Eubank went down to British level and it was clear he did not belong there he should be fighting at world level. From the first round you could see the difference in class Blackwell was a British level fighter and will never be close to world level. we seen what can happen with world level fighters against British level fighters imagine pros against armatures in the Olympics?
I dread the thought of professional world class boxers entering the Olympics. Can you imagine Kovalev against some out of his depth 17 year old. As far as the Eubank thing is concerned im just trying to see it as one of those horrible thing that happen in the sport and everyday life from time to time. Should they of been fighting each other in the 1st place? I didnt see it on paper as that big a gulf in class. Should the ref of jumped in earlier? He could of, Blackwell was shipping way too many uppercuts aswell as being badly banged up to the face and nobody would of screamed premature stoppage. But he was fighting back, he could of took the decision to quit, his corner could of took the decision to throw the towel in. And if Blackwells face didnt look like it did it wouldnt of even crossed alot of ppl,s minds. When i see that i think back to Watson and McClellan, unfortunatly they also had life changing brain injuries happen to them during a fight and they were both very competive in those fights against Eubank and Benn and i doubt anybody was expecting a ref to jump in to end those fights. Though saying that i do accept that if you watch the McClellan fight back you can see from the accidental butt that caused it Gerald is really struggling with some pain in his head. But thats watching it back knowing what happened. But he fought on regardless that he must of known something wasnt right. Maybe refs should be more vigilant about small telltale signs that something bad may be happening but then its a brave ref to jump into a major big time fight and stopping it on a hunch that one of them may have a brain injury.
This is why people shouldn't watch david haye interviews and regurgitate what he says on forums as their own to make other people think they know anything about boxing
In the 2012 Olympics the gold medal for light heavyweight went to 27 year old Egor Mekhontsev. Silver went to 22 year old Adilbek Niyazymbetov. Bronzes went to 25 year old Yamaguchi Falcão and 24 year old Oleksandr Hvozdyk. The guys who make it to the finals at the Olympics are usually professional amateurs who've been making the rounds of the amateur circuit for years. The average age of an Olympic athlete is 26. Americans are left with the impression that Olympic boxers are all 18-20 because that's the age of the fighters we typically send. Our good amateurs go pro. Most countries pay their top amateurs to stay in the amateur ranks winning medals and prestige for their country. So the odds are always stacked against our young inexperienced athletes at the games.
The Amateur Governing Bodies are close to doing away with "headgear", plus throwing them in with pro's at the Olympic level. Great thinking re: safety.
