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That being an olympic champion doesn't means anything in the pro ranks; out of 120 olympic champions that have turned pro, 42 have won a world title, so 1/3 have been champions and you need to keep in mind that...
-I'm counting all the champions that turned pro in the history of the olympics.
-The olympic system wasn't having really world class boxers until 1952.
-Manny of them were shot by the time they turned pro.
-Many of them, mostly the really old timers, didn't have a chance to fight for a title.
-Only after the 1976 the olympic champions started to get really good opportunities for being olympic gold medalists.
-I'm not counting the rest of the olympians, but you have a lot of them that became champs: Bowe, Mayweather, Virgil Hill, Golovkin, etc... and even non medalists: Cotto, Forrest, Vargas, etc...
-Some of the champions of 2012 haven't received a chance for a title yet...
*i counted Roy Jones as a gold medalist because he clearly won his final, but is the only unofficial gold medalist i counted*
Now, i'm not saying that being an olympic champion equals being a world champions, but is a fact that being an olympic champions requires a high level of talent and skill and i estimate that around half of the olympic champions that turned pro post 1976 have been professional world champions, but that isn't a fact, i would do that research later.
-I'm counting all the champions that turned pro in the history of the olympics.
-The olympic system wasn't having really world class boxers until 1952.
-Manny of them were shot by the time they turned pro.
-Many of them, mostly the really old timers, didn't have a chance to fight for a title.
-Only after the 1976 the olympic champions started to get really good opportunities for being olympic gold medalists.
-I'm not counting the rest of the olympians, but you have a lot of them that became champs: Bowe, Mayweather, Virgil Hill, Golovkin, etc... and even non medalists: Cotto, Forrest, Vargas, etc...
-Some of the champions of 2012 haven't received a chance for a title yet...
*i counted Roy Jones as a gold medalist because he clearly won his final, but is the only unofficial gold medalist i counted*
Now, i'm not saying that being an olympic champion equals being a world champions, but is a fact that being an olympic champions requires a high level of talent and skill and i estimate that around half of the olympic champions that turned pro post 1976 have been professional world champions, but that isn't a fact, i would do that research later.