Pat McCormack Olympics

[MightyWarrior]

This kid is another level, it’s been a long time since I’ve seen a British amateur with the self assured quality of Pat McCormack. He reminds me a bit of a young Joe Calzaghe, in that it doesn’t matter what type of hard bastard he’s got in front of him ( as in last night ) he’s got that supreme confidence to believe he’s going to win no matter what.

Shame he got cut, that seems to be his Achilles heel from what I’ve read, I’m not sure how he’s going to make it through another two fights with that, but maybe he will - here’s hoping

[margaret thatcher]

being to the olympics previously and having a sh!tloads of am experience helps..........he is like one of these soviet/cuban pro amateurs. he's probably seen it all when it comes to the ams. even loma was a pro before 26

if his cut is okay he looks on route to gold.........in the ams they can be eager to stop things though, it does put him at risk

[margaret thatcher]

loving that russian beast khatiev at light heavy, he is fighting whitaker next. the bull vs the matador

[maverick23]

The cut looked fairly small and not too deep but it’s not in a great area.

His brow ridge comes out a little bit so he’s always going to pick up cuts unfortunately.

I’d be surprised if his cut keeps him out of the semi and it’s probably not a bad thing that he’s fighting someone who’s more of a mover next in Walsh. He’s got a good record against Walsh so hopefully he’ll pick up another win. Although I remember Darren Sutherland having a good winning record against James Degale before their semi in 2008 so surprises can happen.

[margaret thatcher]

if pat has to pull out now, aiden walsh would have had a hilariously easy route to the finals, beating 2 weak africans and then getting a walk over

although they let the fight continue so they seemed okay with it

[JamesPhilips]

This kid is another level, it’s been a long time since I’ve seen a British amateur with the self assured quality of Pat McCormack. He reminds me a bit of a young Joe Calzaghe, in that it doesn’t matter what type of hard bastard he’s got in front of him ( as in last night ) he’s got that supreme confidence to believe he’s going to win no matter what.

Shame he got cut, that seems to be his Achilles heel from what I’ve read, I’m not sure how he’s going to make it through another two fights with that, but maybe he will - here’s hoping

It was a head butt. Weirdly I actually believe in amateur competitions where they fight a lot over a few days / week they should use a head guard, but would have to be an atypical specific head guard - no padding around most of head, jaw, ear area, the only padded area should be the part that protects the eye area. Head butt cuts are the problem,, I doubt many cuts caused by punches with those enormous padded gloves .

[margaret thatcher]

the most effective use for the headgear was defo in reducing cuts

tbh, if they were going to use headgear to prevent cuts, might just as well go back to the full thing instead of some funky hybrid. hardly any one is stopping each other anyway

[margaret thatcher]

even though the cut was caused by a butt, i assume if it's opened again by a punch and the fight is called, that would be a stoppage loss?

[bennie]

Is this kid related to Pat McCormack, the former British light-welterweight champion?

[JamesPhilips]

even though the cut was caused by a butt, i assume if it's opened again by a punch and the fight is called, that would be a stoppage loss?

Good question. And yeah I would assume so. That’s would be the only fair course of action. Mind you we are talking about the corrupt incompetent IOC and AIBA

[margaret thatcher]

whitaker fighting this guy next, winner goes to finals

[maverick23]

even though the cut was caused by a butt, i assume if it's opened again by a punch and the fight is called, that would be a stoppage loss?

Yep - it would be. Stupid rule of the ams.

[margaret thatcher]

makes me wonder -- let's say it's the gold medal final, and within seconds the guys clash heads and are cut and the fight has to be stopped..........are they double champions or what?

[JamesPhilips]

whitaker fighting this guy next, winner goes to finals

Which. Guess there are still some serious stoppages at Olympics. The opponents legs turned to spaghetti.

[margaret thatcher]

dude in the blue was ktfo, he's fighting the red guy of course, that was red guy's 2nd stoppage of the olympics and he also decisioned the #1 seed from khazakstan

btw- the blue guy says spain, but he's actually a russian who i think got drafted in to box for them

[DrDuke]

Khataev will crush everybody. The second coming of Beterbiev.

[MightyWarrior]

Felt bad for that Spanish light heavy, he realised he was behind on points and was given it everything, then was 5 seconds away from going out with a creditable points loss…and BANG !! one punch from that crusher, and it’s a highlight reel devastating knockout loss for him.

[JamesPhilips]

dude in the blue was ktfo, he's fighting the red guy of course, that was red guy's 2nd stoppage of the olympics and he also decisioned the #1 seed from khazakstan

btw- the blue guy says spain, but he's actually a russian who i think got drafted in to box for them

Lol - a Russian, a Cuban, a Dagestani…. Are there any Spanish people on the Spanish team?

[Cent0089]

What do you think about his twin ?

[maverick23]

What do you think about his twin ?

Decent but not as good as Pat. He’s an outsider in his next fight.

[margaret thatcher]

mccormack through to final on walkover............funny after getting the cut it was the other guy who pulled out

[margaret thatcher]

pat and ben whittaker on to the finals

i find ben hard to watch though, very classic slap and run amateur style

[DrDuke]

pat and ben whittaker on to the finals

i find ben hard to watch though, very classic slap and run amateur style

Whittaker is classy for sure. To keep the Chechen puncher away all time was a solid achievement.

[margaret thatcher]

pat and ben have silvers at minimum

big fraser at least a bronze

[DrDuke]

big fraser at least a bronze

A gift for him.