Thread: Frankie Gavin out of the Games

Failed to make the weight

http://sport.setanta.com/en/Sport/News/Other-sports/2008/08/07/Olympics-Gavin-to-miss-Olympics/

Britain's best boxing hope for a gold medal, Frankie Gavin has pulled out of the 2008 Olympics, due to problems making the 60kg lightweight limit.

Gavin, who became the first British fighter ever to win a world amateur gold medal last year in Chicago, has had problems making 9st 6lbs since then and conceded defeat on Thursday.

Gavin has fought in competitions this year at the light welterweight division but with his team-mate Bradley Saunders qualifying for the competition he was unable to represent his country in this weight class.

The news is a particular blow as the Birmingham fighter had beaten all his main rivals in the competition and was viewed as the favourite to take the gold.

Gavin has been training full time at the English Institute of Sport in Sheffield for several months, funded by UK Sport and lottery funding, and the GB Olympic team are likely to come in for a lot of criticism for leaving it until the eve of the tournament before dropping this bombshell.

It now seems likely that Gavin will turn professional and there is likely to be a clamour for his signature and Oscar de la Hoya, Frank Warren, Mick Hennessy have already made their intentions known to sign them

Oh dear, oh dear.

Hard luck Frankie.

I just heard this on Radio 1.

How on earth did he not make weight? it's not as if he didn't have enough time for preperation!

He fought as lightweight at the WC only last year, surely he could still make the weight?

Originally Posted by Conrad

I just heard this on Radio 1.

How on earth did he not make weight? it's not as if he didn't have enough time for preperation!

He fought as lightweight at the WC only last year, surely he could still make the weight?

Weight training incorrectly.

Probably a Blessing in disgiuse, easy done at his age outgrowing the Division.

Pretty sure it FW that predicted this would happen on one of those Steve Bunce boxing shows.

How long before he makes his pro debut?

I knew he struggled but mainly just at the the tourney's where he fought on 4 consecutive days....because he had to lose weight to make weight everyday. He said the Olympics would be easier for him because the bouts are spaced out, so to not make weight is very strange.

Feel sorry for the other guy who missed out because Frankie was 'going'

Sad news

LEts hope he doesn't sign wth Warren the ugly cunt

Wasn't Hattohn's chum Kerry Kayes involved nutritionally?

Originally Posted by Bomp

Wasn't Hattohn's chum Kerry Kayes involved nutritionally?

True.
Very well noted.

OK, so there's one medal off our boxing team's list....real shame, seemed like a good lad an very talented.

When was the last time he fought/made weight? Very possible he grew out of it, but if they recently implemnted a touger weights regime on a guy struggling to make weight, heads should turn.

Originally Posted by hitmandonny

Originally Posted by Bomp

Wasn't Hattohn's chum Kerry Kayes involved nutritionally?

True.
Very well noted.

To be fair i think he's a bit of a clown. Not sure what qualifications he has. Remember him telling somebody on the Hatton forum (ask kerry bit) that all consumed protein gets stored directly as muscle. So by that theory, you could eat an actual tonne of it and look like Ronnie Coleman by the end of the day.

Originally Posted by ono

Originally Posted by hitmandonny

Originally Posted by Bomp

Wasn't Hattohn's chum Kerry Kayes involved nutritionally?

True.
Very well noted.

To be fair i think he's a bit of a clown. Not sure what qualifications he has. Remember him telling somebody on the Hatton forum (ask kerry bit) that all consumed protein gets stored directly as muscle. So by that theory, you could eat an actual tonne of it and look like Ronnie Coleman by the end of the day.

They say he's Ricky's nutritionist also.
How many times have we seen Ricky coming inot big fights with cold sores and having been ill a couple of months previous?
(Maussa, Collazo, Urango, Castillo, Mayweather, Lazcano.)
If his body was correctly fuelled he wouldn't be getting sick before fights.

Perhaps he knows weights, but this is boxing.

Dead cert for a gold imo (current World Champ) and Frank Warren said this would happen a while ago
HUGE loss and a great little fighter, guess he'll turn pro now!!
British boxer Frankie Gavin pulls out of Olympics - mirror.co.uk