HW prospects..

[El Kabong]

George Foreman had been boxing for only 1 year when he won Gold in 1968 and he hammered the absolute dog crap out of Ionas Chepulis. So it wouldn't be all sunshine and lollipops for the Commie's in the Pro ranks.

Foreman won gold over a 31 year old! That's ancient in amateur terms! And frazier only narrowly defeated a 30 yr old amateur too...

Also the soviets only started competing in the games in the mid 50's.

My point exactly because Foreman & Frazier were just kids at the time and they were fighting full grown men.

[THE PHILOSOPHER]

George Foreman had been boxing for only 1 year when he won Gold in 1968 and he hammered the absolute dog crap out of Ionas Chepulis. So it wouldn't be all sunshine and lollipops for the Commie's in the Pro ranks.

Foreman won gold over a 31 year old! That's ancient in amateur terms! And frazier only narrowly defeated a 30 yr old amateur too...

Also the soviets only started competing in the games in the mid 50's.

My point exactly because Foreman & Frazier were just kids at the time and they were fighting full grown men.

The amateurs are a young man's game. What a shame these men could not turn pro rather than fighting youngsters well into there 30's...

Times have changed now though.

[TigerFan]

Here's Andy Ruiz Jr's last fight. Like I said he's one of those quick fisted chubby guys

What do you guys think?

[TitoFan]

I think "chubby" is a gross understatement.

[THE PHILOSOPHER]

Bump.

[TigerFan]

Olympians fighting this week in London.

91+kg in no order

Ivan Dychko - 21 yr old from Kazakhstan. Stands 6'9" tall. Looks kinda like a young Vitali with a shaved head. Here's a picture of him http://88.85.4.2/images/photos/002574.jpg

Ivan Dychko - Boxing Prospects

Magomedrasul Majidov - Fights for Azerbaijan. Won Gold at the 2011 World Amateur Championships. Named the best boxer of 2011 beating Savon, Dychko & Joshua.



Magomed Omarov - 20 yr old power puncher from Russia...won Gold at the 2011 European Amateur Championships in Turkey.



Anthony Joshua - 6'6" Brit won Silver at the World Amateur Championships losing a one point decision to the home fighter Majidov/Medzhidov. Defeated 2008 Olympic Gold Medalist Roberto Cammarelle at the same tournament.

[TigerFan]

Here's the 2012 Olympic bracket for the Super Heavies




Savon-Joshua is the can't miss fight of the first round. Whoever wins that will face 2008 Olympic Silver medalist Zhang Zhilei next assuming he wins. I personally can't wait to see Medzhidov-Omarov in the second round...that's gonna be explosive