Yes, it is. and it's a good age in any country
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16 years
Thirteen years and five months as a junior amateur.
As an amateur, he is reportedly 145 wins - 5 losses as a pro, he was 36 wins - 3 losses - 1 draw.
his first pro fight was in 1960, shortly after the rome olympics. his first amateur fight was probably 8 years earlier when he was 10.
Joe Frazier turned pro in 1965, a year after winning a gold medal at the olympics. he retired for good in 1981. so he was 16 years a professional, and probably 10 years an amateur before that.
no that age is not to late even though it is not common
Lesnar was an Amateur Wrestler since his high school and college days. He attended the university of Minnesota under full wrestling scholarship for his junior and senior years of college. After his Amateur wrestling career, Lesnar signed up with the WWE in 2000 and debuted as a wrestler in the main roster on the night after Wrestlemania X8.
For most athletes the average length of their career is a very limited 10 years, some classic short careers include boxing and most contact sports, footballers,rugby players although some sports have a much longer career life i.e Golf or bowls.
Only if he resigns from PGA and after 2 years he is considered to be an amateur
Right now is Floyd mayweter jr his 41-0 Joe Calzaghe 46 - 0 , the undefeated world super middleweight champion is the longest reigning world title holder in boxing history. He retired after a professional boxing career spanning almost two decades which saw him unbeaten in 18 years as a professional and amateur boxer. Joe's record of having won all his 46 professional fights means that he retires as Britain's only ever undefeated world champion in boxing (having held a world title for just two weeks short of eleven years) or indeed any in other major sport.
Zab Judah made his professional debut on September 20, 1996 in Miami, Florida. He was eighteen years old. He compiled a record of 110-5 in his amateur career.
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