Comments Thread For: Pros Admit To Struggling To Adapt To Olympic Fighting Style

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RIO DE JANEIRO - It was a big blow for the pros in Rio de Janeiro. The three professional fighters that bucked 112 years of amateur competition in Olympic boxing have all been eliminated from the tournament.


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[The Akbar One]

Outside of Guys like Rigondeaux, Lomachenko, and Golovkin, a lot of pros would lose in the Olympics. Canelo Alvarez wouldn't win gold. He'd be forced to fight at light heavy weight due to the same day way ins. Many pros would face the same issue with the weight, and be forced to fight a couple weight classes higher than they do in the pros. Sure the pros will beat the guy from the Maldives, but there isn't a pro out there that would have beaten either Rigondeaux or Lomachenko the years that they won gold.

[NEETzsche]

i think it goes to show that there's not actually a huge talent gulf between top pros and top amateurs, the main thing separating them is conditioning and mentality

la cruz, selimov, alimkhanuly, etc., could probably hold their own against the best pros in their weight classes even now

[New England]

Outside of Guys like Rigondeaux, Lomachenko, and Golovkin, a lot of pros would lose in the Olympics. Canelo Alvarez wouldn't win gold. He'd be forced to fight at light heavy weight due to the same day way ins. Many pros would face the same issue with the weight, and be forced to fight a couple weight classes higher than they do in the pros. Sure the pros will beat the guy from the Maldives, but there isn't a pro out there that would have beaten either Rigondeaux or Lomachenko the years that they won gold.

amir khan won olympic silver as a 17 year old. 17 year old khan would get absolutely murdered by a top flight pro with no head gear on. so would a lot of the kids who win in the olympics and fade into obscurity. it sucks that this isn't true for some countries, but the amateurs are supposed to be for kids / very young men. then you go pro.


lomachenko and rigondeaux may be the two best amateurs ever. not exactly a big sample.

[Godsfly]

Outside of Guys like Rigondeaux, Lomachenko, and Golovkin, a lot of pros would lose in the Olympics. Canelo Alvarez wouldn't win gold. He'd be forced to fight at light heavy weight due to the same day way ins. Many pros would face the same issue with the weight, and be forced to fight a couple weight classes higher than they do in the pros. Sure the pros will beat the guy from the Maldives, but there isn't a pro out there that would have beaten either Rigondeaux or Lomachenko the years that they won gold.

i can't agree with golovkin.....theres amatuer middleweights that would box circles around him. box his ears completely off. the problem is the amatuers are a lot more talented then what everyone is giving them credit for. i really believe theres more talent at amateur middleweight then pro. and thats truly sad.........

[NEETzsche]

i can't agree with golovkin.....theres amatuer middleweights that would box circles around him. box his ears completely off.

not in a 12 round fight they wouldn't

but once they start training for pro boxing, there are a couple who could potentially overtake him

[GGG Gloveking]

i can't agree with golovkin.....theres amatuer middleweights that would box circles around him. box his ears completely off. the problem is the amatuers are a lot more talented then what everyone is giving them credit for. i really believe theres more talent at amateur middleweight then pro. and thats truly sad.........

Didn't Golovkin win like 450 amateur fights, multiple world amateur championships, and a silver medal? But somehow the amateurs would "box his ears completely off"? How does that make sense?

[-PBP-]

It's two completely different sports basically. This is not surprising.

[NEETzsche]

It's two completely different sports basically. This is not surprising.

not any more. the only real differences are the duration and the standing 8 counts

this tournament has been great, better than most pro boxing i've seen this year - and the quarter finals are only starting today

[New England]

Didn't Golovkin win like 450 amateur fights, multiple world amateur championships, and a silver medal? But somehow the amateurs would "box his ears completely off"? How does that make sense?

it doesn't. pros > amatuers.

if these amateur kids could jump into the top 10 and make millions for each fight they wouldn't be fighting for free. promotors would dangle money in front of their faces, adn they'd take it and run the pros.

thse guys shoudl just trust if they don't understand it.