European Olympic Qualifier

[mike222]

Semis and Finals will be broadcast by the AIBA on their website.www.aiba.org.
Asian qualifying is already showing.

[mike222]

Adam Nolan qualifies for London after defeating veteran Gheorge Ionut.Josh Taylor loses but still qualifies. Nolan faces Pastrick Wojicki in the final. Callum Smith loses but must hope his conqueror Vasan Huseynli wins the competition to qualifies.Huseynli meets Bahram Muzzafer.
At 52 Selcuk Eker and Nordine Oubaali qualify whilst Magomed Omarov and Tony Yoka face each other in the final but both qualify

[mike222]

Paddy Barnes loses his semi-final to Ferhat Pehlivan but still qualifies.

[donnellon]

The judges said he lost the fight, he didn't IMO.

[mike222]

Anthony Ogogo qualifies to make it seven for Britain.The Russians are having a nightmare with Zaytsev losing.Australia will have ten and Russia seven in London.Quite bizarre.
It stands Turkey 3 Ireland 0-You must have upset them but there should be no problems in judging in London 2012.

[JMac]

The judges said he lost the fight, he didn't IMO.

I just saw the 2nd and 3rd rd's and Paddy was throwing 20 punches for every one the Turk threw. Sure the Turk had a good high guard but there is no way he beat Paddy like that. Paddy landed easily as many punches as the Turk. I've been there for 2 world championship tournaments and they are a bunch of cheating bastards. Even though they didn't actually have Turks judging the bouts, their buddies take care of them. Doganelli is gone things haven't change. Electronic scoring sucks!!

[mike222]

In last years world championships of the 160 boxers who contested the last sixteen in ten weights there was one Turkish boxer and he lost.
In last years europeans also in Turkey they won four medals including one gold.Here in this qualifier there were eight in the semis and five qualifiers.

[Odo]

Some of the fights could have gone either way like Ntuve vs Quabali or Eker vs Kalucza,but two fights had the wrong winner.One outcome was a disgusting hometown decision:Mikhail Dauhaliavets knocked his Turkish opponent down,hurt him several times,knocked him around like a punching ball inside the ring,but wasnt able to take the Turkish home boy out of action due to a fussy and protective ref.The winner Muzaffer would not have survived more than 2 rounds against the merciless and hard-punching Belarussian whose style is made for the pros.Props to his determination,his rough style,and his ruthless attidude inside a ring.The outcome of this fight was a joke!!! Ludicrious!!
Englishman Callum Smith did more than enough to outpoint his Azeri opponent Huseynli.
Smith connected with some telling punches,had the better defence,better jabs,was faster and threw two beautiful uppercuts.Hell,he should have never lost that fight.IMO he deserved the victory,but the Azeris are Turkey's brothers.Bad luck for Smith!!

[mike222]

Adam Nolan won the welterweight final today with a good win over Patrick Wojicki.Bad news for Callum Smith as Muzzafer won the light heavy final which means Dauhaliavets qualifies at Callums expense.
Winners so far
49 Pehlivan
52 Oobaali (Swede Ntuve qualifies)
56 Ishcenko (W/O)
60 Petrauskas (W/O)
64 Sener
69 Nolan
75 Kilici (W/O)
81 Muzzafer
Three walkovers
Four Turkish winners

[mike222]

Tervel Pulev takes the final spot by winning the heavyweight final
Qualifiers
49 Ferhat Pehlivan TUR
Paddy Barnes IRE
Manuel Cappai ITA
Alexander Alexandrov BUL
52 Salomo N'Tuve SWE
Nordine Oubaali FRA
Selcuk Eker TUR
56 Merad Turkadze GRG
Magomed Abdulkhamidov AZE
Dennis Ceylan DEN
Pavlo Ishcenkjo UKR
60 Vazgen Safaryants BLR
Josh Taylor SCO
Evaldas Petrauskas LTU
Faith Keles TUR
64 Yakup Sener TUR
69 Adam Nolan IRE
Patrick Wojicki GER
75 Anthony Ogogo ENG
Adem Kilici TUR
81 Mikhail Dauhalliavets BLR
Bahram Muzzafer TUR
Vasan Huseynliu AZE
91 Tervel Pulev BUL
+91 Tony Yoka FRA
Magomed Omarov RUS

[jBacca]

So Turkey had 0 qualifiers before this tourney based in Turkey, and now they have 7?

[JMac]

So Turkey had 0 qualifiers before this tourney based in Turkey, and now they have 7?

When is AIBA going to get rid of the corrupt officials? They didn't disappear with Choudhry. As I have said for years, Stevie Wonder and Ray Charles could see who the cheaters are. It sucks for the better boxers that got screwed.

[jBacca]

So Turkey had 0 qualifiers before this tourney based in Turkey, and now they have 7?

When is AIBA going to get rid of the corrupt officials? They didn't disappear with Choudhry. As I have said for years, Stevie Wonder and Ray Charles could see who the cheaters are. It sucks for the better boxers that got screwed.

It's criminal, mate. Kids have been training for years at the chance to represent their nation in the Olympics, yet fat-arsed officials deny these kids the chance by taking back-handers. Corrupt wankers.