If you're doing it for the "cool" factor then you did it for the wrong reason. The hurdles to overcome entry into boxing are extremely low and it requires no real additional skills.

Now take something like painting which requires skill and technique or breeding fish with prize winning stock which takes years of effort and energy to do it. You can start both but many people never reach the goal they seek even if they are good at doing it.

If you did it for the personal challenge, then does it really matter who else is doing it?