10 Boxers that won Olympic Gold and Word Titles: Olympic Channel

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[Dariusz]

A good vid, although too short and the music sucks. I am emotionally connected to two events:
1. in 1968 when Foreman won the gold medal; he knocked out everyone except our own Polish Lucjan Trela (who died not so long ago); Trela was the man who evoked my, a small kid's, interest in boxing in the late 60-ies; he was only 173 cm high (5,8") and caused a lot of trouble for normal height HW fighters and also made lots of trouble to Foreman who won 4:1 with two draws for Foreman(!!!); Foreman remembered this small Pole forever and there are a special YT vid about Big G coming to Poland on Trela's invitation (never happened though);
2. In 1960, my Dad told me about it later, Cassius Clay fought Zbigniew Pietrzykowski in the final; the same Pietrzykowski who being a lad knocked out Laszlo Papp in light weight; in the opinion of many, Pietrzykowski won that final; everyone can see it because there is a vid from all 3 rounds on YT.

P.S. Also remember to this day Jerzy Kulej's two subsequent gold olympic medals; it does not happen often, especially outside HW.

[Dariusz]

[Dariusz]

Noone commenting lol ? If Clay had lost this gold medal there could be hundreds of comments stating that Clay was better, lmao.

[ShoulderRoll]

Noone commenting lol ? If Clay had lost this gold medal there could be hundreds of comments stating that Clay was better, lmao.

I'm not sure what fight you were watching but Clay clearly won that bout?

Pieterzykowski can barely land a punch and misses badly several times. He is losing on points going into the 3rd round where he finally opens up and has some moments...but then Clay pours it on.

I see no robbery there.

[DreamFighter]

I'm not sure what fight you were watching but Clay clearly won that bout?

Pieterzykowski can barely land a punch and misses badly several times. He is losing on points going into the 3rd round where he finally opens up and has some moments...but then Clay pours it on.

I see no robbery there.

true no sign of it - what you can see, my friend, is half a century of blatant butthurt.

[Dariusz]

I'm not sure what fight you were watching but Clay clearly won that bout?

Pieterzykowski can barely land a punch and misses badly several times. He is losing on points going into the 3rd round where he finally opens up and has some moments...but then Clay pours it on.

I see no robbery there.

Well, what about the power punches statistics, that so popular today ? Pietrzykowski landed several of them while Clay practically noone. Pietrzykowski won first two rounds, while Clay won the last. It should be at least a draw.

P.S. Watch this fight with muting this ****** comments. Watch the fight silent, please.

[DreamFighter]

Well, what about the power punches statistics, that so popular today ? Pietrzykowski landed several of them while Clay practically noone. Pietrzykowski won first two rounds, while Clay won the last. It should be at least a draw.

P.S. Watch this fight with muting this ****** comments. Watch the fight silent, please.

so how is a robbery a draw now?

[Dariusz]

so how is a robbery a draw now?

Who said robbery ? Certainly not me. It was a close battle. I said that Pietrzykowski should have won. At least it should have been a draw. Rather not Clay's win. That's all.

[_Rexy_]

Well, what about the power punches statistics, that so popular today ? Pietrzykowski landed several of them while Clay practically noone. Pietrzykowski won first two rounds, while Clay won the last. It should be at least a draw.

P.S. Watch this fight with muting this ****** comments. Watch the fight silent, please.

I'm not sure about in the early 60's but your reasoning doesn't matter in amateur bouts.