Mohammed Rabii is turning pro this week

@muhqib welcome to the forum, btw. Nice to have another fan of brother Rabii.

 

If my memory serves me right, I thought a certain bronze medalist individual managed to turn into a ppv attraction and retired undefeated in the pro rank.
Oh well what do I know.

 

That's true lol. That's a local hero only, if you are a medalist in an Olympic, chances are you are a very good boxer and have solid foundation to turn pro.

 

1. Yes, being a bronze medallist in an Olympics DOES make you an amateur standout.
2. He won the World Championships

 

So Deontay Wilder was an amateur standout. Good to know, thanks.

 

No problem

 

I'm sure that winning the world championships against one of the top 3 best p4p fighters in the world makes you an amateur standout.

 

Well, I didn't know he won the World Championships.

Besides, his success in the amateurs doesn't mean he's gonna be successful in the pros.

 

Yes, but it helps.
Almost 1/3 of every olympic champion that has turned pro has became world champion and that doesn't counts the ones that turned pro too late, in communist countries, that won less than gold (like Mayweather, Bowe, Carbajal and Holyfield) and non medalists like Cotto, Gomez and others.

 

Well, if you really think that Wilder was an amateur standout then you are a bigger clown than I have ever thought.

Of course he was, I wasn't disputing that. My point is that winning an Olympic medal doesn't make anyone an amateur standout, look at Wilder for example. Wilder beat no one of note as an amateur, yet he still won Olympic bronze due to the softest draw I have ever seen. Rabii on the other hand beat Yeleussinov and won the WC so he was an accomplished amateur boxer.

 

Anyone actually know what time the fight is, and what channel?