Below is a statistics on the age of the first group seeds participating in Boxing at the Paris Olympic Games divided by each weight class, iThethao.vn Calculated by data from the Organizing Committee. On this data, we calculate the average age of seeds attending the Olympic Games, thereby estimating the “ripe age” of the athletes.
This statistics indicate the “ripe” age of the female athletes is 29-30 years old, while the male athlete is 26-27 years old. This figure is relatively accurate for female boxers. As for the male boxers, they often switch to professional competition as soon as there are achievements in the amateur playground, so the data may not be really objective.
The situation of Boxing development shows that female boxers often play amateur longer than male colleagues. The reason is because female athletes do not have a stable professional career. This is different from the male boxing, where the boxer can earn a lot of money when the name is available at the Olympic playground.
The number 29-30 years old of the female athletes also pointed out the fact: the bigger the arenas like the Olympic Games require the athletes to have seasoned experience. Many of the first group seeds have turned 34, 35, even 37, and this figure is much more than the athletes who are in the age of 20-22.
In the story of Boxing development in Vietnam, the most obvious evidence for the maturity of a player from two owners won tickets to the Paris Olympic Games. Vo Thi Kim Anh is 27 years old, has 12 years of training and competition boxing. Meanwhile, Ha Thi Linh turned 31.
Before becoming the national players representing Vietnam to play internationally, both have experienced a difficult time in their career. With Kim Anh, she only started to “hold the class” after her senior Le Thi Bang took a break. Meanwhile, Ha Thi Linh has a lot of interruption time to perform the motherhood.