2012 Olympics - Next great heavyweights

Hi oh great british forum, would love it if you guys could spare 12 minutes watching this contest between two outstanding prospects. With the techincal thread and alot of deep knowledge on the forum could anyone provide a breakdown on what they think of these two fighters? Flea, skillspaysbills, Gazoc and of course many more...be interested to here your thoughts.

A little background, of course you guys know I loveeeeee stats.

P. Hrgovic 6'5 Croatian heavy (19 years)

I. Dychko 6'7 Kazak heavy (21 years)


Personally Im excited especially considering there ages, both I feel could easily handle alot of pros already. Considering the ages of other professional boxers who are considered prospects...these guys are young and if progress could be awesome.

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come on boysss

 

Sorry to put a dampener on things but there'll never be another genuinely great HW boxer.

Amateur boxing is mindnumbing at the best of times, hopefully the changes they're making will see it return to how things used to be.

The one place not to look for potentially outstanding professional fighters is the Olympics :deal

 

have you seen them both fight, Hrgovic is aggressive

 

I just don't think the amateur game gives a particularly good indication of the potential ability of a pro fighter these days.

The two sports are completely different.

That's in contrast to (say) Sugar Ray Leonard or Pernell Whitaker, who would have probably wasted the British champion on their pro debuts.

Clearly those are two exceptional fighters, but for me there are potential Leonards and Whitakers that are just seeing their natural talent go to waste in that pitiful excuse for a sport.

By the time they turn pro it's too late to correct those flaws.

Plus, if you are being handed European title money for 6x3's, where's the incentive to develop?

So am I..... doesn't mean I'm any good

:good

 

Winning an Olympic gold medal is a massive achievement, greater than winning a world title in the pros, in my book. For starters, you have to prove that you are the best in your own country, then beat several top fighters to have success, you can't duck anyone, cry about TV or whatever.

I just think that the way fighters are taught in the amateurs isn't condusive to success in pro boxing, of course that's not helped by shocking inactivity and the stand outs getting too much money too soon.

If I was advising a talented kid I'd say "turn pro asap and fight regularly for your first three years", rather than staying in the amateurs.

It's like league and union, loads of players have been hyped and been paid big bucks to cross. Some succeed, some flop badly. Back when the amateurs was watchable a successful Olympic campaign was a great indicator to the likelihood of a good pro career.

Just my opinion.