Do you think more than 1 boxer should be able to represent their country per division (Olympics)

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  1. bluebird

    bluebird Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I'm not saying to have a tournament full of Cubans all in the same division, or Brits. Can cap it off at 2 or 3.. But It seems a tad unfair that only one fighter can represent each country for each division.

    Do an open bracket tournament for qualifying.
     
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    Ph33rknot Momento mori Full Member

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  4. Robney

    Robney ᴻᴼ ᴸᴼᴻᴳᴲᴿ ᴲ۷ᴵᴸ Full Member

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    It's a bit unfair, certainly when you have two outstanding boxers in the same division from one country, but changing the rules opens up a huge can of worms and Olympic boxing already has enough issues to deal with.
     
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  5. Dubblechin

    Dubblechin Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I think one boxer in each division should represent each country.

    Fighters can go on a roll at just the right time. Ray Mercer, Evander Holyfield and Riddick Bowe did that. They didn't qualify until the box-offs (which no longer exist).

    I don't like how countries today choose their Olympic squads basically a YEAR in advance and some countries only get a couple fighters who qualify.
     
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  6. northpaw

    northpaw Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Nah
     
  7. de Morhalle

    de Morhalle Member Full Member

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    Well the question defeats the whole point of Olympic Boxing . The whole point of Olympics is nations competing . It would turn Olympic Boxing into something like the World Series where only like 2 nations competed , also if we had multiple boxers from the same nation Olympic Boxing would drag on and on . Keep it simple and sweet . Don't do to Olympic Boxing what has happened to Professional Boxing by adding more problems to it .