Olympic Boxing

KautoStar · 2 Aug 2012 at 10:15

Purdy said:
Honestly thought Joshua had lost it, didn't rewatch but I thought the other guy definitely had it.

Ah well, if only Olympics had proper boxing

What I love about the Olympics is when these people come crawling out of the woodwork every 4 years to make some retarded comment about something they have no knowledge of.

Please tell us what 'proper' boxing is. I would love to have more insight from someone as knowledgeable about the sport as you.

Azza · 2 Aug 2012 at 12:06

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/olympics/19088420

Here is what CliffyG is talking about. What an idiot!

CliffyG · 2 Aug 2012 at 12:20

Didn't realise he got deducted 2 points aswell! Mental result but glad it got over turned.

semi-pro waster · 2 Aug 2012 at 12:35

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

Apologies, I wasn't watching at the time so thought you were asking generally what amateur boxing involved.

Skeeter · 2 Aug 2012 at 12:40

semi-pro waster said:
Apologies, I wasn't watching at the time so thought you were asking generally what amateur boxing involved.

No worries, the link you posted was a good read too. Thanks.

Yas786 · 2 Aug 2012 at 15:00

Ogogo just beat the world number one...geezus thats twice in one day, first Gemma in judo and now Ogogo.

Pigeon_Killer · 2 Aug 2012 at 15:02

Christ, that was close for Ogogo. Three judges had them equal on points, they were equal on points after a count back and he won with a TV style popularity contest of 'press your button for the winner' from the 5 judges

Yas786 · 2 Aug 2012 at 15:04

Pigeon_Killer said:
Christ, that was close for Ogogo. Three judges had them equal on points, they were equal on points after a count back and he won with a TV style popularity contest of 'press your button for the winner' from the 5 judges

Alpherah · 2 Aug 2012 at 15:20

Ukrane have appealed.

DiCe! · 2 Aug 2012 at 15:23

Alpherah said:
Ukrane have appealed.

They can foxtrot!

Alpherah · 2 Aug 2012 at 16:35

BBCSport: Ukraine's appeal against the victory of
GB middleweight Anthony Ogogo over their number 1 seed Ievgen Khytrov is thrown out. #bbc2012

Bennie-Mac · 2 Aug 2012 at 16:41

Great news

Amin Khan has tipped Ogogo to be a serious contender.

rhysduck · 2 Aug 2012 at 16:49

Bennie-Mac said:
Great news Amin Khan has tipped Ogogo to be a serious contender.

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

Bennie-Mac · 2 Aug 2012 at 17:37

rhysduck said:
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.

Abraxaz1 · 2 Aug 2012 at 21:38

gb vs italy was ruined by the ref's inability. Italian just held on and scored on the re-start..

estebanrey · 2 Aug 2012 at 21:45

Bennie-Mac said:
Well I am so sorry. I just assumed that a professional boxer would know a little bit about boxing.

You might wanna check out Khan's predictions on his fight with Danny Garcia and how that turned out.

Skeeter · 2 Aug 2012 at 21:51

As a casual observer, all I'm hearing is about how poor the refereeing has been?

semi-pro waster · 2 Aug 2012 at 22:12

Abraxaz1 said:
gb vs italy was ruined by the ref's inability. Italian just held on and scored on the re-start..

I thought Josh Taylor was a bit unlucky there as while the Italian clearly won there was a lot of holding from him and I was a bit surprised to see that he won the final round by four clear points, I'd have had it much closer than that but a definite win for the Italian.

NZB · 6 Aug 2012 at 21:42

5-2 to Ogogo in the first round

NZB · 6 Aug 2012 at 21:50

Good fight, yet another guaranteed medal from boxing.