Olympic Boxing "Will Cuba Dominate Like Always"?

Without knowing much about their current crop of "amateur" talent, my feeling is that they'll still kick ass like they always do. I always feel bad for the American kids who have to go up against fighters who are older and much more experienced, but I guess that's the way it is. And it made it even sweeter when Andre Ward won the gold medal. He had to beat some very good fighters to do it.

 

i hope cuba tanks their fights for a big **** you to castro for holding back what could be boxings best talent

 

they more then likely will, makes u wonder why sometimes they have trouble making the jump to pro boxing? trained to much in the point system maybe?

 

It has less to do with that than the politics involved, and how they don't allow their fighters to move to the U.S. to compete professionally.

 

Gamboa´s average?

 

They should dominate. Most of them are older and much more experienced than other countries who are sending teenagers to the olympics

 

I am not so sure anymore about dominating. I guess they will win at least a few (gold/silver/bronze) medals, that's for sure.

I wouldn't be super surprised though as all over a sudden they (Cuba) decide to not send their fighters over. Because if I recall correctly they also withdrawed their boxers heading for Chicago at the last moment(?).

 

Well for now who knows, but as Cuba opens up to the western world a bit more in the next few years, I suspect they will dominate less in the amateurs as their older amateurs begin professional careers, but of course once this starts they will be a presence in the pro ranks so who cares about the Olympics.

 

Jay do u know anything about what happened to Rigondeaux?

The last thing i heard about him was that they* were ignoring him and that he is banned from ever boxing again.

* don't exactly know who. Cubadeportes? INDER?

 

Cuba will do pretty well as always.

 

Well it is boxing too. I care. I like Olympic boxing, just like many others.
U gotta respect that.