Olympic Boxing Discussion Thread

[New England]

have all of the americans been bounced?

[dan_cov]

That was a ****ing joke, Spence had that and I'm not American so I aint biased. Even though the USA team have been fighting more like pro's I still thought Spence could have gone far in these Olympics, he seemed to be able to use a mixture of both. The ref even stuck his hand up by accident!

I noticed that too, I think even the referee thought he'd taken it. Mind you even Stevie Wonder could see he won that fight.

[dan_cov]

have all of the americans been bounced?

Yeah I think Spence was the last one.

[Russian Crushin]

have all of the americans been bounced?

Yes all gone

[Spacey1991]

This sport needs cleaning up in the pro's and the amateurs. It seems like when theres a bad decision its always justice because the fortunate one would have been robbed in the past too. If it was all scored fairly and nobody was cheated then it wouldn't have to be like that.

[DeadLikeMe]

It is just weird that lots of these guys losing will clearly make better pros than the scrubs outpointing them.

[Spacey1991]

Even with the argument of how the amateurs are scored, which I think is often a fair argument, can't justify it. I know some of the USA fighters have gone out because they're styles didn't suit amateurs, but that was a clear win.

[dan_cov]

That combination was naughtyyy!

[Danny Gunz]

It is just weird that lots of these guys losing will clearly make better pros than the scrubs outpointing them.

Yeah there is a serious flaw in the system. If you think about it in essence it makes no sense for amateurs to be representing the 'best of the best' for each country in the first place let alone having a watered down version of boxing.

[dan_cov]

Kazakh has some serious footwork.

Check Sapyev's footwork, hypnotizing!