Tokyo olympics

[watsupdoc87]

Torres better than I expected. Catches uzbek nice a couple times

[JamesPhilips]

Torrez did hurt Jalolov briefly. The Eurosport Aussie commentary is awful. Apparently Jalolov is 2 foot taller

[gregregegg]

I got torrez with the first. small gloves and the big Uzbeck might of taken a nap from that big shot. bobbing and weeving well the american.

[DrDuke]

Torrez shook the Jolly a bit in the 1st. Made him clinch.

[gregregegg]

Had him up in the first half of the 2nd but now its a war and the uzbek has the bigger artilery. (did torrez lose a point? if so thats trash).

[watsupdoc87]

Big round for uzbek but that shouldn't have been a count

[DrDuke]

The Jolly returned a favor in the 2nd.

[margaret thatcher]

good first for torrez, but he took a pounding in the 2nd and then well beaten in the 3rd

[DrDuke]

Torrez gave everything he had, but the Jolly was in control majorly.

[gregregegg]

Great fight to close out the olympics, i dont watch much ams, but that fight had more hurtfull shots than the rest of the tournement combined.

[watsupdoc87]

The commentary on my stream keeps saying the uzbek was 5th in Rio. Since when is that a thing

[gregregegg]

The commentary on my stream keeps saying the uzbek was 5th in Rio. Since when is that a thing

means you lost in the quarterfinals. so 4 people progressed further than you. so you are equal 5th. Why would that not be a thing?

[watsupdoc87]

The commentary on my stream keeps saying the uzbek was 5th in Rio. Since when is that a thing

means you lost in the quarterfinals. so 4 people progressed further than you. so you are equal 5th. Why would that not be a thing?

Never heard of a boxer being 5th in olympic. A quarterfinalist but never as 5th. Just like in football a team gets knocked out in the cup their quarterfinalists not 5th place

[margaret thatcher]

so who are our val barker picks?

jalolov has a case....won three 5-0 decisions and a stoppage. only had 2 rounds scored against him all tournament

[DrDuke]

so who are our val barker picks?

jalolov has a case....won three 5-0 decisions and a stoppage. only had 2 rounds scored against him all tournament

Lopez and La Cruz should be considered.

[DrDuke]

Cuba wins the tournament with 4 Golds and 1 Bronze.

Great Britain is the second with 2 Golds, 2 Silvers and 2 Bronzes.

Russia is the third with 1 Gold, 1 Silver and 4 Bronzes. Ties with GBR in the overall amount of medals.

USA is the tenth with 3 Silvers and 1 Bronze and it goes after Cuba, GBR and Russia in the overall contest.

[JamesPhilips]

Well Torrez loses $10 million off his signing bonus and a mill off his first purse

[gregregegg]

Well Torrez loses $10 million off his signing bonus and a mill off his first purse

Cant say i think he was in line for that... but yea shame for him he didnt get gold. He could try next Olympics too.

Basicaly fight 4 times over the next 12 months, then 4 times in the 12 months after that after that, then twice the next 6 months after that and back into the ams for 6 months....

[margaret thatcher]

for a lot of these yanks i think pro success means a lot more to them than winning a gold medal, the olympics are kinda out of style in usa boxing

[DrDuke]

Well Torrez loses $10 million off his signing bonus and a mill off his first purse

Cant say i think he was in line for that... but yea shame for him he didnt get gold. He could try next Olympics too.

Basicaly fight 4 times over the next 12 months, then 4 times in the 12 months after that after that, then twice the next 6 months after that and back into the ams for 6 months....

It'll be interesting to see him in pros. However, he's a heavyweight and only 22. He'll be 25 next Olympics. If he starts pro-career after that, he can be in big fights without a rush by 30.

[gregregegg]

Well Torrez loses $10 million off his signing bonus and a mill off his first purse

Cant say i think he was in line for that... but yea shame for him he didnt get gold. He could try next Olympics too.

Basicaly fight 4 times over the next 12 months, then 4 times in the 12 months after that after that, then twice the next 6 months after that and back into the ams for 6 months....

It'll be interesting to see him in pros. However, he's a heavyweight and only 22. He'll be 25 next Olympics. If he starts pro-career after that, he can be in big fights without a rush by 30.

Yep i tend to think he shoud try fight in the Olympics in France. But if USA boxing let him, i wouldent be shocked if he dips his toe in the pro game first.
Any idea what he weights? could he be a cruiser weight as a pro where you fight occasionaly enough that you can cut some weight..

[margaret thatcher]

would he even want to though? amateur boxing isnt a big deal for everyone, especially when it involves sacrificing a promising pro career and your early-mid 20s. all merely for the possibility of winning a gold in the next olympics....i dunno

[DrDuke]

If I was Torrez, I'd go pro. He has just become famous, he won a medal in a SHW division, which hadn't been possible for his country for a couple of decades. He should grab a good promotion and get tracked to the top at the pros, while he's young and able to learn.

[margaret thatcher]

ya i agree

[JamesPhilips]

Well Torrez loses $10 million off his signing bonus and a mill off his first purse

Cant say i think he was in line for that... but yea shame for him he didnt get gold. He could try next Olympics too.

Basicaly fight 4 times over the next 12 months, then 4 times in the 12 months after that after that, then twice the next 6 months after that and back into the ams for 6 months....

I am not sure what the cash parameters are for signing on figures, but come on it would’ve been huge had he hit gold. USA had a great history in Olympic boxing and love the big men yet have become a secondary or tertiary boxing nation now….. Torrez would’ve been front page news - reversing a KO loss, for an unexpected Gold as an underdog, at only 22, with fan friendly style and good looking guy…. AND If you’re inclined to mention it, he’s a white hispanic. First super heavy medal since Bowe’s rather placid silver in 1988, and first gold since Biggs in 1984. First USA MALE gold since Ward in 2004…. 16/17 years ago!

Come on man, he could name whatever price he wanted. Which US amateur turning over ever could compete with that win!?

Anyway even as an unexpected silver he’ll get plenty press and get a great offer so will prob turn pro in next year or so. He’s such an easy sell and he can even play the hard luck story of giving a great account of himself against an unbeaten 100% KO record pro and experience amateur…. Who’s Kod him as a virtual kid and when Balolov was already pro!