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  • BIGPOPPAPUMP
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    Comments Thread For: Shaw Backs WBC's Fight Against Pros in The Olympics

    NEW JERSEY - Promoter Gary Shaw is standing behind Jose Sulaiman and the WBC's stance against AIBA (International Amateur Boxing Association) and its ruling to have professional boxers at the Olympic Games.

    "I would like to respectfully inform you that the WBC has expressed its opposition to the monopoly to be instituted at the Olympic Games, by a ruling of AIBA to have professional boxers at the Olympics, but exclusively with those that have signed for AIBA, no one else." said Suliman.

    "They have also publicly expressed that they will not allow in the future having promoters of professional boxing, sign Olympic fighters. They claim that professional promoters come to sign boxers using their Olympic medals to take them for their promotions to exploit them." Suliman concluded. [Click Here To Read More]
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    Gary's on point here.........

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    • tostao
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      olympic boxing is much more corrupt than professional , aiba president wu runs aiba like chinese sweatshop .

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      • nycsmooth
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        #4
        many others needs to join WBC in this fight...keep it pure amateur...since the pro's are being used in other sports @ Olympics, I don't watch it, just not fair, or logical...

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