Boxing at Paris 2024 (Les Jeux de la XXXIII Olympiade)

Dominant opener for Taiwan. The awkward Pole got caught with speed and timing she appears to have not reckoned on. The hands down swaggering and shimmying around has served her well thus far but is doing no favors in this step up in class.

 

"Levels in this", say the commentators. Yep.

Szeremeta overachieved just to get here, and will proudly bring a silver medal home to Poland. Lin Yu Ting is just a whole new tier of skill from her previous opponents.

 

LYT very agile, making Szeremeta lunge and miss, changing stances fluidly midstep, and landing counters at will from different altitudes.

 

Living his best life:
https://i.imgur.com/GkT80Qw.png

 

30-27 x 5, UD for Lin

 

Bout #233 - Abdumalik Anvar O‘g‘li Khalokov (UZB) vs. Munarbek Seiitbek Uulu (KGZ), Men's 57kg FINALS

 

Seiitbek Uulu had a tough draw to get here but he scraped by Jahmal Harvey with a SD and then got an inexplicable gift over Javier Ibáñez Díaz. He by no means belongs in a gold medal box-off with Khalokov. This will be a schooling.

 

Khalokov with laser lead rights on the belly button and left hooks on the soul patch of the Kyrgyz fighter.

Light work.

 

Five-love to Khalokov, no surprise.

 

Seiitbek Uulu finally places a good shot, a left hand lead with a minute left in the second, but he needs a LOT more of that.

 

They invest a lot in their amateur boxing / training infrastructure, just like Cuba used to (still does to a degree).

 

Seiitbek Uulu putting his gloves down, smiling and showboating while hopelessly down on the cards and then swiping and missing with lean-over hooks.

Khalokov putting his gloves down, smiling and showboating while also zapping his opponent with flush counter jabs on the face and dancing circles around him.

One playing checkers, the other chess.

 

30-27 x4, 29-28, UD for Khalokov

One judge gave the Kyrgyz round three. Weird, got very cleanly outboxed in that one - if anything I'd figure he might get the second as pity round because of that one good left hand he scored.