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JCWeb · 11-04-2006, 11:05 AM

Turns out Ansell Bell was not the only 14-year old to debut in my Uni in the simulated Nov. 1914 month. Later in the month, Frank Moody, a UK Middleweight also born in 1900 won a three-round TKO to kick off his pro career, too.

Regarding other real life fighters to start off real young, I think several great Hispanic fighters, like Roberto Duran, Wilfredo Benitez and Julio Cesar Chavez had their initial pro bouts at either 15 or 16. The only reason many of today's boxers turn pro at a later age (generally) is because of a desire to stay in the amateur ranks and try for the Olympic team, which of course wasn't an option back in the early 1900s.

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JCWeb All Star Starter Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 1,052 Thanks: 0 Thanked 15x in 14 posts	Another Young-Un Turns out Ansell Bell was not the only 14-year old to debut in my Uni in the simulated Nov. 1914 month. Later in the month, Frank Moody, a UK Middleweight also born in 1900 won a three-round TKO to kick off his pro career, too. Regarding other real life fighters to start off real young, I think several great Hispanic fighters, like Roberto Duran, Wilfredo Benitez and Julio Cesar Chavez had their initial pro bouts at either 15 or 16. The only reason many of today's boxers turn pro at a later age (generally) is because of a desire to stay in the amateur ranks and try for the Olympic team, which of course wasn't an option back in the early 1900s.