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im no interested in seeing these guys in headgear
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You serious? The headgear is no longer being used Mak, get with the program!
They revamped the entire amateur program. No more headgear, pro-style scoring (not that ****** try to count how many punches landed system). It's essentially pro boxing now (except much less rounds of course).Comment
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After the last Olympics they decided to change it. They made it official in 2013:
Olympic boxing drops head guards
Mar 23, 2013
Associated Press
LOS ANGELES -- Olympic boxers will fight without head guards in a pro-style scoring system starting this year after several significant rule changes by the sport's international governing body.
The International Boxing Association (AIBA) unveiled several rule *********s this week, but the two biggest changes will move the Olympic sport much closer to the professional version.
http://espn.go.com/olympics/story/_/...scoring-system
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Its just bringing olympic boxing in line with almost every other olympic sport. I hope eventually most pro's will go to the olympics every 4 years - allowing for fighters like Rigo to have some momentum behind them if he were to win again.
Theres no promoter/network rubbish in the olympics either. However, I do wish for there to be some difference between olympic and pro boxing. The scoring system should remain with some adjustments to make it far less corrupt
As far as tarnishing the amateur boxers, not really. It just means the amateur world championships are going to become the main prestigious amateur tournament, which is fine with me.Comment
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Good points, I agree. But in regards to keeping the scoring the same, you mean the silly previous system of counting landed punches? That was terrible, I'm so glad that's gone. What I would want is 9 or 11 judges like in figure skating, which would mostly override a few ******s. Not perfect but better. Corruption will probably always be apart of the sport so not sure if there is anyway to rid it completely, sadly.Comment
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That was sort of my argument to someone who said it would be easy work for pros because they train for 12 rounds therefore 3 rounds would be nothing to them. my opinion is the amateurs and pros are a completely different ball game. amateurs fight at a much higher work-rate and pros normally fight at a slower and more controlled work-rate. so in 3 rounds a pro might not necessarily do enough to win.Comment
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im all for it and i agree with that. ultimately money and greed is the motive. but besides those points u stated, what are your views on the risks? There wouldn't be different level of experience categories like there are in the amateurs. i.e. novice, intermediate, open elite. This means there will be mismatches and slim chances for solid amateurs. to put this into perspective (on a smaller scale), a 0-10 bouter wouldn't get matched up against someone who has had 25-30 bouts because: 1) there would be a slim chance of winning and 2) there's a high chance of getting seriously hurt. So in the olympics, a solid amateur could be matched up with a world champ who could seriously hurt him and ruin his boxing career. Even when amateurs turn pro, they don't face that level of competition until they've had about 15+ fights or so. Before that, they are fighting journey men trying to build a name for themselves.Comment
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