Got a letter from USA Boxing saying all amateur boxing has been suspended?!

[paulf]

Hold on, gentlemen.

USA Boxing has not been suspended simply because Adonis made that comment that the female fighters were gay. He was suspended and USA Boxing has been suspended for thee months because of an interview he gave in which he (among other things) said that he told boys they wouldn't be good boxers unless they were absued by their parents. He also mentioned a little girl being ****d as an example of how abuse makes good fighters. Said that he smacked his kids around before they fight to get them pumped up.

Not only is the guy a true douchebag, but he's terrible at his job. He didn't have anything in place 100 days before the Olympics like he was supposed to, which is also part of why they suspended him. Don't defend this guy.

[rampant]

Hold on, gentlemen.

USA Boxing has not been suspended simply because Adonis made that comment that the female fighters were gay. He was suspended and USA Boxing has been suspended for thee months because of an interview he gave in which he (among other things) said that he told boys they wouldn't be good boxers unless they were absued by their parents. He also mentioned a little girl being ****d as an example of how abuse makes good fighters. Said that he smacked his kids around before they fight to get them pumped up.

Not only is the guy a true douchebag, but he's terrible at his job. He didn't have anything in place 100 days before the Olympics like he was supposed to, which is also part of why they suspended him. Don't defend this guy.

Wow thats terrible, Why cant they just suspend him? seems very harsh to punish the whole of US amateur boxing / boxers because of 1 large idiot.

[NEETzsche]

Hold on, gentlemen.

USA Boxing has not been suspended simply because Adonis made that comment that the female fighters were gay. He was suspended and USA Boxing has been suspended for thee months because of an interview he gave in which he (among other things) said that he told boys they wouldn't be good boxers unless they were absued by their parents. He also mentioned a little girl being ****d as an example of how abuse makes good fighters. Said that he smacked his kids around before they fight to get them pumped up.

Not only is the guy a true douchebag, but he's terrible at his job. He didn't have anything in place 100 days before the Olympics like he was supposed to, which is also part of why they suspended him. Don't defend this guy.

that doesn't make a difference. why suspend the practice of a whole sport on account of one douchebag? it's absurd. if they have the power to close down every gym in america, they have the power to remove this one guy from his job. all they're doing is sending out a big 'fuck you' to the people that rely on amateur boxing for their livelihood. it's a pr disaster, all they've accomplished is alienating a nation of athletes and trainers.

[Evil Abed]

yeah. My The Lock Haven head coach, my coach. Ken Cooper told me about this last week. He said him and large contingency tried to get rid of him. But a rule prevented them from doing so. They also lost a vote.

Its a pretty F'd situation.

[ИATAS]

Hold on, gentlemen.

USA Boxing has not been suspended simply because Adonis made that comment that the female fighters were gay. He was suspended and USA Boxing has been suspended for thee months because of an interview he gave in which he (among other things) said that he told boys they wouldn't be good boxers unless they were absued by their parents. He also mentioned a little girl being ****d as an example of how abuse makes good fighters. Said that he smacked his kids around before they fight to get them pumped up.

Not only is the guy a true douchebag, but he's terrible at his job. He didn't have anything in place 100 days before the Olympics like he was supposed to, which is also part of why they suspended him. Don't defend this guy.

yeah he's a douchebag and no one is defending him, but to suspend the entire amatuer sport is even worse. There are kids with tournaments about to take place and now they're cancalled. Additionally no money will be received and any insurance claim will not be accepted. They are punishing the kids because of some jerk off. Not fair.

[285Kid]

GLAAD Mafia has power , DAMNNNNNNNNNNN

[USAFBoxer]

time to go pro then...

[KennisTheMenace]

Ok, so I cannot for the life of me find a source of Hal Adonis' comments.

What I can find, is a source from USA boxing that Hal Adonis was removed on June 4, 2012: [ I am not allowed to post a link to another site because I do not have 15 posts ].


What's confusing is the e-mail I received states that the reason is because he was not removed!

If you box in a strictly boxing gym, I imagine that your sparring will be affected, and maybe even hitting the bag will be affected. I am not an expert in this area of law but I suppose it depends on the waiver that you signed with your gym. If you are a gym that doesn't have waivers, well then close the doors I guess?


If you box in an MMA gym, it is my guess that they are covered in another way. The gym I box at is an MMA gym, but with an amateur boxing competition team. So while we are all registered with amateur boxing.....we most likely can spar under the guise of MMA training...


CHECK THAT: HE was removed as president, not as a board member, which is the reason for the sanctions.

[Sin City]

It's funny because most people probably didn't even know he said this, and now it is brought to everyones attention.

I never knew what he said until now. I don't remember a major boxing website even covering it. the man is a douche and now everyone pays for it.

[MexicanMauler]

terrible....