Boxing at the Olympics '08 *Beijing* Let's talk here! Post videos & pictures!!!

[donnydarkoIRL]

USA's medal hopeful Rau'shee Warren is seen in his corner during a men's flyweight 51 kg preliminary boxing match against Lee Oksung of Korea at the Beijing 2008 Olympics in Beijing, Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2008. Warren lost the match.

Final score was 9-8.

There was a terrible mess-up by Warren/his corner.. he was only one point down throughout the the last round yet amazingly spent the last 45-60 seconds keeping out of range, throwing no punches

He clearly thought he was in front.

I'm not sure.

When they took of his gloves he appeared disconsolate and he threw the glove from him in annoyance.

*It is possible they told him he was in front in order to prevent him boxing wildly in the last round and then instructed him to box cobservatively, only to see him defend the lead, before revealing that he had lost!!!

[Fenster]

USA's medal hopeful Rau'shee Warren is seen in his corner during a men's flyweight 51 kg preliminary boxing match against Lee Oksung of Korea at the Beijing 2008 Olympics in Beijing, Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2008. Warren lost the match.

Final score was 9-8.

There was a terrible mess-up by Warren/his corner.. he was only one point down throughout the the last round yet amazingly spent the last 45-60 seconds keeping out of range, throwing no punches

He clearly thought he was in front.

I'm not sure.

When they took of his gloves he appeared disconsolate and he threw the glove from him in annoyance.

*It is possible they told him he was in front in order to prevent him boxing wildly in the last round and then instructed him to box cobservatively, only to see him defend the lead, before revealing that he had lost!!!

Why would he not throw a punch for 45 secs if he KNEW he was behind though? That is a shocking mistake on the corners behalf, surely?

There were loud chants of USA all the way through. Maybe that confused them into thinking he was in front

I thought he threw the glove off in a "what a fuck up" kind of way.

[Youngblood]

I'm fairly disgusted in just about all things olympic boxing related ATM. Think I'll go watch some synchronized womans diving...

[DC Amateur Boxing]

I'm with you Youngblood. . . badminton was just scintillating yesterday. I'm hooked. I'm on my way to Model's now to buy some shuttlecocks!! I heard you can turn in boxing gloves and get 50% off.

According to Warren (which you will also see during the fight as he looks at the stands several times), he thought the crowd was cheering because he was up on points. His corner was yelling at him to work because he was down. He acknowledges hearing his corner yelling, but said he couldn't tell what they were yelling about. When he went to his corner, they told him he lost and he threw his headgear in disgust. During the post fight interview, he understandably broke into tears. This kid waited 4 years for what? He may as well have gone pro two years ago. He would be a millionaire by now and probably a lot bigger than 112lbs.

Positives: Even with medalling, our Olympic Boxing showing is abysmal at best. I have two young boxers that dream of going to the Olympics. This disaster will most definitely cause the entire program to be revamped so that we don't waste the talent we have. I know that Warren, Russell and Andrade are definitely capable of medalling - but it seems like Warren and Russell are out because of non-boxing related issues. Hopefully, Andrade will come through. I did hear that he was doing a lot of showboating during his bout, so I hope he can stay focused. Scrap the whole program and start over.

If you have a boxer that needs two pts. to win - you can get his attention to let him know? I would have done a backflip (and most likely broken my neck) in the corner. That's unacceptable to me.

Then to make matters worse, I don't even want to mess this up, so here's the direct quote: "For him to lose could be disheartening for some of our other guys. That's going to be our biggest fear. ... I think they're most definitely going to be psyched out. We have a psychologist around, and we're going to make sure that she talks to this team, because I'm sure all of them are going to be psyched out by this." - Dan Campbell

WTF?

[wesrman]

According to Warren (which you will also see during the fight as he looks at the stands several times), he thought the crowd was cheering because he was up on points. His corner was yelling at him to work because he was down. He acknowledges hearing his corner yelling, but said he couldn't tell what they were yelling about. When he went to his corner, they told him he lost and he threw his headgear in disgust. During the post fight interview, he understandably broke into tears. This kid waited 4 years for what? He may as well have gone pro two years ago. He would be a millionaire by now and probably a lot bigger than 112lbs.

I dont want to sound like a dick (i was rooting for him to win gold), but thats what you get for protecting a lead instead of continuing to fight like a man. Im not just attacking him. That seems to be the plan for lot of these guys, win one round and then coast to victory. Its a 4 round fight and you better be ready, willing and able to fight for 4 rounds not just 1 or 2.

[Mar]

According to Warren (which you will also see during the fight as he looks at the stands several times), he thought the crowd was cheering because he was up on points. His corner was yelling at him to work because he was down. He acknowledges hearing his corner yelling, but said he couldn't tell what they were yelling about. When he went to his corner, they told him he lost and he threw his headgear in disgust. During the post fight interview, he understandably broke into tears. This kid waited 4 years for what? He may as well have gone pro two years ago. He would be a millionaire by now and probably a lot bigger than 112lbs.

I dont want to sound like a dick (i was rooting for him to win gold), but thats what you get for protecting a lead instead of continuing to fight like a man. Im not just attacking him. That seems to be the plan for lot of these guys, win one round and then coast to victory. Its a 4 round fight and you better be ready, willing and able to fight for 4 rounds not just 1 or 2.

...agreed this assclown was listening to his friends and family in the crowd insted of the people he should be listening to in his corner telling his ass to throw more punches, for christ sake they are two min rounds with gear in front of judges who randomly hit the button when they feel like it if they just happen to see a punch land inbetween naps. If there is ever a time to throw it's here. I don't care if you are up 10-0 they don't stop the fight till you're up by 20. Don't feel sorry for him at all. One guy fought one didn't....you can't blame the judges for everything.

[armin]

Scoring was just as nuts in this fight as the other fights but warren made it sound like the korean dude was the only one to benefit from that, when in fact warren got phantom points as well. At one point warren slipped didn't even throw a punch and got a point. He's only got himself to blame for the loss, because the korean knew he was up one point yet still decided to try and engage where as warren only thought he was up one and decided instead to get on his bike, all props to the korean.

[wesrman]

The scoring has been pathetic, and its making a mockery of the sport imo.

[killersheep]

They just showed the Warren fight here, really dissapointed that he stopped regardless, if there ever was a time to give it your all for four rounds it's now the Olympics. Yes the points were bad but it went both ways, no excuses he's there to work for 8 minutes and he didn't.

[killersheep]

Samir Mammadov from Azerbaijan really impressed me, he came to fight and threw down a dominant 19-4 win.

[armin]

warren should take a page out of the book of the azerbajani fighter that came after him, up by like 12 points he still kept on pressing the action like he was down by 12!

[killersheep]

There have been a few guys that have really impressed me here, so it's not all negative for me.

[Spicoli]

I was watching the womens gymnastic team from China......that is just disturbing.Skilled but borderline toddlers im telling ya.

[saturday_kid]

Just watched the american guy at light flyweight yanez, looked pretty good, felt the scoring was a bit harsh on the spanish guy think it should've been a little closer

[wesrman]

I was watching the womens gymnastic team from China......that is just disturbing.Skilled but borderline toddlers im telling ya.

I only saw 2 seconds of it, but i agree. They look like they're 10 yrs old.

Child molesters must love that event. :P