Olympic Draw (Boxing)

[Roddy Collins]

Originally Posted by brickfists

Allright lads need everyones oppinion on this. the two cubans alvarez estrada (bantem) & iglesias solotongo (light welter) are the clear favs in thier respective divisions but can thier main rivals nevin, campbell, (bantem) stalker, berinchyk (light welter) really cause any threat ?

thinking about putting on a hail mary type accy with zou, carrazana, estrada, lomachenko, solotongo, dychko, and katie taylor all to win gold it will work out at about 200/1 and i plan on putting a 100 on it.

im fairly confident all will win gold "bar more robberies ofcourse" but estrada and solotongo are a bit of a worry. what you's think about these two's chances of winning gold ?

one of those bets that looks good on paper but theres a lot of fighters there, ones bound to have an off day or come out on the wrong end of a bad decision. maybe do £50 on the five your most confident on and then £50 on all seven. Now that you've mentioned it though you have to stick something on it.

[Pecsaetan]

Originally Posted by brickfists

Allright lads need everyones oppinion on this. the two cubans alvarez estrada (bantem) & iglesias solotongo (light welter) are the clear favs in thier respective divisions but can thier main rivals nevin, campbell, (bantem) stalker, berinchyk (light welter) really cause any threat ?

thinking about putting on a hail mary type accy with zou, carrazana, estrada, lomachenko, solotongo, dychko, and katie taylor all to win gold it will work out at about 200/1 and i plan on putting a 100 on it.

im fairly confident all will win gold "bar more robberies ofcourse" but estrada and solotongo are a bit of a worry. what you's think about these two's chances of winning gold ?

From what I've seen so far Alvarez would be a riskier bet than Sotolongo. Nevin has looked good so it's no given that he gets past him, and if Campbell gets to the final you'd have to think he'll have the judges benefit. For Sotolongo neither Stalker or Berinchyk have looked their best, but that weight class hasn't had their quarters yet so it could all change.

[Anaboilc lion]

Lorrenzo alvarez will win for sure

Only one u should worry about is lomachencko as toledo looks ready for him

[BlackBrenny]

Originally Posted by leo_messi

was it a bad robbery. The ukrainian didnt look like he thought he won anyway..

I thought the Ukranian won....

[brickfists]

Originally Posted by Roddy Collins

one of those bets that looks good on paper but theres a lot of fighters there, ones bound to have an off day or come out on the wrong end of a bad decision. maybe do £50 on the five your most confident on and then £50 on all seven. Now that you've mentioned it though you have to stick something on it.

Originally Posted by Pecsaetan

From what I've seen so far Alvarez would be a riskier bet than Sotolongo. Nevin has looked good so it's no given that he gets past him, and if Campbell gets to the final you'd have to think he'll have the judges benefit. For Sotolongo neither Stalker or Berinchyk have looked their best, but that weight class hasn't had their quarters yet so it could all change.

Cheers for the input lads you both make good points.

but ive made a few bob on these olympics so i might aswell have gamble a bit of it, no risk no reward right ?

[Jack Dempsey]

Are all the Americans out? Is this the first time in ages no US Boxer will medal?

[pathmanc1986]

Originally Posted by Jack Dempsey

Are all the Americans out? Is this the first time in ages no US Boxer will medal?

in the history of boxing at the games i think

wilder was their only one in 2008

[freddieMaize]

Originally Posted by pathmanc1986

in the history of boxing at the games i think

wilder was their only one in 2008

If only the Cubans, Indians and the rest of the world turn pro, then even in pro boxing they are out

[leo_messi]

Lomanchenko, Ramirez, Alvarez Estrada all to win gold 11/2

Worth a 20.

[Dennison]

So we have 6 semi finalists (if Stalker gets through today) What do we think the outcome of them all will be?
Nicola Adams - Silver
Luke Campbell - Silver
Tom Stalker - Gold
Fred Evans - Gold
Anthony Ogogo - Silver
Anthony Joshua - Bronze

[leo_messi]

I dont think Fred Evans is winning gold

[Jack Dempsey]

I honestly think none will win gold, had a horrible feeling pre games that the expectation level was too high and that we might cone away disappointed

The performance of some of our fighters haven't been outstanding either, maybe I'm just a pessimist?

[leo_messi]

Originally Posted by Jack Dempsey

I honestly think none will win gold, had a horrible feeling pre games that the expectation level was too high and that we might cone away disappointed

The performance of some of our fighters haven't been outstanding either, maybe I'm just a pessimist?

surely 1 wil nick a gold.

[Bill C84]

I think we will get one, no idea who though, none have been outstanding.

After all the stick he's got lately I would love it to be Joshua.

[sosolid4u09]

If we can get 6 though to the semis that's a huge achievement imo

We need to remember how difficult it is getting an Olympic boxing medal. We have a strong team yes but it's still incredibly hard. When you get to the semis, anything can happen. Anyone can loose. If we can get 3 to the finals then imo we should be very proud of this boxing team