aussie olympic boxers
aussie olympic boxers
does anybody know, if any of the australian olympic boxers, have any intention of turning professional in the near future
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Against the Cuban Jarrod Fletcher fought like a pro & had a good kit of punches.He looked way more suited to the paid ranks. I hope someone picks him up.
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agreed, and he didn't run like a scalded cat. The biggest problem, apart from the scoring, that i saw with the boxing at the olympics was the willingness of the fighters to run and hide when they got what they believed to be a winning lead. That just won't work in the pro's. Habits can be hard to break.razor7 wrote:Against the Cuban Jarrod Fletcher fought like a pro & had a good kit of punches.He looked way more suited to the paid ranks. I hope someone picks him up.
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I can't stand watching that and I stopped watching the olympics after I think the first week because of this tactic. It's not boxing, you're on the world's biggest stage and you want to show your abilities in sprinting? No thanks.toppity wrote:agreed, and he didn't run like a scalded cat. The biggest problem, apart from the scoring, that i saw with the boxing at the olympics was the willingness of the fighters to run and hide when they got what they believed to be a winning lead. That just won't work in the pro's. Habits can be hard to break.razor7 wrote:Against the Cuban Jarrod Fletcher fought like a pro & had a good kit of punches.He looked way more suited to the paid ranks. I hope someone picks him up.
As for Fletcher, I had read that he's going pro once he was finished with this year's Olympics. I'm really looking forward to that.
I think Mahoney and another boxer were retiring.
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i heard that atleast 2 have retired from boxing all together
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Anthony little & ged omahoney are both retiring i believe
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They are both a loss to the sport.Bushboy wrote:Anthony little & ged omahoney are both retiring i believe
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would like to see pitt have a crack at pros, his style more suited to paid ranks.(IMO) but it always seems that way with the bigger blokes. zappa has done ok though.