Why are gold medalist so bad in the pros?

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  • Eff Pandas
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    #11
    Gold Medalists are one of the best bets in boxing. Your odds on being a legend go up drastically if you win that gold medal. And I bet there aren't any better amateur titles that convert into a pro title at a higher percent that Olympic Champions.

    Whitaker
    Leonard
    Ali
    Frazier
    Spinks
    Foreman
    Oscar
    Loma
    Usyk
    Rigo
    Dre Ward

    Sure not everyone is gonna be a success, but look at the failure rate for silver & bronze medalist or National Golden Glove champs or US or World champs or w/e.

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    • daggum
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      #12
      andre ward was a great wrestler in the ams and the pros

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      • Nash out
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        #13
        Povetkin had a very good career. Lost to an ATG in Wlad and a very good Joshua, I actually felt Povetkin was winning that fight until he was stopped.

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        • lolpz
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          #14
          Originally posted by Stokely
          Olympic Gold Medalists As Professionals

          2000
          Brahim Asloum: 24-2 (10 KOs), 1x champion with no title defenses

          Muhammad Abdullaev: 21-4 (14 KOs), lost in his only world title shot

          Audley Harrison: 31-7 (23 KOs), never put himself in position to challenge for a world title

          2004
          Alexander Povetkin: 34-2 (24 KOs), lost in his two biggest fights; Wladimir Klitschko and Anthony Joshua

          2008
          Zou Shiming: 9-2 (2 KOs), lost in his only world title opportunity, soon retires after getting knocked the f**k out in just his 11th fight

          Félix Diaz: 20-3 (10 KOs), mostly known for QUITTING against Terence Crawford

          Rakhim Chakhkiev: 26-3 (19 KOs), had one world title opportunity against Glowacki and got TKO’d

          2012
          Robeisy Ramirez: 0-1 (0 KOs), just lost in his pro-debut

          Luke Campbell: 21-2 (16 KOs), split decision loss to Jorge Linares, has another chance at glory against Vasyl Lomachenko, will most likely lose that fight

          Ryōta Murata: 15-2 (12 KOs), competing for minor world titles, already two losses on his resume


          Egor Mekhontsev: 13-0-1 (8 KOs), accomplished nothing in his career, retires after 14 lousy fights

          There have been 44 boxing Olympic gold medalists from 2000 to 2012 and only Guillermo Rigondeaux, Yuriorkis Gamboa, Andre Ward, Vasyl Lomachenko, James DeGale, Oleksandr Usyk and Anthony Joshua can say they’ve had successful careers. That’s only 6.2% of them. WOW!
          Shiming won a title, Murata just won a title, Campbell was robbed against Linares, and Diaz was robbed against Peterson.

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            #15
            Idiotic thread is idiotic, but I’ll bite.

            Points system. You’re taught to punch clean and headhunt. Head gear and bigger gloves make it easy to head hunt, and all you really have to do is keep your guard up. Pro boxing is a different beast. I try not to even rank an amateur until he’s had one or two pro fights, because a lot of times their chin has never been tested (Nkosi Solomon got dropped twice in his pro debut) so yeah, totally different.

            It’s like fencing and sword fighting.

            Also, in the past guys didn’t get to escape the Soviet regimes and go pro until after their primes unfortunately .

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            • Luilun
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              #16
              Because Professional Fights are not 3 rounds nor is it playing tag

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              • QueensburyRules
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                #17
                Originally posted by Stokely
                Olympic Gold Medalists As Professionals

                2000
                Brahim Asloum: 24-2 (10 KOs), 1x champion with no title defenses

                Muhammad Abdullaev: 21-4 (14 KOs), lost in his only world title shot

                Audley Harrison: 31-7 (23 KOs), never put himself in position to challenge for a world title

                2004
                Alexander Povetkin: 34-2 (24 KOs), lost in his two biggest fights; Wladimir Klitschko and Anthony Joshua

                2008
                Zou Shiming: 9-2 (2 KOs), lost in his only world title opportunity, soon retires after getting knocked the f**k out in just his 11th fight

                Félix Diaz: 20-3 (10 KOs), mostly known for QUITTING against Terence Crawford

                Rakhim Chakhkiev: 26-3 (19 KOs), had one world title opportunity against Glowacki and got TKO’d

                2012
                Robeisy Ramirez: 0-1 (0 KOs), just lost in his pro-debut

                Luke Campbell: 21-2 (16 KOs), split decision loss to Jorge Linares, has another chance at glory against Vasyl Lomachenko, will most likely lose that fight

                Ryōta Murata: 15-2 (12 KOs), competing for minor world titles, already two losses on his resume


                Egor Mekhontsev: 13-0-1 (8 KOs), accomplished nothing in his career, retires after 14 lousy fights

                There have been 44 boxing Olympic gold medalists from 2000 to 2012 and only Guillermo Rigondeaux, Yuriorkis Gamboa, Andre Ward, Vasyl Lomachenko, James DeGale, Oleksandr Usyk and Anthony Joshua can say they’ve had successful careers. That’s only 6.2% of them. WOW!
                - -Thanks for reminding us Stokely playground math ain't real math.

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                • killakali
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                  #18
                  Originally posted by Stokely
                  Olympic Gold Medalists As Professionals

                  2000
                  Brahim Asloum: 24-2 (10 KOs), 1x champion with no title defenses

                  Muhammad Abdullaev: 21-4 (14 KOs), lost in his only world title shot

                  Audley Harrison: 31-7 (23 KOs), never put himself in position to challenge for a world title

                  2004
                  Alexander Povetkin: 34-2 (24 KOs), lost in his two biggest fights; Wladimir Klitschko and Anthony Joshua

                  2008
                  Zou Shiming: 9-2 (2 KOs), lost in his only world title opportunity, soon retires after getting knocked the f**k out in just his 11th fight

                  Félix Diaz: 20-3 (10 KOs), mostly known for QUITTING against Terence Crawford

                  Rakhim Chakhkiev: 26-3 (19 KOs), had one world title opportunity against Glowacki and got TKO’d

                  2012
                  Robeisy Ramirez: 0-1 (0 KOs), just lost in his pro-debut

                  Luke Campbell: 21-2 (16 KOs), split decision loss to Jorge Linares, has another chance at glory against Vasyl Lomachenko, will most likely lose that fight

                  Ryōta Murata: 15-2 (12 KOs), competing for minor world titles, already two losses on his resume


                  Egor Mekhontsev: 13-0-1 (8 KOs), accomplished nothing in his career, retires after 14 lousy fights

                  There have been 44 boxing Olympic gold medalists from 2000 to 2012 and only Guillermo Rigondeaux, Yuriorkis Gamboa, Andre Ward, Vasyl Lomachenko, James DeGale, Oleksandr Usyk and Anthony Joshua can say they’ve had successful careers. That’s only 6.2% of them. WOW!
                  Shiming won a world title. Ryota and luke campbell still have time to do something.

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                  • lolpz
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                    #19
                    Originally posted by _Rexy_
                    Idiotic thread is idiotic, but I’ll bite.
                    Couldn't have said it better lol.

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                    • Stokely
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                      #20
                      Olympic gold medalists are BUSTS

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