Camarelle turning pro apparently

he looks strong and has good slipping ability but...he looks like he will get caught dropped and finished in a war.

 

If Matt Skelton could turn pro at 35,almost 36 and had good professional career and earn fight for world heavyweight title than Camerelle can do it at 32 or 33.This is not old age for heavyweight.He can beat any heavyweight today except Klitchkos and they are older than him so I don't see problem for him turning pro and box at top level until 40 years old or maybe even early 40s.The main problem for Camarelle is if he has motivation and maybe he is too long at amateur boxing and this is not the same game.But on the other hand he is strong,quick and has good power.

 

This would be a bad move , I dont know of any fighter who turned pro this late who was able to adjust to the pro game.

I am here to be educated but I know of nobody.

 

his footwork is horrible. but, he has power and some boxing ability.

 

he has an olympic bronze , gold and now silver medal - i think he has more than 'some' boxing ability

 

Watching Camarelle fight in the Olympics, I supect there's a reason he stayed amature for so long.

 

amateurs and pros way different

 

If Camarelle could bag a few good wins I'm sure Wlad would fight him. That means exposure for K2 to a whole new fan base (Italians).

 

Even if he does turn pro, does he have the commitment and hunger needed to make it as a world class heavy? You have to ask questions about someone who stayed amateur for so long, regardless of how much he accomplished.

If he strings a few wins together, I can see him being lined up for Price to try and avenge the Olympic loss.

 

Roberto has been in against alot of very good punchers like Timurziev, Romanchuk, Price, Rozhnov, Kuzmin, Omarov, Medzhidov, Joshua and has only been down once against Timurziev as far as i know. Cammarelle has good power himself and there aren't alot of HW's who could go to war with him and outlast him in the chin department. I still don't think him going pro is confirmed though.

 

Cammarelle fights a bit like Sanders. Similar attributes too. At the very least he'd be a three rounds beast, enough to build up a few eye catching KOs against lower tier opposition, en route to a title shot.

 

Considering you can't box in AIBA above age 33, it's not like he had much of a choice.

I wouldn't put much stock in him, honestly. He's very old for someone just going pro, has already started to show signs of fading, never has had to train for longer than a 9 minute fight before and has a history of fading late in fights even at that length. He has an uphill battle to be competitive against decent fighters in a 12 round bout. Had he gone pro in 2008, I would have given him a better shot.

 

That would be my big concern. From what I saw of him this time around, he looked much sharper and dangerous in 2008. Regardless of whether you think he was robbed against Joshua, he looked far from impressive against a relative novice.

 

Ironic that the robbery caused him to make this decision.

I would think that if he had won the gold, it would have meant very lucrative opportunities in the pro ranks selling himself as Olympic champion.

Not that Silver is anything to sneeze at, and he's already got an established enough name and reputation over so many years as a star amateur that he should still be able to land some decent paydays in whatever short window of time his aging body allows.