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does anybody know, if any of the australian olympic boxers, have any intention of turning professional in the near future

Against the Cuban Jarrod Fletcher fought like a pro & had a good kit of punches.He looked way more suited to the paid ranks. I hope someone picks him up.

razor7 wrote:Against the Cuban Jarrod Fletcher fought like a pro & had a good kit of punches.He looked way more suited to the paid ranks. I hope someone picks him up.

agreed, and he didn't run like a scalded cat. The biggest problem, apart from the scoring, that i saw with the boxing at the olympics was the willingness of the fighters to run and hide when they got what they believed to be a winning lead. That just won't work in the pro's. Habits can be hard to break.

toppity wrote:

razor7 wrote:Against the Cuban Jarrod Fletcher fought like a pro & had a good kit of punches.He looked way more suited to the paid ranks. I hope someone picks him up.

agreed, and he didn't run like a scalded cat. The biggest problem, apart from the scoring, that i saw with the boxing at the olympics was the willingness of the fighters to run and hide when they got what they believed to be a winning lead. That just won't work in the pro's. Habits can be hard to break.

I can't stand watching that and I stopped watching the olympics after I think the first week because of this tactic. It's not boxing, you're on the world's biggest stage and you want to show your abilities in sprinting? No thanks.

As for Fletcher, I had read that he's going pro once he was finished with this year's Olympics. I'm really looking forward to that.

I think Mahoney and another boxer were retiring.

i heard that atleast 2 have retired from boxing all together

Anthony little & ged omahoney are both retiring i believe

Bushboy wrote:Anthony little & ged omahoney are both retiring i believe

They are both a loss to the sport.

would like to see pitt have a crack at pros, his style more suited to paid ranks.(IMO) but it always seems that way with the bigger blokes. zappa has done ok though.