Amateur Quote by Juan Manuel Marquez

I first got into boxing when I was quite young. I was about 12 when I won my first boxing match.

— Joseph Parker

I was 11 when I started boxing. My brother was fighting before I did, and he got me into it.

— Nonito Donaire

I've been boxing since I was 7 years old.

— Ryan Garcia

I started boxing when I was eight. I enjoyed when I could hit someone and they couldn't hit me back. It was like a…

— Emanuel Steward

I've been boxing since I was 4 years old.

— Shawn Porter

I found boxing when I was 14 years old. I went down to the gym because my brother, who used to beat me up…

— Sugar Ray Leonard

It's hard to believe I was just seven when I started boxing but I've put everything of myself into it.

— Carl Frampton

I started boxing late but I've always been a fighter all my life.

— George Tahdooahnippah

I knew when I was 10 years old that boxing would be my profession.

— Shane Mosley

My brothers first brought me to boxing. I dedicate the fights to them and my father and fight for my family.

— Gennady Golovkin

I never boxed until 17 and a half, I was in the Olympics at 19, and I was world champion when I was 20.…

— Jeff Fenech

Boxing is a hard sport, I've been doing it for a long time since the age of 10.

— James DeGale