48 kg Serdamba Purevdorj MGL This content is protected 51 kg McWilliams Arroyo PUR This content is protected 54 kg Detelin Dalakliev BUL This content is protected 57kg Vasyl Lomachenko UKR This content is protected 60 kg Domenico Valentino ITA This content is protected 64 kg Roniel Iglesias CUB This content is protected 69 kg Jack Culcay-Keth GER This content is protected 75 kg Abbos Atoev UZB This content is protected 81kg Artur Beterbiev RUS This content is protected 91 kg Egor Mekhontsev RUS This content is protected 91+ kg Roberto Cammarelle ITA This content is protected Boxing always needs new talent. Mayweather, Pacquaio, Calzaghe, Hopkins, et al are older & on their way out. For what's its worth, I think Vasyl Lomachenko is a potential professional pound for pound type of talent, and Artur Beterbiev ( who was robbed in the the Olympics ) is the heir apparent #1 guy at light heavy. These two might go pro one day. Sadly super heavyweight Cammarelle says he has no plans to turn professional.
Cammarelle wins superheavyweight...... no surprise there, the man is outstanding. Let's hope some promoter manages to seduce him into turning pro. p.s. this is not a stab, but where are the Americans? No influx of American talent means less attention from the media (this is how it works in every country), which leads to boxing having a very hard time in future America..
Vasyl Lomachenko: Future P4Per, no doubt. I think he's going to compete at the next Olympics, hopefully they move him fast once he turns Pro, seems to have real quality. Cammarelle is big, strong, in good shape and fast with good power. He should turn pro and be pushed like Gamboa, he has the skills, chuck him in. Unfortunately he's more than happy being a Policeman.
Vasyl is a very talented fighter with good skills..and he is obviously a good looking kid aswell..I think he could be a possible pro superstar in the future aswell.
USA scored a silver at 64k with Gomez. I believe the problem with USA Amateur Boxing is the youth just don't have the intangibles, proper mind set, and in some cases work ethic to succeed.
See the finals here on you tube: 91+kg - Roman KAPITONENKO vs Roberto CAMMARELLE [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxmEI9vuUkg[/url] 91kg - Egor MEKHONTSEV vs Osmai ACOSTA DUARTE [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUnjT4g0pt0[/url] 81kg - Elshod RASULOV vs Artur BETERBIEV FINAL [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuwl2xTU5oo[/url] 75kg - Andranik HAKOBYAN vs Abbos ATOE [url]Andranik HAKOBYAN vs Abbos ATOEV[/url] 69kg Andrey ZAMKOVOY vs Jack Robert CULCAY-KETH [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ioGGvzkRgQ[/url] 64kg -Roniel IGLESIAS SOTOLONGO vs Frankie GOMEZ [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=noHOyjlveQ0[/url] 57kg - Vasyl Lomachenko vs Sergey Vodopiyanov Part 1 [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRS8NyFOZw0[/url] Part 2 [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jaAPdieoNGo[/url] 60kg - Domenico VALENTINO vs Jose PEDRAZA [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XH7UIKVcwHo[/url] 54kg -Eduard ABZALIMOV vs Detelin DALAKLIEV [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLsfALZjlrk[/url] 51kgs - Mcwilliams ARROYO vs Tugstsogt NYAMBAYAR [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlhDmygZRdg[/url] 48kg -Serdamba PUREVDORJ vs David AYRAPETYAN [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwj-AobGDyY[/url]
I think it's not much about the intangibles, mind set or work ethic; amateurs are young and full of dream. They always work hard. The problem is in numbers. MMA and the likes are "cool" these days, while boxing gyms are having more and more trouble staying open. Too few people box.
I disagree. Part of the problem is the intangibles. USA has only scored one medal in the last 12 years at light heavy, heavy, and super heavy, and it was a bronze. The average USA teen sends 2900 text messages a month, plays video games, is over weight and has become too comfortable to give boxing a try.
2900 text messages a month? That's 100 freaking messages a day! I do agree that this kind of development, as well as the increasing luxury in our society that makes us lazy, holds boxing back. But at the moment, boxing seems to be "out of the fashion", in the USA at least. Very unfortunate, but one inspiring US heavyweight could swing things 180 degrees.