Pro Boxers To Fight At The Olympics

[denilson200]

Professional Boxers Set To Become Eligible To Compete At Olympics

Words fail me.

[walrus]

Professional Boxers Set To Become Eligible To Compete At Olympics

Words fail me.

Thank god @denilson200

[powerpuncher]

It wouldn't work well because a three rounder with the type of scoring and headgear would just be weird with professionals.

[J_Undisputed]

I don't know if it really changes all that much . If knock downs and 8 counts don't count for squat and the tally is still the amount of punches landed on the target areas, the biggest difference is going to be is the removal of headgear that happened last time. The different weight classes could severely handicap a pro if they're used to 'nelo-ing their own niche weight class because the weigh ins are on the morning of your fight!

Theoretically a pro might have a more of a chance to KO someone, even with those two tone pillows they give you. These are the type of gloves most pros use for sparring. So the pros that are really heavy handed might change the odds, but everything else still favors the feather fisted kids like Floyd and generally the ones out of Cuba who were taking the gold anyway with pitty pat scoring flurries The experience does count for something but I don't think you'll find a pro that's really going to love the experience of going back to that system. It would be like having to put training wheels, a bell and a banana seat on your ducati to race the Isle of Man TT.

[Dark Lord Al]

They has ruined the Olympics by allowing pro basketball , tennis players etc so who really cares anymore.

[erics44]

I think it will be good

give some pros who aren't big names a chance to make a name for themselves

[Master]

They has ruined the Olympics by allowing pro basketball , tennis players etc so who really cares anymore.

That is true and ruined the whole notion of the Olympics. It spoils the chances of real ameteurs and makes a mockery of boxing.

[IamInuit]

I don't know if it really changes all that much . If knock downs and 8 counts don't count for squat and the tally is still the amount of punches landed on the target areas, the biggest difference is going to be is the removal of headgear that happened last time. The different weight classes could severely handicap a pro if they're used to 'nelo-ing their own niche weight class because the weigh ins are on the morning of your fight!

Theoretically a pro might have a more of a chance to KO someone, even with those two tone pillows they give you. These are the type of gloves most pros use for sparring. So the pros that are really heavy handed might change the odds, but everything else still favors the feather fisted kids like Floyd and generally the ones out of Cuba who were taking the gold anyway with pitty pat scoring flurries The experience does count for something but I don't think you'll find a pro that's really going to love the experience of going back to that system. It would be like having to put training wheels, a bell and a banana seat on your ducati to race the Isle of Man TT.

I'm against it because I'm wondering when the coddling ends. How far will they go? Back to fight the guy you lost to in highschool. It’s like a bunch of spoiled babies want to go back and win something that elluded them or could not win and on an uneven playing field. Amateur programs don’t need in help in flawed systems. It just seems to me like idol worship gone stupid. How can winning Olympic gold as a boxer after fighting pro for 5, 10 or 15 years account for anything? To have the word dubious appear in notes to the entry in one’s legacy. Sadly it fits with the times and the same mentality ruling much of the pro world. The appearance of some kind of legitimacy at any cost which includes the fraud of getting it and keeping it.

[SugarBoxing]

Professional Boxers Set To Become Eligible To Compete At Olympics

Words fail me.

it is all for the sake of money