Who are these boxers, be honest, don't cheat

[whicker]

How many of these names do you recgonise. There is a connection, but don't cheat, see how many names you recognise.

Alexander POVETKIN
Alexey TISHCHENKO
Andre WARD
Bakhtiyar ARTAYEV
Gaydarbek GAYDARBEKOV
Guillermo RIGONDEAUX ORTIZ
Manus BOONJUMNONG
Mario Cesar KINDELAN MESA
Odlanier SOLIS FONTE
Yan BHARTELEMY VARELA
Yuriorkis GAMBOA TOLEDANO
Alexandre LEBZIAK
Audley HARRISON
Bekzat SATTARKHANOV
Brahim ASLOUM
Felix SAVON
Guillermo RIGONDEAUX ORTIZ
Jorge GUTIERREZ
Mahammatkodir ABDOOLLAYEV
Oleg SAITOV
Wijan PONLID
Yermakhan IBRAIMOV

[crusader]

I Recognize all of them except for Yermakhan Ibraimov and I believe they are all the Olympic gold medalists from 2000 and 2004.

[jonp]

Gold medalists?

[whicker]

I Recognize all of them except for Yermakhan Ibraimov and I believe they are all the Olympic gold medalists from 2000 and 2004.

Yeah, that's correct-

So, part 2- how many names stand out as being successful professionals?

[crusader]

Gamboa, Ward, and Asloum all won WBA titles and Povetkin and Solis are high ranked contenders, so I guess you would regard these fighters as the more successful ones of the bunch. Gamboa and Ward are the only two who really look to have superstar potential. Not really an overwhelming talent pool. Just look at the fighters Audley beat to win his vaunted gold.

[m1kee50]

I Recognize all of them except for Yermakhan Ibraimov and I believe they are all the Olympic gold medalists from 2000 and 2004.

Yeah, that's correct-

So, part 2- how many names stand out as being successful professionals?

Well in some cases that is unfair... Kindelan was an older man when he fought in his last Olympics, was never going to defect at that age.

[whiskey]

gaydarbekov gave it away i think. He meddalled on never turned pro some knew it was an amateur connection.

With regards the names, there are about 4 that didn't jump out at me.

Someone called Audley for a start

[Adamj1987]

How many of these names do you recgonise. There is a connection, but don't cheat, see how many names you recognise.

Alexander POVETKIN
Alexey TISHCHENKO
Andre WARD
Bakhtiyar ARTAYEV
Gaydarbek GAYDARBEKOV
Guillermo RIGONDEAUX ORTIZ
Manus BOONJUMNONG
Mario Cesar KINDELAN MESA
Odlanier SOLIS FONTE
Yan BHARTELEMY VARELA
Yuriorkis GAMBOA TOLEDANO
Alexandre LEBZIAK
Audley HARRISON
Bekzat SATTARKHANOV
Brahim ASLOUM
Felix SAVON
Guillermo RIGONDEAUX ORTIZ
Jorge GUTIERREZ
Mahammatkodir ABDOOLLAYEV
Oleg SAITOV
Wijan PONLID
Yermakhan IBRAIMOV

just the ones in red

[whiskey]

Adam,

How did you rack up 30,000 posts in 18 months ?

Considering there are only just under 14,000 hours in that time, you must have posted 2.2 an hour since you signed up.

[Adamj1987]

Adam,

How did you rack up 30,000 posts in 18 months ?

Considering there are only just under 14,000 hours in that time, you must have posted 2.2 an hour since you signed up.

you can post every 20 secs and i used to have a shit load of time on my hands ive not doen 1k in 2 months

[crusader]

Adam,

How did you rack up 30,000 posts in 18 months ?

Considering there are only just under 14,000 hours in that time, you must have posted 2.2 an hour since you signed up.

Adam is a well known whore.

[Adamj1987]

Adam,

How did you rack up 30,000 posts in 18 months ?

Considering there are only just under 14,000 hours in that time, you must have posted 2.2 an hour since you signed up.

Adam is a well known whore.

indeed i think harshfriller is soemthing like 7 or 8 months and 19k

[whicker]

I thought this was an interesting look at the fortunes of the much-touted "Olympic Golden Boys."

These are the men who won medals 10 and 6 years ago- given logical time scales, they should be at the height (or close to) of their professional careers.

And these are men who WON the contest- most of our current "Olympic prospects didn't."

How many really "set the world on fire?"

For sure, there are exceptions- some presumably didn't/wouldn't/couldn't become professionals.

But I dunno- does this reflect well on the prospects of an Olympian?

[whatashambles]

Adam,

How did you rack up 30,000 posts in 18 months ?

Considering there are only just under 14,000 hours in that time, you must have posted 2.2 an hour since you signed up.

More to the point, how can someone with 30,000 posts not recognise the name Odlanier Solis???

[m1kee50]

Adam,

How did you rack up 30,000 posts in 18 months ?

Considering there are only just under 14,000 hours in that time, you must have posted 2.2 an hour since you signed up.

More to the point, how can someone with 30,000 posts not recognise the name Odlanier Solis???

Or former Cotto victim Abdullaev?

[rhino222]

i recognised 12 !!

[TerribleTerry]

Adam,

How did you rack up 30,000 posts in 18 months ?

Considering there are only just under 14,000 hours in that time, you must have posted 2.2 an hour since you signed up.

More to the point, how can someone with 30,000 posts not recognise the name Odlanier Solis???

Or former Cotto victim Abdullaev?

Funnily enough at the time of his Olympic success Abdullaev was far from a Cotto victim: he beat the teenager like a ginger stepson on his way to the gold.

It was man against boy. By the time they net in the pros, Cotto was all grown up.

[Fatsam]

Only 8 :(

[Loynesy]

Sometimes, one despairs.

Surely every decent fight fan watches the gold medal bout at each weight?

[m1kee50]

More to the point, how can someone with 30,000 posts not recognise the name Odlanier Solis???

Or former Cotto victim Abdullaev?

like a ginger stepson.

oi!

[Wales]

More to the point, how can someone with 30,000 posts not recognise the name Odlanier Solis???

Or former Cotto victim Abdullaev?

Funnily enough at the time of his Olympic success Abdullaev was far from a Cotto victim: he beat the teenager like a ginger stepson on his way to the gold.

It was man against boy. By the time they net in the pros, Cotto was all grown up.

yes, Abullaev Cotto in the pros was touted as revenge or repeat, although 99% of sensible people could see it was going to be revenge. Cotto gave it him just as good in the pros as abdullev did him in the ams.

Good post thoguh Whicker, very interesting.

[Wales]

Adam,

How did you rack up 30,000 posts in 18 months ?

Considering there are only just under 14,000 hours in that time, you must have posted 2.2 an hour since you signed up.

More to the point, how can someone with 30,000 posts not recognise the name Odlanier Solis???

Or former Cotto victim Abdullaev?

or Khan "Victim" Kindelan... well... kind of <ahem>