Comments Thread For: Anthony Ogogo Announces His Retirement From Boxing

[LacedUp]

Probably one of the saddest stories in boxing of recent times. Supposed to be somewhat of a golden boy of boxing (ironically signed with goldenboy), before losing and looking bad and then a detached retina messed the rest up .

[deathofaclown]

I wouldn't say it's one of the saddest stories aside from an unfortunate injury.

He was just another decent amateur that never cut it as a pro. There's been plenty before him and there will be plenty after him in the same boat.

Let's be fair, he was only a supposed golden boy because of his good looks which give him a platform to be on all sorts of adverts and on TV shows after he got a bronze at the Olympics, not because of his boxing ability.

[Enzo Mc is SHIT]

I'm no fan but I'd say it's a very sad story because he spent so much time and money on surgery that's been totally pointless. All he has to show for all that pain is bills.

[alexguiness]

He was never cut out to succeed as a pro.

Over hyped and too many early endorsements without achieving any degree of success.

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Comments Thread For: Anthony Ogogo Announces His Retirement From Boxing

Accepting the end gracefully is part of being a professional athlete. Calling an end to dreams that are left unfulfilled is the hardest part. Life is all about doing your best with the cards you've been dealt; that is what I have done time after time. Sadly, after 7 operations on my eyes in 2 and a half years, I am forced to admit that they are too damaged for me to safely return to the boxing ring. With a heavy heart, I have to retire from professional boxing with my dreams unfulfilled.
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[bulldognyc]

Good luck to him. I feel like I read about this guy but never saw him. Unfortunate situation. It wasn’t meant to be.

[dan_cov]

Nobody will be sadder than old Spike

[SugarRayCurtain]

guy wrote a book as his retirement speech but goodluck to him

[Corelone]

Another case of don't help me brother. He got the hometown edge in the Olympics and should have ended it there. He's not a bad guy, but he was getting beat on all along and that medal just took him into a world of hurt.

[BobLoblaw]

Like many other UK fight fans, I had high hopes for Ogogo following the Olympics. However, signing up for Strictly Come Dancing in the infancy of your career is a poor move. He's appeared on countless trash shows since the Cunningham fight and i'd assumed he had retired.

I always felt he was more interested in getting his name out there and his face on the screen than targeting a World Title.

Good luck in your retirement, i'm sure we'll see you doing punditry on channel 5 for years to come.