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margaret thatcher wrote: ↑04 Aug 2021, 13:10 well ben took his silver with less grace

gets very arguable decisions in the 1/4 and 1/2 that easily could've gone the other way, then clearly loses the final, then just shoves the silver medal in his pocket during the ceremony and sulks. obviously emotions high for him

gal yafai now the only men's hope for gold?

Gnome wrote: ↑04 Aug 2021, 17:16

margaret thatcher wrote: ↑04 Aug 2021, 13:10 well ben took his silver with less grace

gets very arguable decisions in the 1/4 and 1/2 that easily could've gone the other way, then clearly loses the final, then just shoves the silver medal in his pocket during the ceremony and sulks. obviously emotions high for him

gal yafai now the only men's hope for gold?

Frazer Clark - class act.
Ben Whittaker - well...

margaret thatcher wrote: ↑05 Aug 2021, 02:19 galal yafai into final now with debatable win over tough kzak opponent....he's the last mens hope for gold

will be fighting a filipinio dude who beat kosei tanaka's bro in the other semi final

stujones wrote: ↑03 Aug 2021, 19:18 Yeah Cuban was a level above - thought Woodhall's commentary was way off. Cuban bossed that and McCormack couldn't answer his speed.

margaret thatcher wrote: ↑04 Aug 2021, 13:10 well ben took his silver with less grace

gets very arguable decisions in the 1/4 and 1/2 that easily could've gone the other way, then clearly loses the final, then just shoves the silver medal in his pocket during the ceremony and sulks. obviously emotions high for him

MightyWarrior wrote: ↑05 Aug 2021, 04:40 Terrific win from Yafai, razor tight & thought he might’ve been pipped at the post, but obviously no problem with the judges giving it to the brummie lad, no hint of home cookin as he’s a lonnnng way from home. The way he comes out like a whirling dervish reminds me of another flyweight Olympian of ours from days gone by, Charlie Magri. He’s got a hard as nails opponent awaiting him ….

Ben didn’t cover himself in glory with that almighty sulk over the silver medal

coneye wrote: ↑05 Aug 2021, 05:08 the Aussie kid Harry Garside was very very lucky in his 1/4 final , and showed if the Aussies carry on with that style there being made to do , that ever elusive gold in boxing will be a long way off still ,

bennie wrote: ↑05 Aug 2021, 05:21
I remember watching Charlie's disastrous first bout at the Montreal Olympics in the stinking hot summer of 1976. The African nations pulled out at the very last minute, which meant that Charlie, who was drawn against a Ghanaian, got a bye to the second round. The same applied to Canada's Ian Clyde, who had been scheduled to face the Zambian Charm Chiteule (later to give Barry McGuigan a scare) and was then lined up against Magri.
Both men had to wait a week before they met and Charlie looked out of sorts from the start. His usual aggression was missing and he struggled to pin down the slippery Clyde, a southpaw with plenty of home support in the Olympic arena (later to stage the Duran-Leonard superfight). Charlie's nerves were clearly affecting him but the fight was still up for grabs in the third round when Charlie began taking risks and suddenly walked on to a big right hook and down he crashed. He beat the count but glanced up at the clock over the ring and stumbled backwards. This prompted the referee to wave it off.
That was it for Magri's Olympic campaign. Clyde didn't last much longer himself, dropping a 5:0 decision to a Cuban in his next bout. America's largely forgotten Leo Randolph won the flyweight gold and joined Ray Leonard and the Spinks brothers in winning a world title in the pros when he stopped Colombia's Ricardo Cardona in the 15th round in Seattle in 1980. Charlie, of course, won a world title himself by stopping Eleoncio Mercedes in seven rounds in 1983. He was linked to that man Clyde several times as a pro but Terry Lawless, who agonized over every match for his fighters, just wouldn't take the risk, which is a shame.