Should boxing be scrapped from the Olympics?

[DeadLikeMe]

What needs to be done to fix Olympic boxing, if anything?

edit: thanks larry.

[Larry the boss]

click on thread tools and add a poll....and i just think the computer point system should be changed

[NEETzsche]

no, that's ******ed. stop being a sore loser. they just need to root out the corruption, which is concededly rife, and adjust the scoring system some more as the most recent alterations to it (the five judges and the discarded scorecards, etc.) are borderline absurd.

[DeadLikeMe]

no, that's ******ed. stop being a sore loser. they just need to rout out the corruption, which is concededly rife, and adjust the scoring system (the most recent alterations are borderline absurd).

I'm putting up options to facilitate the discussion of it with no changes being the least severe and complete removal being the most severe. Get your panties out of your ass princess.

[NEETzsche]

I'm putting up options to facilitate the discussion of it with no changes being the least severe and complete removal being the most severe. Get your panties out of your ass princess.

except the question isn't phrased neutrally at all.

[hammerhiem]

What exactly makes you think there's anything wrong with it, the only problems i've seen so far have been from bad Ref's and very very occasionally off scoring.

You get Bad ref's and off scoring in the Pro game with far greater frequency than at the olympics.

[BetterCallSaul]

The the only thing that needs to change is the point system, and the officials.

The essence of the amateur sport needs to remain. Clean punches, movement, and good defence. These are the fundamentals of the sport, and without them, the pro ranks would eventually consist of nothing but Ricky Hattonesque boxing.

Without the AM sport, there is no Ali, no Jones, no Mayweather, no De La Hoya, no Khan, and no Ward.

[-MAKAVELLI-]

not at all...i still enjoy watching it


and no need to root out the corruption...it'll give the amateurs a good taste of what its like being a pro

[Light_Speed]

They need to change the whole system. It should be like pro boxing but for 3 rounds and with headgear. Fights should be judged on clean punching and effectiveness.

[yuppie]

What would removing from the Olympics do exactly? There are still other world/european etc etc amateur boxing events and they are judged the same.
Suddenly amateur boxing has a problem when American's do badly in them.