So much for USA boxing

[PRIDE OF BOSTON]

The excuse most often given is "they're all in the NBA or NFL"

Are all the American potential medal winners boxers (like Michael Carbajal, Ricardo Williams, Floyd Mayweather, Oscar de la Hoya, Terrance Cauthen, Kenneth Gould, Romallis Ellis, Clarence Vinson, and Kennedy McKinney were in the past) in the NFL and NBA?

Ireland's John Joe Nevin (bantamweight), Michael Conlan (flyweight) and Paddy Barnes (light flyweight) will win medals.

Are potential light flyweight Olympic medal winners like Michael Carbajal in the NBA and NFL?

Or are there talented boxers from other countries?

Americans like Teddy Atlas should be good sports and give boxers in other countries the respect they've earned, instead of being sore losers and whining & making excuses.

How have boxers from other countries been disrespected?

Most of the best boxers in the world are from abroad. Get off your high horse and stop pandering.

[El Kabong]

It's not about disrespecting other countries, it's about addressing the issues with our amateur system. The Irish have fuck all to do with the United States Olympic Boxing team. The Irish won because they have good boxers who were taught & trained properly and not just thrown together and without a trainer in their corner during their bouts.

The NFL & NBA have been around forever and the majority of elite boxers wouldn't do a damn thing in either sport. Joe Frazier was one of the most unathletic boxers EVER but he was trained by Eddie Futch and he knew what the hell to do inside the ring....right now our guys don't know that, they don't get it.

We need a complete overhaul of our amateur boxing program, it's piss poor. It's not ONLY that other countries produce solid amateur fighters 9they do, there's no denying it) but our amateur program has slipped off considerably