Three Amateurs Caught Shoplifting, Sent Home

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CHICAGO - Three Romanians were thrown out of the World Boxing Championships and banned from amateur boxing for life after being caught trying to steal from a Chicago department store. [details]

[Drunken Cat]

Damn, what dumb****s.

That said, I don't agree with the lifetime ban, and I definatly don't agree with sending the ****ing head trainer home. The other teammembers should not have to fight without their headcoach due to some imature ******ity by a few boxers. Definatly some ****** ****, but I think its an overreaction by the AIBA. I don't agree with the whole "they've brought shame on the org so they can go **** off" line of reasoning.

[eazy_mas]

Damn, what dumb****s.

That said, I don't agree with the lifetime ban, and I definatly don't agree with sending the ****ing head trainer home. The other teammembers should not have to fight without their headcoach due to some imature ******ity by a few boxers. Definatly some ****** ****, but I think its an overreaction by the AIBA. I don't agree with the whole "they've brought shame on the org so they can go **** off" line of reasoning.

I think there is more to it than that.

maybe this is not there first problem they make and the problem keep acumulate intell one thing happen in a bad timing and you hear about it public.

They came all the way to represent there country and the misrepresented it. the Coach should have choosen not only the good boxer but mature ones too. He could control his fighter then how would.

This one is not only about Romania but it about to give message to all other teams

[Drunken Cat]

I think there is more to it than that.

maybe this is not there first problem they make and the problem keep acumulate intell one thing happen in a bad timing and you hear about it public.

They came all the way to represent there country and the misrepresented it. the Coach should have choosen not only the good boxer but mature ones too. He could control his fighter then how would.

This one is not only about Romania but it about to give message to all other teams

You make a good point in that this may not be the first problem, just the most public one. That is speculation though, its hard to really say. Is it really the coach who chooses the boxers? In the case of the American team, it is the olympic trial winners, and they are fighting for a spot in the olympics. I think its probably the same with other countries, though I don't really know.

Its hard for me to place the blame on the coach. I don't expect the coach to keep them locked in their hotel room. At the same time, I don't know the circumstances, and the AIBA may have had other reasons for disciplining the coach. My point though was more that its a bit of a shame that the other boxers from the team have to fight without their head coach because of this.