European Amateur Boxing Championship starting in June 17 at Ankara Turkey

[Tommy O C]

I thought he lost it too. The Russian was hittin arms with the jab but was getting the right through

[GladiatoR]

What's the crack with McCracken?

Isn't he not allowed to manage pro and amateur fighters? Is that still enforced?

[mattdonnellon]

Watch the Nevin fight;
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZBmPx34tgk[/ame]
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcFm7NNljwQ[/ame]

Would love to hear neutral/European views, I think this was the robbery of the championship but maybe I'm biased,-well I know I am!

[Vysotsky]

So Omarov beat Cammarelle, wow. Was a pretty exciting tough fight with both guys landing alot of hard shots. Omarov is 22 yrs old, Cammarelle 31. I really hope Omarov goes pro at some point he seems to have all the tools and no glaring flaws.


I have no damn clue what happened in tha Pulev vs Mammadov fight. Right before the start of the 3rd the fight was called and Mammadov declared the winner. I read that Pulev quit but it didn't look like that. Pulev had his gloves and headgear on and was standing right before the 3rd was about to start while Mammadov had taken his gloves and headgear off a good 20 seconds earlier. Very strange.

[Mendoza]

Originally Posted by Vysotsky

So Omarov beat Cammarelle, wow. Was a pretty exciting tough fight with both guys landing alot of hard shots. Omarov is 22 yrs old, Cammarelle 31. I really hope Omarov goes pro at some point he seems to have all the tools and no glaring flaws.


I have no damn clue what happened in tha Pulev vs Mammadov fight. Right before the start of the 3rd the fight was called and Mammadov declared the winner. I read that Pulev quit but it didn't look like that. Pulev had his gloves and headgear on and was standing right before the 3rd was about to start while Mammadov had taken his gloves and headgear off a good 20 seconds earlier. Very strange.

Did not see any of the matches. How did Cammarelle look vs the hard punching Romanian in the semi finals?

Is Omarov that good, or is Cammarelle fading at bit?

[mattdonnellon]

Ootclassed the Romanian and destroyed him. Looked a bit listless in the final.

[Vysotsky]

Originally Posted by Mendoza

Did not see any of the matches. How did Cammarelle look vs the hard punching Romanian in the semi finals?

Is Omarov that good, or is Cammarelle fading at bit?

I didn't see the semi but i saw the results. I havn't seen Nistor yet i'm still eager to see his fights. Cammarelle was up 15-3 after the 1st round and the result said "ret" so i assume the corner stopped it after the first cuz Nistor was getting outclassed badley.

Cammarelle looked himself i thought Omarov was just quite impressive. Roberto seemed to have a real good tournament too dominating Zuyev, Yoka, & Nistor. The guy has lost to every Russian SHW he's ever faced, that's rough.

[Nosbor]

Russia has so much talent that never gets a chance to fight professional. They have certainly surpassed Cuba as the strongest and deepest amateur boxing nation over the past 6-8 years.

Many more lucrative pro contracts will still be given to Cuban fighters because they are seen as more marketable due to the international bias against Slavic fighters.

[Mendoza]

Originally Posted by Nosbor

Russia has so much talent that never gets a chance to fight professional. They have certainly surpassed Cuba as the strongest and deepest amateur boxing nation over the past 6-8 years.

Many more lucrative pro contracts will still be given to Cuban fighters because they are seen as more marketable due to the international bias against Slavic fighters.

There is still a bias, but with its going away. The surprise to some is Russia isn't only winning in the upper weights. They have a lot of talent at middle and lightweight too.

[ballznall]

did lomachenko fight?

[Vysotsky]

Originally Posted by ballznall

did lomachenko fight?

Ukraine and Russia both sent their B teams