Official 2012 Olympic Boxing Discussion Thread

Valdez and John Joe Nevin are fighting next, this one will be a interesting! Classic boxer vs Mexican

 

Good 1st rd for Hunter. Looks sharp.

 

Russian seemed to go up a gear in the 2nd and Hunter getting sloppy. A bit lucky still to he up imo.

 

Very close.

 

Hunter looks a little bit like Bowe sometimes. face I mean.

 

That fight really went downhill after the 1st round, I thought the Russian did enough to win in the end. Hunter seemed badly gassed after the 1st.

Russia wins on countback.

 

Pulev's little brother Tervel up next.

 

Beterbiev has looked average at best ever since moving up to HW 2 years ago. Mekhontsev is a way better HW and a much better matchup against Usyk. From a team standpoint switching those two has been a huge mistake.

 

War Pulev!

 

Agree. The bout in the worlds between Usyk and Beterbiev was really not as close as the numbers said. I had it very wide for usyk. Beterbiev doesn't move well enough.

 

The **** the judges watching?

 

Ya he's undersized for the weight and is plotting with slow feet. Against big althletic movers like Usyk or Mammadov he's hopeless.

Pulev looking very good totally controling Wang

 

Certainly not for low blows.

 

Does anyone know if any of the boxers from the documentary 'Sons of Cuba' are in the Cuban Olympic squad?

 

I was wondering about that too, they must be old enough now to be there. Not seen any familiar sounding names or faces in the Cuban squad so far. Im pretty sure little Santos isn't there.