Comments Thread For: WBC Vows Two-Year Ban To Pros Who Compete in Olympics

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Mauricio Sulaiman, President of the World Boxing Council, is taking a hard line with any ranked fighter who decides to compete in the 2016 Rio Olympics. AIBA sanctions amateur (Olympic-style) boxing matches and awards world and subordinate championships. The AIBA has been trying to build its own professional version of boxing, where boxers would retain their Olympic eligibility, through the team tournament league known as World Series of Boxing and AIBA Pro Boxing.
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[Larry the boss]

Pro's fighting in the Olympics is selfish and pathetic

[Combat Talk Radio]

We've already been through this. Basically goes the same way but with headgear.

Roy Jones on "Pros vs. Joes"

Arturo Gatti 1st Round KO on "Pros vs Joes"

[Eff Pandas]

Thats great WBC guy, but how bout mfers who test positive for PEDs?

Pro's fighting in the Olympics is selfish and pathetic

**** don't worry about it too bad. Boxing will probably get KO'd from the Olympics after this next one if it don't do better ratings anyway.

[nycsmooth]

An effort that no others will back as he has no authority...this body is sinking 2 an all time low...poor judges in mx, no control on peds, their rankings are awful & many get title shots undeservedly...

[Corelone]

How is a two year ban going to stop a retiree? I don't understand this at all. No sanction fees, is that it?

[KillaMane26]

2 years aint nothing lets be honest

[Chuckguy]

Pro's fighting in the Olympics is selfish and pathetic

No Larry the WBC putting a two year ban just because they can't profit out of it is selfish and pathetic

[sicko]

Agree with the WBC here, Pros in the Olympics is just RIDICULOUS especially for a Physical Sport like Boxing

[chico malo ali]

Glad the wbc is stepping up and doing something about this *****. No pro has business fighting amateur fighters.