Olympic Boxing Discussion Thread

[New England]

this little italian kid has some slick.

he's beating southpaw namibia to the punch

[WARQUEZ]

Awesome first fight so far!

[New England]

fight breakin out


southpaw namibia can punch


italy's style of defense will get him clobbered in the pros. he pulls back / away almost exclusively.
with his legs, and his upperbody / head. scary habit.

[-PBP-]

Good start to the afternoon. Italian should get the W comfortably.

[New England]

Good start to the afternoon. Italian should get the W comfortably.

nice feet on the kid

if they can change his habits he could make a decent pro.

the crowd was cheering like it was a pro fight, lol, sensing when namibia was turning up the heat and landing hard shots

i cant get over the love taps counting as much as a huge punch

[mrpain81]

The crowds already look a lot better then the last Olympics.

Good stuff.

[-PBP-]

nice feet on the kid

if they can change his habits he could make a decent pro.

the crowd was cheering like it was a pro fight, lol, sensing when namibia was turning up the heat and landing hard shots

i cant get over the love taps counting as much as a huge punch

Yeah that fight was much more closer than an 18-7 score suggests. This scoring system favors outside volume punchers.

[WARQUEZ]

The crowds already look a lot better then the last Olympics.

Good stuff.

It's a huge difference for sure. In 2008 it legitimately felt like amateur boxing was dead.

[mrpain81]

It's a huge difference for sure. In 2008 it legitimately felt like amateur boxing was dead.

It was sad seeing every fight at a huge arena with nobody there.

[BooHoo]

British crowds love boxing. Say what you want about the ceremony, but we have great crowds.

In fact the ceremony had a lot of hints to British things that others seemed to have missed, which is good for a talking point of view.