Frankie Gavin fails to make weight for olympics!

[Randall_Hopkirk]

how the **** can u not be motivated enough to lose the weight for the olympics.

he probably has offers to turn pro and felt a poor showing at the Olympics would put the kibosh on any lucrative deal. Just a theory.

[KostyaTszyu44]

hey all the people ripping into the guy, yes its embarrassing but you have to feel sympathy for him....he probably put his body through hell to try and make this weight as he most likely thought he had his best chance at 60kg....quite sad really

[camymcf]

gavin has been doing mainly pro training this year and has got alot bigger and gained muscle as a result, this meant he can no longer make the weight but cudnt be entered at light welter as bradley saunders was already qualified, he may have been able to make the weight for tomorrows weigh in but he would have to continue doing it throughout the olympics and therefore dehydration could be a severe problem and because of this his coach pulled him out

[Sadler]

i aint got any sympathy for him he was probs slouching about thinking he was above the rest cause he was on for a medal

[T-97]

i aint got any sympathy for him he was probs slouching about thinking he was above the rest cause he was on for a medal

What!?

Did you read the article dude? Gavin has been fighting at the weight above most the time recently, he has grown out of lightweight

[P4P Opinion]

I blame Team GB rather than Gavin himself, considering that Gavin couldn't shift any more weight safely. They should have known he wasn't up to making the lightweight limit anymore and should have prepared him for light welterweight some time ago.

He isn't the only boxer though:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/olympics/boxing/7548908.stm