British Boxing boom time! Olympic prospects - the catalyst?
Re: British Boxing boom time! Olympic prospects - the catalyst?
Forget '84, the real Dream Team was '76 because it was the FIRST Dream Team. Clinton McKenzie had the misfortune to take on one Sugar Ray Leonard and gave him pretty good fight, although Duke likes to joke that Clinton never landed a single punch. Mike and Leon Spinks were also there, hammering their way to gold medals. Leon beat Ali eight fights later.
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Re: British Boxing boom time! Olympic prospects - the catalyst?
Old bones Ian wrote:Jerry Page seemed to get rushed a bit in the pro's took on Terrence Alli in only his 9th fight, and lost to a peak Frankie Randell in his 13th fight.
Here's a little piece on Andy Minsker, sound's as if he's doing ok.
http://wweek.com/story.php?story=5713
Thanks - interesting read. Thanks Benny too for the photo.
It's funny how the less well known boxers and stories sometimes make more of a mark on you......
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Re: British Boxing boom time! Olympic prospects - the catalyst?
The catalyst for so many UK boxers qualifiying for this olympic games can be summarised in two words "Audley Harrison."
The ABA got millions of pounds of lottery funding on the back of Audley's success in 2000 enabling them to set up a system where essentially our amateur boxers are paid to train full time, which puts them on a par with the likes of the cubans and, more importantly, incentivises against turning pro. We are now beggining to reap the benefits of such a system.
The ABA got millions of pounds of lottery funding on the back of Audley's success in 2000 enabling them to set up a system where essentially our amateur boxers are paid to train full time, which puts them on a par with the likes of the cubans and, more importantly, incentivises against turning pro. We are now beggining to reap the benefits of such a system.