how come pro boxers never compete in the Olympics?

I don't they're aloud

 

No Money.

 

For the last time, it's not legal. AIBA is the IOC representative for boxing, and that's the Amateur body, not professional. Pros aren't allowed to compete in AIBA and AIBA is responsible for the Olympics.

 

exactly. They become mimes when the subject is mentioned.

 

It wouldnt be any good anyways.

The rules and scoring are what need to change to make it better not having pros.

You cant have the top pro level guys fighting 18 year old amataurs in there, the amatuers would never win.

Also the top level guys dont want to fight for free anyways.

 

???

I remember watching pro boxers with 2 or 3 pro fights in past olympics. Unless something changed for this one.

 

That's been the rule for a long time. Occasionally in some instances they've forgiven guys for 1 or 2 fights.

 

lol nice. well spotted:good

 

Is there anything stopping a fighter with pro fights, becoming an amateur again and competing??

 

I'm happy this question was asked because I've been wondering the same thing for years. Look at the US basketball team, all pros...

If its an age limit thing, a 60 years old Canadian just won a silver medal in a esquestrian even.

Is it that the amature bodies that regulate the various sports in the olympics decide these type of rules?

 

same with taekwondo.2 organisations oding the same thing

there is the WTF kicks and punches to the body only, body protectors no spinning no punches to the face no other moves etc. the WTF are the organisation that is responsible for the olympics

now there is the ITF which measn you can apply all moves and is more of a kickboxing style thus less kicks and more hooks and boxing is involved thus percieved to be less...."taekwondo" than the WTF.

the ITF is older and been having tourny's since bloody 1966. but wtf gets the olympic commitee becuase it's purely kicking

anyways it's robbery to be honest. they are both high level amatuer sanctioning boards so why on earth are they not allowed to sign in both of there companies and competators im sure that would help in the healing process



http://www.itf-administration.com/

http://www.wtf.org/

 

Yes, the AIBA rules. Unlike pro boxing, in amateur boxing it is how it is supposed to be, there is only one single world sanctioning body, the AIBA. And the Olympic boxing tournament is an AIBA tournament.
Their rules state:

Once you fought as a pro you are not allowed to fight at AIBA tournaments again. Like already said, once in a while they make an exception and reinstate a boxer's amateur status when he has had 1-2 professional fights. One notable example is Ruslan Chagaev, who had professional fights in 1997, but wished to return to amateur boxing, because he said he wasn't aware those were indeed professional fights. The AIBA reinstated his amateur status but suspended him for one year for breaking the rule. He later competed at the 2000 Olympics and became the 2001 amateur world champion at SHW.

 

well i dont know really why it stops them but yes the amatuer comissions are very strict on the process and will strip you of your amatuer license basicly. a good example is chagaev who had 2 pro fights in 1997 while he was still an amatuer. nothing big and not major money but still 2 pro fights. he had a pro record.
he had his amatuer world champion title taken away form him...he was stripped. but due to the guy not competing in any major fights or goign up the rankings they declared them exhibitions which is a very hypocritical thing. but still we got a world class amatuer who eventually turned pro.


so yeah they can strip you unless you have a belt round your waist. pro fighters cant go back into the amatuers due to ethics. the idea that amtuer is about learnign and self defence where as pro is punching for pay and a different moral meaning for what your in the ring for.

one is self improvment the other is entertainment.

 

Cheers NBT and Vantage, always wondered about this.