All scoring blows counted equally in amatuer boxing then, Chris, with an ineffective light flicking jab somehow being the equal of a power punch...
That's a myth, sorry to say.
Here's a short writeup from page 164 of Stephen Brunt's 'Mean Business' which is in agreement with what you say; "Perhaps the most gruesome was...
I believe I saw a short clip of Rosenbloom some years back when ESPN (on FNF, with possibly it being Bob Foster in studio) were discussing some of...
"At our world championships in Moscow, in September, 1989, we will introduce electronic scoring. Each judge will have two buttons in front of him,...
The use of headgear became mandatory in 1984, yes, which was a decision made by the IOC a few months previous to that year's Olympics. The...
That it was. I have absolutely no clue on what frijoles are, but I can't imagine it being very good for Roldan to have them, whatever they are,...
Here's the statement by Anwar Chowdhry, as printed in the Los Angeles Times, Sept 28th, 1988 (Roy's fight happened Oct 1st); "At our world...
Not quite, as the announcement by Chowdhry (AIBA president at the time) stating that they were swithcing to electronic scoring came out previous...
There were no knockdowns, and the Korean fell to the floor once due to having an untied shoe lace which he tripped on, and also appeared to have...
I thought the decision was fair. Andrade did throw a little more than his Korean opponent, but most of his flurries were hitting gloves and arms...
As opposed to the Americans giving a medal favourite like Frank Tate a free ride after his opening round bout at the '84 Olympics, when he was...
Some Americans even thought the Korean, Kim Dong Kil, got hosed in that fight against Jerry Page (and the Korean did), including Sports...
Some of the American fighters also benefitted from the jury system that they had in place during the 1984 Games, and a couple that come to memory...
Not true, as that scoring system was in the works for quite some time before the Seoul Olympics, and plans had already been made to use it before...
