Which Olympics produced the best talent pool?

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  1. BlackCloud

    BlackCloud I detest the daily heavyweight threads Full Member

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    Fire away!
     
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  2. mr. magoo

    mr. magoo VIP Member Full Member

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    1988 was a solid year but my knowledge of Olympic history is sketchy.
     
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    turnip Boxing Addict Full Member

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    1984 .some good fighters came from the game's in LA.
     
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    Saad54 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Probably US 1976 and then US 1984 teams.

    '88 produced Jones and '96 produced Mayweather, but neither team had much else as far as elite pro talent.

    As far as for the whole World, I don't know the answer but before the fall of Soviet Union and Eastern Block a lot of great talent never turned pro. So, maybe something after '88.

    I do know that although not many US Class of '88 did much,
    South Korea had a few- Sung Kil Moon comes to mind.
     
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  5. AlFrancis

    AlFrancis Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Sun Kil Moon boxed in the 84 Olympics.
     
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    bcr Well-Known Member Full Member

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    76-Howard Davis, Sugar Ray Leonard, Spinks Bros, Leon Randolph, Mike McCallum
    84-Sweat Pea, Holyfield, Virgill Hill, Mark Breland, Jeff Fenech, Sung Kil Mun
    88- Roy, Bowe, Carbajal, Boudani, Quartey
    92- Dela Hoya, Byrd, Wayne McCullough
    96- Wlad, Floyd, Vargas
    00- Cotto, Bojado, Williams Jr, Viloria
    04- Khan, Dirrell, Golovkin, Povetkin
    08- Wilder
    12- Spence, Beterbiev, Usyk, Lomachenko, Valdez, Diaz, Verdejo, Berynchik
    They are much more from any year, but i forgot many names and also many where out before getting medals.
     
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  7. Saad54

    Saad54 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    oops. my bad.

    '88 US also had Carbijal and Bowe. I forgot about them.
     
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  9. mrkoolkevin

    mrkoolkevin Never wrestle with pigs or argue with fools Full Member

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    '84 also had Meldrick Taylor, a young Lennox Lewis, Paul Gonzales, Frank Tate, and Damiani.
     
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  10. AlFrancis

    AlFrancis Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    My next door neighbour at the time, the British rep John Hyland actually got eliminated by him.
     
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    AlFrancis Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Trevor Berbick and John Tate also boxed in the 76 Olympics to make 4 future heavyweight champs at that games.
     
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    AlFrancis Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    1972 produced Wilfredo Gomez, Alfonzo Zamora, Mate Parlov, Alan Minter, Marvin Johnson, Miguel Angel Cuello and Maurice Hope.
     
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    bcr Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Thanks, i would put Lewis in the 88 but good picks.
     
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  14. bcr

    bcr Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Yeah, Stevenson got wins over almost every heavy of the era of wasted talents.
     
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  15. bcr

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    Gomez was 16 in that games!!!!!
     
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