Which Pros will compete in the Olympics

Dont see many pros making the weight 5 times in a week when many boil down to it and gain 10-20lbs after.

comment by bertrand small (U19359)
posted 30 minutes ago
Dont see many pros making the weight 5 times in a week when many boil down to it and gain 10-20lbs after.
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Then they fight at the higher weight what they can make

I don't think it's as cut and dry as people here are making out. Firstly as I have said there are definitely some very able Cuban boxers that I think would be able to give the Pro's a hard time and cause a few upsets.

Secondly I don't think it's as easy as people make out to change the mindset from a long 12 round fight to a really fast paced 3 round fight. Lot's of pro fighters start out relatively slow and gradually build up into the fight. The recent Canelo vs Khan fight is a pretty good example of that. It took Canelo a few rounds to weather the storm and get his range as well as get the instructions to go for body shots. All this is a luxury that you don't have in the 3 round format that amateurs are used to.

I'm not saying that the amateurs will have all the advantages but I certainly don't think someone like Canelo could just turn up and get gold either.

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"Just because you see some dodgy hometown scoring int he Olympics doesn't make it corrupt"

Of course not.. it's all squeaky clean

Amateur boxing still have their championships and other events. And this will be good to see how the best from each formats get on.

And FYI, Salido was a multiple world champion beat many other world champs, came in vastly overweight, got away with countless low blows holding and other dirty tactics. Just shows what the pro game is right there corrupt today the core

Amir Khan is thinking of representing Pakistan in the Olympics The racists are going to love that.

comment by D4thincarnation (U2520)
posted 2 hours, 23 minutes ago
And FYI, Salido was a multiple world champion beat many other world champs, came in vastly overweight, got away with countless low blows holding and other dirty tactics. Just shows what the pro game is right there corrupt today the core
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No He was a drug cheat and lost his big fights where he wasn't cheating

Yeah I forgot he was a drug cheat as well. Another thing that is checked to a much higher standard in the Olympics