Somebodyyouknow 87 Posted June 25 #21 Share Posted June 25 21 hours ago, Fly_like_a_don said: So there will be Top 8 seeds in every weight category. Continental Champions + Runners up of Asia, Europe, Pan America This is such a stupid decision. Why are they deciding the seeding only on the basis of a single tournament? And how is a European or Asian champion almost the same as an Australian or African champion? Josh 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jur 679 Posted June 25 #22 Share Posted June 25 So all Australian boxers are seeded. This has to be a joke lmao Josh 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodge 1,024 Posted June 25 #23 Share Posted June 25 4 minutes ago, Somebodyyouknow said: This is such a stupid decision. Why are they deciding the seeding only on the basis of a single tournament? And how is a European or Asian champion almost the same as an Australian or African champion? Because they don’t really have much option once they decide to have seeds. The world championships were missed by a lot of countries. As were Euro champs. And once they established the pacific qualifying route, they had to acknowledge it Boxing seeding has always been rubbish and some fighters have always had easier routes to a medal than others. Every non-seed will want to be on the side of the Aussies now but there’s still so much luck involved with the draw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Somebodyyouknow 87 Posted June 25 #24 Share Posted June 25 51 minutes ago, dodge said: Because they don’t really have much option once they decide to have seeds. The world championships were missed by a lot of countries. As were Euro champs. And once they established the pacific qualifying route, they had to acknowledge it Boxing seeding has always been rubbish and some fighters have always had easier routes to a medal than others. Every non-seed will want to be on the side of the Aussies now but there’s still so much luck involved with the draw Give seeds through the world rankings. As you pointed out, there is a little bit of a mess in some categories due to countries missing important championships, but overall it still seems like the best approach. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fly_like_a_don 1,077 Posted June 25 #25 Share Posted June 25 (edited) 26 minutes ago, Somebodyyouknow said: Give seeds through the world rankings. As you pointed out, there is a little bit of a mess in some categories due to countries missing important championships, but overall it still seems like the best approach. World Rankings cannot be used because boxing at Olympics is run by IOC so IBA rankings mean nothing. Moreover IBA tournaments violated the laws which didn't allow Russian and Belarussian flag to be used. Allowing them along with a number of transparency and governing issues made the tournaments redundant Edited June 25 by Fly_like_a_don avlar, Somebodyyouknow and dodge 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodge 1,024 Posted June 25 #26 Share Posted June 25 Exactly. avlar 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albrain 91 Posted June 28 #27 Share Posted June 28 Men's 57 kg, qualified through universality place Source: https://www.facebook.com/share/p/pWDABLdCo1TrSUsv/?mibextid=oFDknk Ogreman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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