Comments Thread For: WBC To Ban Champions, Top Rated Boxers Who Fight in Olympics

[chico malo ali]

*** the slimy wbc. pro boxers should be allowed to compete in the olympic games.

so you saying you'll love to see pacquiao fight some amateur boxer with no professional experience so pacquiao can give him a brain injury or even kill him? F@cknig idiot!

[HanzGruber]

Good. Dumb idea for manny and wlad

[Robbie Barrett]

If every country is allowed to send their best boxers how is it unfair?

[Dip_Slide]

Amateur boxing is not just a bunch of kids fighting for a medal to go pro afterwards, there are some amateur fighters who dedicated their whole lives to amateur boxing and amateur boxing alone and imo would beat most pro fighters in an amateur fight, they're used to the scoring system and they're also used to the pace.

The guy that supposedly beat Floyd Mayweather in the olympixs was like a 4 time amateur champion and 4 time European champion, I think someone with that kind of experience in the amateurs would beat any pro in an amateur fight.

So if Pacquiao or Klitschko wanna do it, let them do it as long as they get tested/treated like everyone else, I'd doubt that either of the 2 would get zo the semi finals.

[tangalog2200]

Amateur boxing is not just a bunch of kids fighting for a medal to go pro afterwards, there are some amateur fighters who dedicated their whole lives to amateur boxing and amateur boxing alone and imo would beat most pro fighters in an amateur fight, they're used to the scoring system and they're also used to the pace.

The guy that supposedly beat Floyd Mayweather in the olympixs was like a 4 time amateur champion and 4 time European champion, I think someone with that kind of experience in the amateurs would beat any pro in an amateur fight.

So if Pacquiao or Klitschko wanna do it, let them do it as long as they get tested/treated like everyone else, I'd doubt that either of the 2 would get zo the semi finals.

very valid points....

the wbc is really all but concerned about losing turf...and $$$

[Pigeons]

The WBC has been very concerned about the AIBA encroaching on their turf for a while now. It's interesting because the hardcore boxing fans on this forum don't pay an ounce of attention to the AIBA or the World Series of Boxing. I wonder if the AIBA is planning something major for us.

[-Kev-]

I don't mind pro boxers participating in the Olympics. If anything it makes it more fun. What if some pros lose to the amateurs? That would be fun to watch. It's the amateur system, not the pro rules, so it would be different. The pros may very well get their asses handed to them by those youngsters who's amateur background is still fresh, while all these pros fought in the amateurs like a decade or 20 years ago, you never know. Plus guys like Pac never fought in the amateurs, so let him join if he decides. Maybe it's something he just wants to do in life, so what?

[Eff Pandas]

F#ck the WBC.

This is about the strongest stance I seen the WBC take on anything & its seemingly cuz they see AIBA has a threat.

[Sledgeweather17]

Historically it's always been for up and comers. You also have to take into account AIBA's stance you can't dismiss it like a bunch of dinosaurs and a herd of sheep. Majority of other sports in the Olympics feature Professional athletes. I 100% agree that it will have dangerous implications if we actually see a Pro fight an AM but the games are meant to feature the ELITE athletes, the games isn't a nursery.

Those are elite amateurs participating there though. Most of the medal winners have gone on to have great pro careers. Besides, can the olympics produce big enough purses for the elite pro boxers? Very doubtful. And how do you decide which pro boxers qualify and which do not? Since the article clearly states that there are no preliminaries for pros like Pacquiao who have been invited?

[Sledgeweather17]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't it the WBC that literally manufactures alternate belts in order to collect fees?

I believe that is the WBA's MO.