making the olympic team

Discussion in 'Boxing Training' started by Big N Bad, Feb 23, 2010.


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  1. Big N Bad

    Big N Bad Well-Known Member Full Member

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    hey
    i've had no amateur fights yet.. however IF i am good enough, is there still enough time for me to make the olympic team (engl)?

    i know foreman won the olympics with less than 2 years experience, but that was in 1968.

    thanks
     
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  2. Smith

    Smith Monzon-like Full Member

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    :rofl
     
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  3. RDJ

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    Yeah sure man.

    :patsch
     
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  4. Big N Bad

    Big N Bad Well-Known Member Full Member

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    thanks
    :hat
     
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  5. Big N Bad

    Big N Bad Well-Known Member Full Member

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    looking back at how i proposed the question, i realised how absurd it sounded:yep

    i've been doing boxing since i was 13. im 20 nw.
    i've done plenty of rounds of sparring, i know how to box, i've had a few unlicensed fights but never got down to having proper amateur fights unfortunetly.

    if i was to win everything in the next 1.5 year - novice aba and aba (which is no easy task!- i know). is there a chance i can qualify for the 2012 olympics?
    will the aba even enter me into the olympic trials? or do you have to have a certain amount of fights...etc

    thanks :good
     
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  6. dfh85

    dfh85 Active Member Full Member

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    anything is possible mate follow ur dreams
     
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  7. allenko1

    allenko1 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    This makes me laugh. Just train to get better don't even think about anything else...
     
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  8. KillSomething

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    Short answer: No.

    You would have to get through guys who have a hundred fights, and they would most likely dominate you due to their experience. Also, the Olympic team is put together well before the Olympics. The '12 team might even be put together now...I have no idea when the trials are, but you have to get through a bunch of Qualifying bouts too.

    If the Olympics is your goal, think '16. You have 6 years to get ready. A better option, if you're that good, would be to go pro, because nobody really cares about the Olympics anymore, and you'd be 26 by that time. That'd be late to turn pro, but it's been done before.

    For now though, I'd focus on getting some bouts in and seeing how you do. 2012 is out of the question, to be honest.
     
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  9. brown bomber

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    Don;t be daft
     
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  10. Big N Bad

    Big N Bad Well-Known Member Full Member

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    thanks buddy, just what i needed to know :thumbsup
     
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  11. GPater11093

    GPater11093 Barry Full Member

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    the 2012 is already basically put together.
     
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  12. taj-09

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    if you compete in the olympic team qualifiers and you win, you will then compete in the olympic team semi finals and so on. If you keep winning you will make the team. As far as i know the olympic teams are not picked yet. You have about 1 year before they start qualifiers for the teams.
     
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  13. TommyV

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    :rofl
     
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  14. setoraku

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    watch out for cubans
     
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  15. thejokerswild

    thejokerswild Guest

    7 years boxing without a fight? You'll want to get started if you're vrsing the worlds best amateur fighters.
     
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