Comments Thread For: McCracken Does Not Expect British Boxers To Turn Backs on Olympics

[Dasmius Shinobi]

This FÛÇKING Corona Virus is playing us all.

This is why I feared and is going to happen at this pace, that amateur and some fighters of the Olympics are going to turn professional for the economical crisis this fucking Corona Virus is causing.

[BoloShot]

The young men need to make money from this craft in as much time as they can possibly get so plenty of them would probably skip waiting another year if they've been holding out for long enough already.

[EDDIE SPERM]

Whatever is best

[Bunch Pag]

I guess it all boils down the options in front of them..

[BIGPOPPAPUMP]

Rob McCracken says that he does not expect any Great Britain boxers to turn their back on the Olympic Games to turn professional. The Tokyo Olympics had been due to start in July, but the coronavirus pandemic has seen it put back until July 2021. Several boxers including gold medal hopes Pat McCormack and Peter McGrail had planned to turn professional straight after the Tokyo Games. But the decision to move the Olympics back 12 months has mean them having to weigh up the benefit of boxing in Tokyo against getting started on their professional journey.
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