Comments Thread For: Roy Jones Jr: I Stopped Watching Olympics Over Scoring!

[-PBP-]

Meh...Roy is a grown man and can do whatever he wants.


But I don't think people should penalize the athletes for the corruption and the scoring system. The fighters put a lot into this and take pride in having the opportunity to represent their countries. All of the BS that goes on within the amateur system doesn't mean you shouldn't support the fighters.

Look how emotional Errol Spence was after finding out he got robbed yesterday. Winning the gold medal is important to him in spite of the system that's in place.

[RlCKY]

the fights have been pretty good. they'll only get better when these guys are looking to do more damage under the ten point must.

From what I understand, the reason why pro's can't fight in the olympics is because of the scoring and the headgear being the differentiating factor.

Now that they're doing away with those two things, will pro's now be allowed to compete?

[komandante]

Olympic boxing scoring ang refereing sucks, it always favors Kazaksthan.

[devildg]

i agree..take the head gear off and judge it like the pros.

[Toltec77]

I have to agree with Jones Jr. on this one, that's messed up what they did to Jones, the whole system sucks when they score this Olympic boxing crap.

[ediii89]

Roy is right the scoring system is ****ed up

amateur boxing is dead

[ghost deini]

They did bring up the robbery of roy showed Lil clips of it too

oh for real my bad i didn't see that what coverage r u watching though it's it American

[CubanGuyNYC]

I watch the olympic boxing just see future pro propects. The fights themself have become a laughing stock and so has the scoring.

I'm with you on this. I like to see who's out there, what the future possibly holds. There's no doubt that the winning fighters don't always get the nod.

[CubanGuyNYC]

so long as the judges are competent and on the up and up there wont be any issues.

good luck with that

Alas, how much better would this sport be if that were so?

Roy's right, the scoring wasn't the problem, it's the judging that stinks. But there's nothing new about that, either in the pros or the amateurs. What are they gonna do about it? The IOC tried eliminating the human factor by changing the scoring system. It only made the problem worse. We'll be complaining about Olympic boxing in 2016 as well, even with the rule changes.

[choiwayne]

man, its always an issue when american boxer start cryn. roy jones jr complaining 'why me'... american ppl always make it big deal if crap happens to them and not the others.