PROS CAN COMPETE IN RIO OLYMPICS!! must turn back to am 1 year early.

Discussion in 'World Boxing Forum' started by swingin, Aug 15, 2012.


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  1. Max Power

    Max Power Member Full Member

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    Ridiculous idea. As stupid as having Golf and Tennis in.

    The Olympics should only be for sports for which the Olympics is the absolute pinnacle.
    The Olympics is the pinnacle of AM boxing. The pinnacle of Pro boxing is the world title.

    What is the incentive to stay in the AM's?
     
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  2. PorkChopExpress

    PorkChopExpress Champion of the Universe Full Member

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    They should just have 2 comps at the olympics. Pro and Am
     
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  3. swingin

    swingin Boxing Addict Full Member

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    there is no pinnacle in the pros. just say ABC....

    the olympics have 1 champion every 4 years.

    ams kids still fight ams. if you arent good enough to go to national boxoffs every 4 years and fight against the pros, go home, get older, better, or you were just never good enough....



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    swingin, Aug 15, 2012
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  4. Max Power

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    Never good enough? Floyd in 96 when he competed at the Olympics wouldn't have been able to match the top pros of the time. Does that mean he was never good enough?

    They are seperate sports. Keep them seperate.
    BTW would these fights count towards your pro record?
     
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  5. swingin

    swingin Boxing Addict Full Member

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    no, it would count on your am record as its a different format.

    your point proves floyd would probably jump at the chance now to win that gold...money or not.
     
    swingin, Aug 15, 2012
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  6. Super_Fly_Sam

    Super_Fly_Sam Aus Boxer Full Member

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    Swingin could u just clarify if i have my head around this or not??

    So under the AIBA

    standard Am boxing for anyone of the beginers to the sport.

    The World Series Boxing (WSB) to bridge the gap between the Am's and Pro's (designed for Am boxers to fight under a pro style and maintain olympic eligability)

    And then pro boxing under the APB.

    Any pro's who want to go to the Olympics must stop pro fights under any other promoter and join the APB for the season before the games.

    so the WSB becomes obsolete because there is no need to bridge the gap between Am's and pro's becuase you will be able to jump back and forth between amatuer and pro's thanks to the APB to suit your liking?
     
    Super_Fly_Sam, Aug 15, 2012
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  7. Bognashavin

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    Professional sports should stay right away from the Olympics, it's ******ed things like tennis and basketball have been allowed in.
     
    Bognashavin, Aug 15, 2012
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  8. stiflers mum

    stiflers mum Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    This.:deal
     
    stiflers mum, Aug 16, 2012
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  9. TCboxa

    TCboxa Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    u telling me to think before i write yet you just wrote this up AFTER i told you that age restrictions will prevent many pros from even entering this.. floyd is 35, he is over the cut off limit for the age restrictions imposed by amateur boxing at the olympics. Do your homework and stop barking at crap :good
     
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  10. swilson120

    swilson120 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    The undertaker will be in the Greco roman wrestling next
     
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  11. swingin

    swingin Boxing Addict Full Member

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    id say age restrictions are on the table as well....
     
    swingin, Aug 16, 2012
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  12. swingin

    swingin Boxing Addict Full Member

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    here, knock yourself out.... http://www.boksing.no/files/{EB0C6823-3088-449A-BE8E-268E10FB1BA3}.pdf
     
    swingin, Aug 16, 2012
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  13. TCboxa

    TCboxa Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    i doubt it m8
     
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  14. LEFTHOOK87

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    the pro basketball players are not caving your head in
     
    LEFTHOOK87, Aug 16, 2012
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  15. swingin

    swingin Boxing Addict Full Member

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    thats right.

    the boxing format they are considering is pretty murky though. at least they are trying. the olympics should be about the best, not money. money or amatureism is gone from the modern games. boxing needs to find a way to get its best in there and help raise the profile of the sport. they could undo a lot of the dameage the alphabetboyshave done to the sport.

    1 champ in each division every 4 years. that sounds sensible to me.
     
    swingin, Aug 16, 2012
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