Boxing at Paris 2024 (Les Jeux de la XXXIII Olympiade)

Jalolov is a two time Olympic gold medalist. Yet, I remain unconvienced he will amount to anything in the pros.

 

Yeah, while he's athletic and moves well, his style is more suited to the amateurs. I think him remaining to fight as an amateur has stunted any development he might have had to the pro game. He can't fight on the inside, he has no real uppercut, I don't think he can reach the top fighting like he does now, he needs to develop more if he's to succeed as a pro.

 

Got no proof to back up anything you're saying. I have said what I've said based on quotes from the IBA president about testing and the clearly visible. You based your opinion on some woke ideology.

 

Great thread. Great reading. My time zone means I catch up on a lot of this from this thread. Thanks to all who contributed.

 

@IntentionalButt

Who gets the val barker trophy? I have a tonne of bouts to catch up on.

 

Damn, you are right.I could have sworn Andy Cruz won one

It makes sense Val Barker would go the way of AIBA. It's lineage traces back to 1930s. What a blow for boxing

Khyzhniak impressive as they came this Olympics.
I will catch remaining bouts soon.

 

Best female fighter? The Chinese Junior Flyweight. She whooped the heavily favoured Turkish girl good. Even dropped in a couple of headbutts (I thought IB would appreciate them) & rabbit punches for good measure. If that's not professional boxing material, I don't know what is.

Best bloke? Well it wasn't Jalolov. I had him losing the quarter final. And it wasn't the Uzbek Junior Middle either - I had him losing the semi. Just to show I'm not biased against Uzbeks, happy for their Featherweight to get it. He did beat an Australian fair & square in the semi. The Ukrainian who won at Light Heavy was very good but had more trouble with his Kazakh opponent than I expected. The Uzbek H/W was very good also. With the dearth of quality big men out there, he's worth keeping an eye on if he kicks off a professional career.

Story of the tournament was the Algerian & Chinese Taipei women's fighters. The Chinese Taipei fighter has been around for a while. She beat Skye Nicolson at the world championships in 2019 without anyone batting an eyelid. In this Olympics, it seemed to me that the source of animosity directed towards her & the Algerian was more than simply the gender issue. It seemed to me to be a racial issue as well which of course no-one would admit to. Happy to see them both collect golds in light of the crap they had to contend with.

 

Is it just that I didn't know where/when to watch.... ? Or did the NBC Network just totally bypass Olympic boxing coverage this time.....?

Oh right... they had to make time for synchronized swimming and breakdancing....

 

Is Jalolov finally going to commit to the pros or is he going to chase Felix Savon?

 

He won't and he knows it. He will get chinned out the gate. Another David Price. Pro's separate the men from the boys.

 

57kg Uzbekh for me, technically best in the whole competition. Kellie for the women's best boxer. 50kg Chinese girl unbelievable too