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