I think most pro fighters would get schooled in the Olympics. What's with the bullsh_t about danger and the WBC wanting to ban their pro fighters that do compete? If I were a pro fighter and the WBC would ban me I'd sue the sh_t out of them. Scumbags. Rant over :rofl
There is no money in Olympic competition for pro boxers. Unless they will get endorsements there is no point. The WBC is right when pros shut out future stars it's discouraging. Think about guys who already fight with a Olympic style like Lara. He would rule the roost.
No pro boxer other than Lomachenko would have a chance at getting gold in the Olympics. Pro fighters don't fight tough competition often enough, and they wouldn't be able to handle the tournament style. Lara wouldn't do anything, the amateur game is scored the same as the pros now anyway.
the rhythm and pace are different. Pros would have to readjust to only 3 rounds - no warmups, no feeling out rounds.
What an odd comment. :roll: Guess what? Most amateur fighters get schooled in the Olympics, too. It's a tournament. Only four people in a division are even given a medal. You could enter a 1,000 pros and a 1,000 amateurs and ONLY 40 GUYS will get medals. The other 1,960 will be "schooled." :deal And considering most top fighters were top amateurs - for example, at heavyweight, Wilder, Joshua, Klitschko, Povetkin, Glazkov were all Olympic medalists and Fury, Chagaev, Ortiz, Haye, Pulev, etc. were all top amateurs - I think the top pros would do okay. (But only four would medal.) The rest would get "schooled.":good
Ward? Rigo? Amir khan? GGG? Kovalev? Anthony Joshua? Tyson Fury? Degale? Demetrius Andrade? All those guys would have easily, easily qualified for the Olympics and very likely would win with a lot KOs along the way.
Yeah, the fact that so many top pros have already been to the Olympics and didn't get "schooled" ... And that they routinely, in camp, will box one guy for a handful of rounds, and then another fresh guy will enter and they'll fight him, and then another .... and then they'll do it again the next day ... Seems to be lost on the thread starter. I think the top pros would do fine. The guys who suck as pros would likely suck in the Olympics, too. Just like the guys who suck in the amateurs would.
Some people are overrating the "pro" boxers' abilities a little bit. Don't forget that the AIBA boxers are professionals as well, competing in AIBA tournaments. And boxing at the Olympics is an AIBA tournament. AIBA boxers would take the majority of gold medals. WBC/WBA and other governing bodies just want to protect their business against the recent AIBA pressure.
