1996 U.S Olympic Boxing team

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  1. ThinBlack

    ThinBlack Boxing Addict banned

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    IT is also a shame that the 80 team never participated, it had several great fighters on it.
     
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  2. Kolya

    Kolya Boxing Addict Full Member

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    That's politics for you. Politicians beating their chests stopped us from seeing two really great teams testing their stuff (the 1980 US team not going, and the 1984 team competing in a boycott Olympics missing some of the major powers in amateur boxing). For my money, the '76, '84, and '88 teams were the best. And the 1988 team had to deal with all the BS that got put out in Seoul.
     
    Kolya, Nov 26, 2007
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  3. uppa kut

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    Great team...Weird to see some of them reaching the end of their careers.
     
    uppa kut, Nov 26, 2007
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  4. MrMagic

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    Are you ****ing kidding me?
    Go do some research and come back, you stupid ****:patsch:patsch:patsch:patsch
     
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  5. MrMagic

    MrMagic Loyal Member Full Member

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    The '84 team would literally smash the '96 team to pieces!
    You are one stupid tool:lol:
     
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  6. Illmatic

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    Great team...and Cauthen is a pretty good fighter too, he just fights way out of his weight class, he should be at 140.
     
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  7. sues2nd

    sues2nd Fading into Bolivian... Full Member

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    NO WAY!!! 1984!!!

    106: Paul Gonzales, Los Angeles, Calif. (1st)
    112: Steve McCrory, Detroit, Mich. (1st)
    119: Robert Shannon, Edmonds, Wash.
    125: Meldrick Taylor, Philadelphia, Pa. (1st)
    132: Pernell Whitaker, Norfolk, Va. (1st)
    139: Jerry Page, Columbus, Ohio (1st)
    147: Mark Breland, Brooklyn, N.Y. (1st)
    156: Frank Tate, Detroit, Mich. (1st)
    165: Virgil Hill, Williston, N.D. (2nd)
    178:
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    , Atlanta, Ga. (3rd)
    201: Henry Tillman, Los Angeles, Calif. (1st)
    +201: Tyrell Biggs, Philadelphia, Pa. (1st)

    THAT was the best olympic team ever.
     
    sues2nd, Nov 26, 2007
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  8. BigReg

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    This team was a little before my time. So I can't assess it as well an older fan could. But I will say that this team had some outstanding talent. Clearly Taylor and Biggs were the stars of this squad. This team was loaded, I mean Whitaker was on this team and he wasn't even the most talented fighter on the squad. Holyfield and Hill are of course outstanding, and Tillman was prety good himself. I'm probably overlooking some talent on this team, but once again, they're before my time.
     
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  9. doublesuited

    doublesuited Taylor TKO2 Pavlik Full Member

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    That's crazy. And Holyfield probably would've won gold had he not been disqualified.
     
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  10. doublesuited

    doublesuited Taylor TKO2 Pavlik Full Member

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    Oh yeah, Tyson was an alternate for Tillman, too.
     
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  11. sues2nd

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    Do you see the places they placed in?

    That team was beyond amazing.
     
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  12. BigReg

    BigReg Broad Street Bully Full Member

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    Didn't the Cubans boycott the 84 olympics?
     
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  13. sues2nd

    sues2nd Fading into Bolivian... Full Member

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    Then there is the 1976 team...

    106: Louis Curtis, Washington, D.C.
    112: Leo Randolph, Tacoma, Wash. (1st)
    119: Charles Mooney, Army (2nd)
    125: Davey Lee Armstrong, Puyallup, Wash.
    132: Howard Davis Jr., Glen Cove, N.Y. (1st)
    139: Ray Leonard, Palmer Park, Md. (1st)
    147: Clinton Jackson, Nashville, Tenn.
    156: Charles Walker Jr., Mesa, Ariz.
    165: Michael Spinks, St. Louis, Mo. (1st)
    178: Leon Spinks, St. Louis, Mo. (1st)
    +178: Johnny Tate, Knoxville, Tenn. (3rd
     
    sues2nd, Nov 26, 2007
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  14. sues2nd

    sues2nd Fading into Bolivian... Full Member

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    Would it have mattered with that lineup....:lol:
     
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  15. BigReg

    BigReg Broad Street Bully Full Member

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    Well the Cubans are known to put grown ass men in there, while the U.S sends teenagers, so you never know. Never the less, that squad was loaded.
     
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