Professional boxers in Olympics is a bad idea, say fighters

[IamInuit]

Agree with you on that though Lyle yes - if other sports are doing it then boxing shouldn't be any different

Boxing kind of stands alone in comparison to other sports does it not? And for a litany of reasons no?

[Kirkland Laing]

Jeff Powell has got a few badly wrong recently (exclusively announced Floyd versus Khan a while ago) but he gets it right here:

Wu Ching-kuo's decision to let professionals compete at Rio could be deadly... there is genuine danger * | Daily Mail Online

[El Kabong]

Audley Harrison was 29 when he won Gold in Sydney, Povetkin was 25 when he won in Athens, Roberto Cammarelle was 28 when he won Gold in 2008, Anthony Joshua was 23 when he won in 2012.....the guys fighting at this level aren't all that young or inexperienced.


Also think about this, guys like Mike Tyson (of all people) missed out on the Olympics for Henry fucking Tillman....it's a different style, it's a different scoring system.