As a boxing fan I want pros in the Olympic games

[kilojay505]

Would be way too corrupt with pros and promoters involved too many deep pockets...

[boliodogs]

I would watch every single match any pro was involved in just to see if they got upset or how they adjust their style to suit the amateur scoring system..

Would be amazing to see some young unknown kid beat a couple professionals on his way to a gold medal....

Most of the guys at the olympics will turn pro and be fighting 4-6-8 rounders for a couple years before we even hear their names again unless they are superstars like Floyd,Roy,Oscar etc....

Why not bring the sport back to the mainstream and get some eyeballs on the tv during the Olympic Games this summer....

Plus I really,really,really wanna see Amir Khan get chin checked by some fking skinny azz Indian kid that won't even make it as a professional lol...

Im not up on the amateurs from overseas but if there's any guys left out there like Lomachenko or Rigondeaux then good luck to the pros who run into them in the games...

You got your wish because the pros are now allowed to fight in the Olympics. Most pros don't seem to want to fight in the Olympics and so far the few who do have been turned down for some reason. The amateur scoring system has to be the worst scoring system ever invented by man. Khan may have a weak chin for a championship level boxer but I think you are selling him short. He was able to win the silver medal, I think it was, in the Olympics when he was a 17 year old kid. I think if he is allowed to compete now as a seasoned pro he would win the gold medal. Of course if Brook also competes in the Olympics Khan probably would get knocked out.

[Scipio2009]

If every country was sending their best fighter do you think Haney would have even been considered for the spot in the team? I don't.

Like most sports where pros are allowed to compete against amateurs, I don't think the best fighters would even pursue heading to the Olympics.

Haney was the favorite to represent Team USA; what American fighters would've been in play to fight lightweight (morning-of weight of 132lbs) or bantamweight (morning-of weight 123lbs)?

Simply asking to consider what the potential options would look like.