Olympic Boxing Discussion Thread

[Pirao]

Which of the guys are turning pro after the olympics, apart from Lomachenko and most of the americans? Anyone knows?

[BetterCallSaul]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/blog...scoring-system

Not sure if anyone already posted this but apparently for the 2016 games they're going to a 10 pt. must system, removing headgear, and allowing professionals to compete in Olympic boxing.

That all sounds great, but if pro's are allowed to compete in boxing I will stop watching all together. Commercialism is killing the spirit of the Olympic Games.

I don't want to see pro's compete.

[D-MiZe]

Ogogo didn't deserve to go through and I cannot see him progressing through this fight, he's not that good at all.

[D-MiZe]

Selby & Evans fight tonight.

Selby fights Suleimenov whilst Evans takes on Kavaliauskas, I don't expect Evans to win his fight. The Lithuanian has beaten him before, Selby should progress though.

[onechance87]

That all sounds great, but if pro's are allowed to compete in boxing I will stop watching all together. Commercialism is killing the spirit of the Olympic Games.

I don't want to see pro's compete.

whats that mean?

[BetterCallSaul]

whats that mean?

Basically the buying and selling of goods...profiteering.

Pro boxers would bring more revenue to the Olympic games but would in turn further denigrate the Olympic Spirit.

[onechance87]

Basically the buying and selling of goods...profiteering.

Pro boxers would bring more revenue to the Olympic games but would in turn further denigrate the Olympic Spirit.

Yeah but wouldint they get exposure back in return?Can you imagine
guys like canelo,broner,khan so on in the olympics?Alot more people
would get back into it.

[BetterCallSaul]

Yeah but wouldint they get exposure back in return?Can you imagine
guys like canelo,broner,khan so on in the olympics?Alot more people
would get back into it.

They bring boxing enough exposure in the pro ranks.

If amateur boxers didn't have the promise of the Olympics to reward their hark work in the gym, a lot of young fighters wouldn't bother stepping into the gym in the first place. The Olympics are the pinnacle of the amateur game, and removing it would hurt boxing dearly.

For instance, Amir Khan inspired a generation of British boxers because he went from being just a lad from Bolton, to Olympic silver medallist. An already established pro boxer winning Olympic silver wouldn't have the same effect.

[BetterCallSaul]

That Canadian was sick in the 3rd round. Awesome left hook!

[BetterCallSaul]

Evans owned that 3rd round.