Frankie Gavins

[Scrap]

Record Breaker, Tremendous, Superb, The first AIBA Champion this Country has produced Top Man.

[ono]

yeh its great news

didn't think any of our reps would even get a medal......well maybe apart from Gavin.

Thought he'd be done for in the semi's against the russian tho.

Wonder how long before he turns pro?

You know its an achievement when you see that Mayweather and De La Hoya couldn't even manage it!

Anybody know how Joe Murray did?

[Tito BHB]

They gave him a pretty generous shoutout on setanta last night

Fair play really

[Clanger]

Where can we see this protegé ?

[X]

The AIBA has been really good - much less judging/scoring controversy than usual and some good talent there from many non-traditional nations.

Where are the Cubans, did they boycott it?

[Fenster]

That seemed an ugly, ugly mess of a fight

Look forward to him when he turns pro after the Olympics

[Clanger]

[superheavyrhun]

yeh its great news

didn't think any of our reps would even get a medal......well maybe apart from Gavin.

Thought he'd be done for in the semi's against the russian tho.

Wonder how long before he turns pro?

You know its an achievement when you see that Mayweather and De La Hoya couldn't even manage it!

Anybody know how Joe Murray did?

Frank Warren has been snapping up a lot of the younger fighters out of the amateurs recently, as well as Amir Khan we have Tony Bellew, Jamie Cox et al. Even if they don't make it big for him, he'll at least get some filler for his overstuffed undercompetitive cards.

[Scrap]

The AIBA is harder to win than the Olyimpics.

[donnydarkoIRL]

Wow he's lost plenty hasn't he, i guess it's what you learn from them, but thats a lot of losses!

[James]

Not really. amatures face far more contraversal decsions and off days than pros dut to the short nature of their fights.

those amatuers with near perfect records are often misleading and often havent been to the olympics or worlds. Gavin has been fighting the best guys in the world for the last fews. there's little surprise he loses about one in four international bouts, you cant peak all the time.

gavin was also named 'most improved boxer' by the england team last year or mayb the year before, is a good sign that he's come on a lot.

[superheavyrhun]

Not really. amatures face far more contraversal decsions and off days than pros dut to the short nature of their fights.

those amatuers with near perfect records are often misleading and often havent been to the olympics or worlds. Gavin has been fighting the best guys in the world for the last fews. there's little surprise he loses about one in four international bouts, you cant peak all the time.

gavin was also named 'most improved boxer' by the england team last year or mayb the year before, is a good sign that he's come on a lot.

Agreed mate, after all the amateurs is the place to do the learning and a lot of the improving before turning professional. It's better to have defeats on the amateur record than the pro one.

[donnydarkoIRL]

Not really. amatures face far more contraversal decsions and off days than pros dut to the short nature of their fights.

those amatuers with near perfect records are often misleading and often havent been to the olympics or worlds. Gavin has been fighting the best guys in the world for the last fews. there's little surprise he loses about one in four international bouts, you cant peak all the time.

gavin was also named 'most improved boxer' by the england team last year or mayb the year before, is a good sign that he's come on a lot.

Ha Ha i no exactly what the amateurs are like LoL