Irish boxers in the olympics....

Forget the Irish, nothing really wow about any of them.

Bantamweight Akhil Kumar from India looks like an amateur Naz clone and got a good win over Sergey Vodopyanov today.

Oleskandr Usyk and Lomanchenko from the Ukraine also stand out.

 

Its a pity Kumar is already 27, he is probably to old to turn pro, and make a success of it.

 

True, although I bet he could pack in the punters even if he got a mickey mouse WC title in India.

 

He could make ridiculous amounts of money. The Indians appear to love faced paced action, such as T20 cricket - perhaps boxing could carve out a niche.

 

Beeston,

Do you remember years back Maloney signed up some former Indian HW amateur champ and gave him a ring name along the lines of Sugar Kumar. Saw him box a few times and he stunk the place out. If you thought Greenberg was a plodder then this Kumar was the mother of all plodders.

Akhil Kumar is a different kettle of fish as pointed out by you, he is fast, has some talent and with an Indian versio of FW he could get a WBU, WBF, IBA type belt and make lots of money.

The Ukrainian HW (Usyk) also looks very good, no doubt some german promoter will sign him up after the Olympics.

 

Nah, only been watching boxing seriously for about four years!

There would be plenty of interest, they could have him fighting as a curtain raiser to a Test match or ODI - he could have Tendulkar or MS Dhoni as his reserve second and that would be all. The people would soon be smitten!

 

I don;t see boxing making a big impression in India. They are cricket mad. No other sport comes close there. After cricket, hockey is the most 'popular' sport and that gets very little publicity.

 

Suppose so, I remember it being on SSN when MS Dhoni went for a haircut.

Only a million of the ****ers trying to get a peek - the police operation for his haircut was bigger than the one for the recent terrorist bus explosion atsch

It is true that Mr Tendulkar has to wear a fake tash when walking in public, and has a police escort to the cinema, which is open to him exclusively at 3am.

 

I remember that, ****ing crazy. Doesn't even happen to the likes of David Beckham.

 

I think it is difficult to comprehend, Beckham is probably loved and hated in equal measure - whilst cricketers in India are like little tin gods.

 

Cricket is truely the national sport in India. EVERONE young or old follows the national team. They might not care about the domestic game(pre IPL) but they're nuts about 'Team India.'

 

Barnes wins, so hes guaranteed a bronze.:yep

 

Good news. :good

 

and sutherland won by a tko on saturday