to get my gut out of the 190s, but not by sparring. Jogging maybe.