Olympic Boxing

[Bennie-Mac]

It occurs to me that we have quite a good chance to bag a few more medals in the boxing this year, yet nobody has really been mentioning it. Considering Amir Khan was our only boxing entry in Athens 2004, its great to see so many young boxers representing team GB.

If im not mistaken all of Team GB are still in the running and with

Spoiler

Luke Campbell winning his fight against the Italian Parrinello

its certainly looking good so far.

Lets face it getting into fights is what GB is good at

 

[Bennie-Mac]

I meant the random disqualification and then some guy walking in the ring on his own and being declared the winner

I dont know about the disqualification (perhaps the boxer didnt make the required weight?) but they would still have to officially declare his opponent the winner, so still announce it in the ring.

 

[Bennie-Mac]

Im trying to find the videos to watch but the bbc site is very hard to navigate if you are looking for something that isnt a GB victory...

Edit - Found the Cuba vs Iran fight, watching now.

 

[Bennie-Mac]

Shoddy refereeing there indeed, seems he was publicly warned 3 times in a round for holding his opponents head down. Ref was a bit trigger happy.

Edit - The other fight was a forfeit by the way

 

[Bennie-Mac]

Anthony Joshua fight is damn close

 

[Bennie-Mac]

He nearly lost it there in the last round, scraped through!

 

[Bennie-Mac]

I thought he deserved the first two rounds, but the 3rd round was definitely the Cubans. I dont see what the problem is. Unless you think he should have lost the 3rd round by more points?

 

[Bennie-Mac]

Great news Amin Khan has tipped Ogogo to be a serious contender.

 

[Bennie-Mac]

And? Khan is an idiot. Godo luck to Ogogo though!

Well I am so sorry. I just assumed that a professional boxer would know a little bit about boxing.

Edit - By the way I was saying "Great news" for the appeal being rejected, not that Khan had said he was good.