England's amateur boxing team...

Jamir · Post by **Jamir** » 31 Mar 2004, 19:04

Don Broadhurst, Nathan Brough and David Dolan have been eliminated from the Felix Stam tournament. Damn, our boys get battered everytime they go to a european amatuer qualifiers, imagine what would happen to them if they fought in the olympics. We would be lucky to even get a bronze medal. :x

Loftgroov · Post by **Loftgroov** » 01 Apr 2004, 04:48

Did Amir Khan participate in this one? I haven't been following admittedly, too busy recently.

jamesmcdonnell · Post by **jamesmcdonnell** » 01 Apr 2004, 05:27

It's not looking good is it.

The european qualifying pool is way too hard, not enough places for so many boxing nations.

knockout · Post by **knockout** » 01 Apr 2004, 06:21

jamesmcdonnell wrote:It's not looking good is it.

The european qualifying pool is way too hard, not enough places for so many boxing nations.

Hence Andrew Lowe, Tony Cesay deciding to compete for there parents countries...
Just like Amir Khan would have a much better chance of a place in the asian qualifiers boxing for Pakistan... Although the asian former soviet states are very strong

Loftgroov · Post by **Loftgroov** » 01 Apr 2004, 06:40

Loftgroov wrote:Did Amir Khan participate in this one? I haven't been following admittedly, too busy recently.

Anyone..?

Freiheit · Post by **Freiheit** » 01 Apr 2004, 07:42

Loftgroov wrote:
Loftgroov wrote:Did Amir Khan participate in this one? I haven't been following admittedly, too busy recently.
Anyone..?

Khan will meet Kashia from Georgia today. It was the same guy who beat him at the european championships. The fight will be boxed this afternoon.

Southpaw Stylist · Post by **Southpaw Stylist** » 01 Apr 2004, 08:40

So he's out then.

Loftgroov · Post by **Loftgroov** » 01 Apr 2004, 08:43

Southpaw Stylist wrote:So he's out then.

Well ...hes been quietly hyped a fair bit. If hes as good as hes supposed to be your'd figure he'd come through these sorts of fights. Perhaps not.

Southpaw Stylist · Post by **Southpaw Stylist** » 01 Apr 2004, 09:08

To be fair though, he's only 17. The Georgian is probably about mid to late 20's with bags more experience at this level. But England always hype people up too soon, then they end up ruined because they were not as good as first thought, or money and ame ruined them. I predict that for Wayne Rooney, cos he isn't the most intelligent of beings.

Ulysses · Post by **Ulysses** » 01 Apr 2004, 14:53

Amir Khan's just beaten the Georgian who beat him in the Europeans!

40:18... great win for the kid!
Perkins has just won his second bout at WELTERWEIGHT pipping the Italian.
Tony Davis and David Price lost though

Amir now meets the Armenian whilst Perkins unfortunately gets the outstanding Turk, Ulusoy.

Loftgroov · Post by **Loftgroov** » 01 Apr 2004, 15:06

Ulysses wrote:Amir Khan's just beaten the Georgian who beat him in the Europeans! 40:18... great win for the kid!
Perkins has just won his second bout at WELTERWEIGHT pipping the Italian.
Tony Davis and David Price lost though
Amir now meets the Armenian whilst Perkins unfortunately gets the outstanding Turk, Ulusoy.

Woohoo! come on the boy!

Southpaw Stylist · Post by **Southpaw Stylist** » 02 Apr 2004, 10:34

He's just beaten the Armenian and is now in the semis.

One more win and he's qualified.

MightyWarrior · Post by **MightyWarrior** » 02 Apr 2004, 10:45

The boy done good!

http://www.boxbg.org/en/strandja/results.html

J · Post by J » 02 Apr 2004, 10:50

Southpaw Stylist wrote:To be fair though, he's only 17. The Georgian is probably about mid to late 20's with bags more experience at this level. But England always hype people up too soon, then they end up ruined because they were not as good as first thought, or money and ame ruined them. I predict that for Wayne Rooney, cos he isn't the most intelligent of beings.

quite right talent shoud be nurtured not dismissed.
We have just leanred this in rugby and cricket and its paying off.
Kids like most people respond better to constant encouragement not constant criticism.
Ok sure sometimes we all need a rocket up the ass but not continually.
Good Luck Amir I see a bright future for you
Nice one fella.

knockout · Post by **knockout** » 02 Apr 2004, 10:53

stopped the guy no less!!! well done Amir!!!
Who has he got next? i think its tomorrow 15.00

Loftgroov · Post by **Loftgroov** » 02 Apr 2004, 10:56

knockout wrote:stopped the guy no less!!! well done Amir!!!
Who has he got next? i think its tomorrow 15.00

If anyone has access to the information, does anyone know the score of this contest at the time of stoppage?

knockout · Post by **knockout** » 02 Apr 2004, 10:58

J wrote:
Southpaw Stylist wrote:To be fair though, he's only 17. The Georgian is probably about mid to late 20's with bags more experience at this level. But England always hype people up too soon, then they end up ruined because they were not as good as first thought, or money and ame ruined them. I predict that for Wayne Rooney, cos he isn't the most intelligent of beings.
quite right talent shoud be nurtured not dismissed.
We have just leanred this in rugby and cricket and its paying off.
Kids like most people respond better to constant encouragement not constant criticism.
Ok sure sometimes we all need a rocket up the ass but not continually.
Good Luck Amir I see a bright future for you
Nice one fella.

he is fortunate that the tabloid press wont be interested in an amateur boxer and the Boxing press are always fair in their comments so he wont recieve the same kind of scrutiny that a footballer of his talents would have!!

MightyWarrior · Post by **MightyWarrior** » 03 Apr 2004, 15:07

Khan is going great guns

http://www.boxbg.org/en/strandja/results.html

Jamir · Post by **Jamir** » 03 Apr 2004, 17:00

It's fornicating amazing how good the french and italian teams have gotten...

Matchfixer · Post by **Matchfixer** » 03 Apr 2004, 18:03

Does this mean he has qualified for the Olympics?

Freiheit · Post by **Freiheit** » 03 Apr 2004, 18:04

Yes. all finalists qualify for the olympics, except in the heavyweight and superheavyweight divisions, there its only the winner that qualifies

adamiw · Post by **adamiw** » 03 Apr 2004, 18:05

Matchfixer wrote:Does this mean he has qualified for the Olympics?

yeah apparently so. He needed to get in the final, and that's what he's done. great prospect.

Matchfixer · Post by **Matchfixer** » 03 Apr 2004, 18:37

Excellent. I haven't actually seen him yet (I missed one opportunity on Eurosport) so I'm really looking forward to the Olympics.

Any other Brits already qualified or likely to qualify?

adamiw · Post by **adamiw** » 03 Apr 2004, 18:43

Matchfixer wrote:Excellent. I haven't actually seen him yet (I missed one opportunity on Eurosport) so I'm really looking forward to the Olympics.

Any other Brits already qualified or likely to qualify?

thats it, dont think there is another chance. a 17 year old outshines everyone else.

Matchfixer · Post by **Matchfixer** » 03 Apr 2004, 18:48

adamiw wrote:
Matchfixer wrote:Excellent. I haven't actually seen him yet (I missed one opportunity on Eurosport) so I'm really looking forward to the Olympics.

Any other Brits already qualified or likely to qualify?
thats it, dont think there is another chance. a 17 year old outshines everyone else.

What about one of the winners from the ABAs?

There was a guy originally from Nigeria who looked very handy when winning his final.