Rio 2016: Olympic boxing tournament hit by corruption allegations

[SlimTrae]

Have only watched a couple of hrs but tired of hearing about Phelps honestly

Did you know. Phelps chooses Frosted Flakes over Wheaties?

[Spicoli]

Recent corruption involves the Brazilin beach volleyball team wearing full bodysuits? Lets just be honest here ffs . That's like Santa Claus just handing you new socks.

[Fenster]

Buatsi impressive win again scoring two standing eight counts to medal. Considering his style he's gonna be offered some tasty incentives to sign with the top promoters

[smashup]

Buatsi impressive win again scoring two standing eight counts to medal. Considering his style he's gonna be offered some tasty incentives to sign with the top promoters

Mayweathers been at the boxing for the last 2-3 days and is already all over him by all accounts, Floyds out there scouting for new talent and what a fucking talent Joshua Buatsi is proving.
Serious power and a ram rod jab, goes hard to the body and just stood and stuck his chin out last night and allowed himself to stupidly take 2-3 hard shots and didn't even flinch
Really like the look of this kid and he has a massive future depending on which weight he ends up at.
Can he boil down to Super Middle? Doubt it..... Can he bulk up and be effective as a Heavyweight? Hope so but question marks will be raised about his size and Power as the current elite Heavyweights are all huge guys in comparison.
If anyone hasn't caught him yet then have a butchers, explosive and attacking all out fighter and is in the Semi finals Tomorrow night (Tues)



Olympic Boxing: Joshua Buatsi encouraged by Floyd Mayweather | Boxing News | Sky Sports





3rd round demolition job

[Ron Swanson]

Have only watched a couple of hrs but tired of hearing about Phelps honestly

Phelps!
Phelps! .BTW did ya hear about Phelps?

Excerpt
if we consider today's modern Olympics to be an extension of the ancient games held in Greece, Phelps has now set an ancient record.

Leonidas won 12 titles in the second century B.C. A renowned runner, Leonidas won three events -- the stadion, a sprint; the diaulos, a longer run; the hoplitodromos, a run performed while wearing armor -- in four straight Olympiads. He is believed to have won more Olympic titles than anybody at the ancient Olympic games. .

Phelps passed Leonidas for most Olympic titles (medals or wreaths) with his win Thursday in the 200-meter individual medley.

Hopefully Leonidas enjoyed his 2,000 years on top.
If Phelps does the same. ..it will be around the year 4,100AD to beat an ancient swimming man named "Michael Phelps."

To be fair he was competing against Greeks so his opposition, considering nationality and human growth over time, was probably 4'6" unathletic guys covered in olive oil. I mean look at the Greeks, 3 medals total and 2 of them are in shooting, that takes no athleticism. Got two eyes and nothing worthwhile to do, you can be an Olympian.

[Silkeyjoe]

Shocking decision in the 91kg final tonight. Tishchenko got battered and somehow took it on all cards. Filthy fix without doubt.

[Gandalf]

I haven't watched a single Olympic event so far. The Olympics by its nature is a very corrupt system where those competing get a few headlines but mostly get very little in the way of reward. Meanwhile areas are cleared of the homeless to build venues that will seldom be used again and officials rake in the money for an event sponsored by despicable corporate interests and is once again way over budget. It's immoral and sick.

[Ron Swanson]

I haven't watched a single Olympic event so far. The Olympics by its nature is a very corrupt system where those competing get a few headlines but mostly get very little in the way of reward. Meanwhile areas are cleared of the homeless to build venues that will seldom be used again and officials rake in the money for an event sponsored by despicable corporate interests and is once again way over budget. It's immoral and sick.

Great post, but I'll add sometimes it's not the homeless that are displaced but rather those with homes(Sochi)

[Gandalf]

I haven't watched a single Olympic event so far. The Olympics by its nature is a very corrupt system where those competing get a few headlines but mostly get very little in the way of reward. Meanwhile areas are cleared of the homeless to build venues that will seldom be used again and officials rake in the money for an event sponsored by despicable corporate interests and is once again way over budget. It's immoral and sick.

Great post, but I'll add sometimes it's not the homeless that are displaced but rather those with homes(Sochi)

I haven't watched anything, but I have heard that many of the venues are really empty as well. I think RT did a poll and more than 70% of those polled said that they are not interested in the Olympics. It's like with politics. You are constantly having the media tell you what they think you should be interested in and there is a big disconnect there. I think certainly once you reach a certain age, you see things like the Olympics for what they are. Fey expressions of corporatism and national vanity which serve to do nothing more than distract. Are the Olympics really the most important thing going on in the world?

For the boxers it is a decent chance once they go pro and they can be protected like Amir Khan was, but for many of the less popular events they make little money with what are the prime years of their lives. Even the gold medals are fake as there are just too many events and of course only the officials should get the spoils. Oh, call me cynical.

[Ron Swanson]

I haven't watched a single Olympic event so far. The Olympics by its nature is a very corrupt system where those competing get a few headlines but mostly get very little in the way of reward. Meanwhile areas are cleared of the homeless to build venues that will seldom be used again and officials rake in the money for an event sponsored by despicable corporate interests and is once again way over budget. It's immoral and sick.

Great post, but I'll add sometimes it's not the homeless that are displaced but rather those with homes(Sochi)

I haven't watched anything, but I have heard that many of the venues are really empty as well. I think RT did a poll and more than 70% of those polled said that they are not interested in the Olympics. It's like with politics. You are constantly having the media tell you what they think you should be interested in and there is a big disconnect there. I think certainly once you reach a certain age, you see things like the Olympics for what they are. Fey expressions of corporatism and national vanity which serve to do nothing more than distract. Are the Olympics really the most important thing going on in the world?

For the boxers it is a decent chance once they go pro and they can be protected like Amir Khan was, but for many of the less popular events they make little money with what are the prime years of their lives. Even the gold medals are fake as there are just too many events and of course only the officials should get the spoils. Oh, call me cynical.

I don't think you are cynical enough. First the Russians are banned entirely after all it was a government sponsored cheating program.(not the first time for a government sponsored PED program either) then they were choosing sport to sport but all known drug cheats were banned. Then suddenly the day before they have a vote that lets known drug cheats compete and they were already in Rio! WTF? You can't make it more obvious that bribes were paid. We think boxing is corrupt, it ain't got sh*# on FIFA and the IOC

[Master]

During the world cup 2014 there were the same demonstrations.

[Dia bando]

Shocking decision in the 91kg final tonight. Tishchenko got battered and somehow took it on all cards. Filthy fix without doubt.

Shocking was not the word mate I totally agree with you.

[Fenster]

Yeah that was some robbery. The last round could have been 10-8 with Tishchenko stumbling about the ring yet some judges gave it to him

[denilson200]

It seems like the judges favour fighters from the former Soviet Union (Russians, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan) heavy in the tournament.

I've seen a lot of dodgy scoring. The Irish bantam weight boxer (Michael Conlan) was robbed in his quarter final fight against the Russian guy (Vladamir Nikitin). You only need to look at the shock on Russians face to see so and the crowds reaction.

I just saw Gary Russell (USA rep at light welter) robbed against the Uzbekistan boxer (Fazliddin Gaibnazarov ). The Uzbekistan boxer was dead on his feet on the end and ran all night. But I suppose that's amateur boxing. The judges heavily reward pitta-pat hit and run shit. They get the first round in the bag, then hang on.

The hype is real about Shakur Stevenson (USA rep at Bantam and the last USA boxer standing). He looks an absolute genius in the ring. He will more than likely fight the reigning cuban Olympic champ (Robeisy Ramírez) in the final (Can't see the Russian troubling Stevenson to much in the semi) they are two outstanding boxers in the tournament and they just happen to be in the same weight division.

I don't normally get excited by amateur boxing but that's a fight I for sure want to see

I know Joe Joyce (UK rep at super heavy) stopped his first opponent. But I have not been impressed him. Future Anthony Joshua he is not. I like Joshua Buatsi (UK rep at light heavy) but he's facing a Kazak in the semi final and as I say judges love all them Borat fighters

[Kirkland Laing]

I just watched the Conlon fight. Jesus Christ.