DatBoriVic
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Hello everyone,
I am 27 years old, 5'10", 150lbs and am considering to start boxing. I have been watching boxing since i was little. My Fav. Boxers are Felix Trinidad and Miguel Cotto (Im Puertorican). I am very athletic, as far as my boxing experience, I first joined a gym here in Miami when i was 18 and the first day i went in a trainer approached me and asked me if i have trained or fought Amateur before and i said no, just tried boxing with friends in the back yard after school and that i watch a lot of boxing lol. he asked me to do a sparring session with him a week later and when we were done he said "you got skills, Natural skills". I went there for about a month.
I went to the Navy after High school and got out 4 years later (22 y/o). I joined a diff. Boxing gym here in Miami at 22 y/o just for the workout and the first day i went in... the owner approached me and asked if i have fought before at any level, again i said no just trained for about a month when i was 18. I started training to box amateur there, that only lasted 2 months because i had to take on 2 jobs because my daughter was born and things were tough.
Last year i went in to take a free class at a new Boxing gym, as usual the trainer approached me and asked the same thing, If i have boxed amateur before and again i said no lol. He said i look good and at the end of the class he took my number and told me its not too late to start training for the 2012 Olympics. He called me several times but i decided not to join the gym because i have 2 daughters now and i had a f/t job and was attending school.
I am now 27 y/o and am no longer in school. I do have a f/t job though. I just joined the newly re-opened Angelo Dundee's 5th Street Gym here in Miami Beach a month ago. Like expected lol i was asked the same question my first day in. One of the trainers pulled me out of the class to do some mits training, he asked if i had ring experience and i said no. He said it seems to come to me natural.
I am considering fighting amateur and see where i go from there. I am going to have a serious talk with the trainer at 5th street gym.
In conclusion i have about 3 months of actual training time lol just wanted to hear some opinions regarding starting at such a late age. Personally i feel like i can still do something as far as a boxing career. Im Hungry, aint getting any younger and don't want to wonder "what if" for the rest of my life.
Thanks in advanced for your opinions.
I am 27 years old, 5'10", 150lbs and am considering to start boxing. I have been watching boxing since i was little. My Fav. Boxers are Felix Trinidad and Miguel Cotto (Im Puertorican). I am very athletic, as far as my boxing experience, I first joined a gym here in Miami when i was 18 and the first day i went in a trainer approached me and asked me if i have trained or fought Amateur before and i said no, just tried boxing with friends in the back yard after school and that i watch a lot of boxing lol. he asked me to do a sparring session with him a week later and when we were done he said "you got skills, Natural skills". I went there for about a month.
I went to the Navy after High school and got out 4 years later (22 y/o). I joined a diff. Boxing gym here in Miami at 22 y/o just for the workout and the first day i went in... the owner approached me and asked if i have fought before at any level, again i said no just trained for about a month when i was 18. I started training to box amateur there, that only lasted 2 months because i had to take on 2 jobs because my daughter was born and things were tough.
Last year i went in to take a free class at a new Boxing gym, as usual the trainer approached me and asked the same thing, If i have boxed amateur before and again i said no lol. He said i look good and at the end of the class he took my number and told me its not too late to start training for the 2012 Olympics. He called me several times but i decided not to join the gym because i have 2 daughters now and i had a f/t job and was attending school.
I am now 27 y/o and am no longer in school. I do have a f/t job though. I just joined the newly re-opened Angelo Dundee's 5th Street Gym here in Miami Beach a month ago. Like expected lol i was asked the same question my first day in. One of the trainers pulled me out of the class to do some mits training, he asked if i had ring experience and i said no. He said it seems to come to me natural.
I am considering fighting amateur and see where i go from there. I am going to have a serious talk with the trainer at 5th street gym.
In conclusion i have about 3 months of actual training time lol just wanted to hear some opinions regarding starting at such a late age. Personally i feel like i can still do something as far as a boxing career. Im Hungry, aint getting any younger and don't want to wonder "what if" for the rest of my life.
Thanks in advanced for your opinions.
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