Ireland just ROBBED by China

[Luciano]

olympic boxing has been like this forever

[rabn21]

I think when the Games comes here in 2012 maybe the brit refs should help our boxers out a bit. We may get many golds then. Youve got to copy what other countries have been doing since dawn of time, otherwise were just mugs.

or maybe there shouldnt be any refs from the host country at all? sorry maybe that makes too much sense to actually happen

[King Koopa]

Olympic boxing has been pathetic...I couldn't watch one full fight, don't really care who gets gold

However, I hear good things about some Ukraine fighter in the lower weights...

[Del Coqui]

That robbery made me sick, anyone else saw the fight between Felix Diaz, Dominican and French dude for silver? How about McWilliams Arroyo vs cuban? I've seen bad decisions before but this olympics were the worst ever.

[baiyaan]

Chinese have some very serious self-respect issue. They are the Rodney Dangerfield of countries.

In particular, it is mostly their men who don't get much respect despite the phony fighter-image thanks to Bruce Lee and cheap Hong Kong chopsocky movies.

In their own country, Chinese youths get regulary beaten up by central Asian youths like Mongols, Kazakhs, Uighurs sometime even Koreans who are not happy with the Chinese taking over their lands. There is the general consensus/prejudice in Asia that Chinese men are weak and docile.

It is noted that while Chinese women excel(to a degree) in all kinds of sports Chinese men really suck in sports requiring manly strength and stamina. I think boxing was one arena in which they tried to remedy this humiliating perception by others.

I don't think they suceeded. Even after this boxing "success", I don't think I will be scared of Chinese "thugs" in a dark alley as long as they don't carry guns or knives.

[hitmanhatton]

lol sukz for them. least we got a gold medal

[ottoevans]

well in Tai Kwan doe, my boy from Honduras got played vs. China. Im just going from waht the commentators said and the press said. Im not too familar with that sport

[hitmanhatton]

lol, you gotta ask yourself why only sum countries get no medals and then we got gold in boxing. u cant keep shouting robberies to be fair

[baiyaan]

lol sukz for them. least we got a gold medal

Then say the same thing to Roy Jones Jr. A Korean guy got the gold.

Even with 51 golds, it is a pretty pathetic performance by China given its population size.
I think in Seoul Olympics China got a grand total of 3 golds.

[Pugilistic™]

I just watched the fight and i felt Egan deserved it.

poor scoring.