The last Boxer to beat 3 Olympic Gold Medallists?

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  1. mirkofilipovic

    mirkofilipovic ESB Management Full Member

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    Got gift decisions in the amateurs, had competitive fights with two washed up 40 year old Olympic gold medalists, and almost got knocked out by one of them. Joshua is huge size wise, but thats about it. I seriously hope Wilder sparks him out before his career ends, I am sick of the Islanders across the pacific salivating over a bigoted, mediocre roided up over paid robot.
     
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  2. Serge

    Serge Ginger Dracula Staff Member

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    And AJ didn't even deserve his gold medal either. Wlad and Povetkin at 41 y/o and 39 y/o respectively were still formidable fighters and 2 of the very best fighters in the division at the time but they were still old men in boxing years and at the end of long and hard careers.

    David Price beat Olympic gold medalist Audley Harrison, knocked out Olympic gold medalist and three-belt unified king AJ in sparring, and he also beat the current lineal HW champion and former three-belt unified king Tyson ''The Gypsy King'' Fury in the amateurs. These are the best wins at HW of the last quarter of a century. <<< Facts. Of the irrefutable variety.
     
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  3. Serge

    Serge Ginger Dracula Staff Member

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    The funny thing is the LDBC channels cite Crawford beating 2 Olympic gold medalists in Gamboa and Felix Diaz to bolster their argument that their boy is #1 P4P and not Loma, the later of whom they picked to get exposed and KTFO by GRJ, Axe Man, and Rigo (but categorically no way, shape or form is Loma #1 now lol) but AJ beating 2 Olympic gold medalists is conveniently forgotten about and meaningless when it comes to the AJ vs Donkey resume and ranking debate lol.
     
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  4. Sandman_

    Sandman_ Undisputed Full Member

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    Wlad has a pretty fair record against Olympic finalists:

    Golds - Ray Mercer & Alexander Povetkin

    Silvers - David Haye, Sultan Ibragimov, Chris Byrd (x2) & Paea Wolfgramm
     
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  5. Serge

    Serge Ginger Dracula Staff Member

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    I don't know why people only cite medals won at the Olympics and not those won at the World Amateur championships. AJ won silver at the world championships and you have to win more fights in the WAC than you do in the Olympics and you're often facing exactly the same level of competition and elite opponents you cross paths with in the Olympics.
     
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  6. Robney

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    Maybe because there's a good chance a "record" like that might never be matched or broken again, as boxing seems to be outlawed at the Olympics. World championships will remain.
     
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  7. Serge

    Serge Ginger Dracula Staff Member

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    I'll be gutted if they abolish boxing from the Olympics. If they abolish it from the WAC as well I might just walk off a cliff lol
     
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  8. Sandman_

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    Kostya Tszyu had a decent record against guys who made the Olympic final:

    Andreas Zulow (gold) (x4), Daniel Dimitrescu (silver), George Scott Cramme (silver), Hector Lopez (silver) & Oktay Urkal (silver).

    Throw in finalists from the World Amateur Championships and he beat Vernon Forrest (silver), Artur Grigorian (silver) & Leo Doran (gold).
     
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  9. HerolGee

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    wlad beat a few medallists- Pov, Shaggy was silver though. theres no doubt he would have made Audlee look like ronaldo on his best dives too.
     
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  10. nickpoppunk

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    wow
     
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  11. dangerousity

    dangerousity Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I do not know how a gold medalist can suck so bad. I mean to qualify and beat all those guys on the way to the top. It’s like a Bruce Lee Movie scenario where he has to climb the temple and beat a boss at every level.

    So you win that whole thing, get the most prestigious sporting award in the world and just suck as a pro. Either he declined or the smaller gloves and no headgear really just didn’t suit his physical attributes.
     
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  12. mirkofilipovic

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    I know, the truth bomb has a long blast radius. :deal:
     
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  13. nickpoppunk

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    took me back that post did.
    nearly fell off my chair.
     
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  14. NoNeck

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    Shannon Briggs beat Foreman and Mercer, and knocked Wlad off a paddle board.
     
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  15. chatty

    chatty Boxing Addict Full Member

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    He turned over at 30 year old, decided to promote himself so gave himself no challenges for three years, literally feared on cans, journeymen and shot fighters like Julius Francis. Then when he did step up he was 34 year old and hadn't learnt anything since the amateurs, hadn't overcome any adversity, had everything his own way so when someone fired back he no longer knew how to react and generally ended up a rabbit in headlights.

    Basically he was only there for the money.
     
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