Competing is serious career risk in pro boxing.biggest factor in answering this is how old ts is.
If you´re young and really want it, training doesn´t hurt. You can train for 3 years without competing. If you love it you´ll do it. Now comepting is risk. You get hurt.
But if you´re like +30 and lost 5 out of 5. It might be not your talent or just at this stage you´re not there.
In ams doesn't matter fight records numbers but places and rank you have in international level. Only...you should not be permanently damaged. And still even death cases had happened so think before ink.
Am KB is IMHO more brutal than am boxing.