Comments Thread For: Can Olympic Boxing Un-Fix Itself?

[sicko]

Olympic and Amateur Boxing is BEYOND CORRUPT it can't be repaired

[Eff Pandas]

Didn't realize or even think about the women still having headgear. They should alter that. Weird that the mean don't have headgear & the women do.

[HI-TECH Boxing]

just seen that fowler drew alimkhanuly in the first round too :\

but joyce and ali were always our two best hopes for gold to me

mccormack and okolie were my outsider picks, but meeting cubans early is never nice. still, if they get past toledo and savon then all of a sudden they become favourites

Not looking good for Fowler. I expect Alimkhanuly to take it. Alimkhanuly has a good chance to win the Gold in his division. Arlen Lopez is the favourite, but there are few guys that could potentially beat him and Alimkhanuly is one of them. Alimkhanuly has actually defeated him in the past. Lopez has improved, but Lopez struggles with certain styles; that's all I'll say for now.
I saw Lopez at the Cuban nationals, in December of last year, and he looked awful. You would think the other guy was THE guy not Lopez. However, Lopez has looked amazing in the WSB this year.
There is a way to beat him though.

I think Joyce has the best chance to take Gold on the men's side. I actually am favoring him to take it all. It's going to be difficult nonetheless.
I am not that high on Ali, but he has a good chance to medal here. He doesn't have easy fights, but it's not impossible for him to reach the semis.
Ali's height/size is a problem for all of the Flyweights.
McCormack is the most talented fighter for Great Britain in my opinion. He just has a tough road.
In order to reach the semis he has to go through Zhussupov, Toledo, then most likely, Sotomayor. I could see him winning all of those fights, but I could also see him losing. I think Sotomayor would be the easiest fight, so if he gets past Zhussupov and Toledo then good news.
McCormack may have the toughest draw regardless of weight classes. McCormack is always getting difficult draws. He's also in the toughest or second toughest division (only Lightweight may be tougher).

Okolie is not going to beat Savon. They already fought and Savon stopped him. Okolie has potential but too inexperienced for now. He would benefit from staying amateur a little longer.
Don't be surprised if some of the younger guys stay amateur a little longer.
Anthony Joshua was tempted to stay amateur until these Olympics. And Joshua probably knew there was going to be big money in the pros and even he was really thinking of staying longer. Not to mention that he already had a Gold medal. I expect several of the current GB members to think about staying amateur for a while. Some will stay for a year, others for two, and some may stay until the 2020 Olympics. Or some will just go pro.
GB treats their athletes well.

[yngwie]

The draw was not kind to Great Britain. Pat McCormack has to fight Ablaikhan Zhussupov, who was my darkhorse of the division, for his first fight and if he gets past him he has to go through Toledo.
The Draws aren't as bad as in the past, but some of the draws still don't make sense.
Some fighters are seeded without accomplishing anything really. It's disrespectful to the fighters that have been putting in the work only to have to get a difficult draw while other fighters get easy draws and undeserved seedings.

I haven't seen the draws yet.

[Earl-Hickey]

It's rigged man bruvvas always be getting robbed nowadays but when they turn pro they are the best explain that

[HI-TECH Boxing]

I haven't seen the draws yet.

You can see the draws here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boxing...ummer_Olympics

Or on AIBA's twitter page. I suggest the wikipedia page.

[yngwie]

You can see the draws here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boxing...ummer_Olympics

Or on AIBA's twitter page. I suggest the wikipedia page.

Thanks man, seems interesting, many favorites wouldn't get in the medal ranks because the draw.
Also if N'Damm wins, he is gonna to face La Cruz.

[yngwie]

Didn't realize or even think about the women still having headgear. They should alter that. Weird that the mean don't have headgear & the women do.

They said it's because they haven't make enough tests on women.

[Eff Pandas]

They said it's because they haven't make enough tests on women.

That don't make sense to me. Like running tests on crash test dummies with ******* to prove woman are better off with seatbelts after doing some tests on crash test dummies without *******. Head trauma don't care if you got ******* or not.

[Dr Rumack]

Most of the crying about Olympic boxing comes from Americans because they are shit at it now. Of course there's corruption at bad scoring. This is boxing after all.