Official Team Cuba Olympic Boxing thread, results, updates ... by weight classes.

¿ Who we got today ? . Peace .

 

Igleasias got robbed blindly against the Thai last Olympics , hopefully everything will be ok this time , he has boxed extremely well and he deserves a little bit more luck this time . Fingers crossed .... ! War Iglesias ! :happy . Peace .

 

La Cruz fought the wrong fight all night , he seemed out of focus and ansious to land a big punch , he will learn from this and should be back soon . Congrats to Falcao , he wanted it more , good win for him and should be favorite for gold now . We still got 4 in the semis , Russia , Britain and Ucraine also have four boxers in the semys so it's going to be a cracking Friday . Peace .

 

Ukraine has 5. That 3rd round was the most exciting round iv ever seen from La Cruz and he showed very good sportsmanship afterwards unlike Stalker who left the ring acting as if he got screwed when he had clearly lost the fight along with his fight vs Kumar. I can't stand Stalker. The Brazilian coaches reaction when the decision was announced was great im not sure iv ever seen someone so happy before and both Falcao brothers will now get medals.

How do you think La Cruz should have fought? He tried boxing at long range like he usually does and when that wasn't working he started engaging more. Falcao slightly got the better of it both ways. He tried to adapt.

 

Cruz beat Falcao clearly last year in the Pan American Games. He thought it would be easy again and was not focused. That's my guess. And he couldn't adapt once it was clear it wasn't going to be easy.

 

That's exactly what I think happened , this is the third time he fights Falcao and he always defeats him , last time was in the Panam Games , so all I can think is that he took Falcao lightly and paid the price . Hope he learns his lesson and takes every bout seriously from now on . He's the first Cuban who has really lost a fight convincingly in this tournament tbh , Veitia , Larduet and Savon were robbed IMO . Peace .

 

Well ... Shelestiuk got a gift against Vastine ¿ didn't him ? . Peace .

 

Alvarez has a tough fight against the Irish kid Nevin...that should be a beasty fight.

The Lomachenko bout should be good too...and to be honest I don't see him winning that.

The others are decently favorable.

Good luck man. :good

 

Could it be that other nation might be stepping it up in the talent department as well? You know, now that some counties have introduced Cuban coaches to there boxing programs. Maybe that investment is starting to pay off.

Que piensas?

 

Haha, I think you can say things aren't too bad when you're complaining about your country only winning 3-4 Golds (although I think it'll only be 2 this year). I don't know if this will seem like any consolation, but John Joe Nevin could very well be Ireland's greatest ever amateur. It's rare you see a Cuban outboxed by an elusive slick counter puncher fighting off the back foot, but that's what happened today. If you get a chance to watch the fight I would, I'm sure someone used to watching Cuban amateurs will be able to appreciate the skills and ability Nevin displayed in abundance.

Also about only getting 3-4 Golds, if Savon wasn't robbed against Joshua I really think he'd have taken it. Would have been interesting to see how Savon would have coped with Dychko, but after watching Dychko and Joshua today I believe Savon would have had what it takes to beat him.
Larduet was also screwed vs Russo, and he would have been in with a shout aswell.

Carranza was absolute quality vs Conlon today, I saw the Cuban when he beat Selby and I was very worried. My worry was well founded, as I actually think Conlon fought pretty well but just like Selby his was well beaten. That kid is a certain for Gold imo, and at only 18 aswell !

I'm not sure we'll ever see a country pick up 8 Gold medals at an Olympics games again, not without serious corruption. The break up of the Soviet Union has made International boxing even more competitive now than it was back then, and lots of countries now have strong boxing programs in place designed to be competitive at International level. The rest of the World has caught up on the Cubans and the Russians somewhat in that regard.
One of the divisions where Cuba failed to win Gold that year was Welterweight, where reigning World champion Juan Hernandez Sierra was beaten by Michael Carruth , although with that said the brilliant Joel Casamayor did get the better of Wayne McCullough in the Bantamweight final. Wonder whatever happened to those 2 lads.....

 

Thats not in order