Anyone watching the finals? Good contest at 70kg McConnell from Northern Ireland winning a split decision. Now it's heavyweight Okoh vs Williams, Wales v England!
Got it on now. I was there last weekend for the lightweights - took the mrs along because it's 10 minutes from the house! She gets bored of boxing on TV because of all the gaps, pundits and stuff but really enjoyed the pace of these contests, got properly into it. Okoh-Williams was kebab shop stuff by the end, you wouldn't think they'd gas at 3 rounds!
Real shame these games have been on terrestrial TV like usual. Boxers who do well in these games usually get some real exposure and a platform to springboard their profile in a push to turn pro, but this time they have been largely anonymous. Good luck to all involved, the UK really needs some breakthrough stars, hopefully a few emerge from these games
I guess some of them are on the olympics cycle and featuring in a couple of years, a few of them are pretty young. And it's not just TV - walking around Glasgow you'd barely know the games are on, nothing like 2014. Last time we hosted it half of Scotland seemed to descend on the city but now it's just like having a few extra tourists. Shame really but it was all last-minute!
