Boxing IOC European Olympic Games Qualifier 2020

[heywoodu 15,355]

  On 3/14/2020 at 12:25 PM, phelps said:

 

didn't watch the first round...and actually I was also very much distracted during the second one, but the 3rd round was dominated from start to finish by the Belorussian...

 

if we can call one of the other 2 rounds "tight", the outcome is controversial...

Expand  

 

The first two rounds were definitely not tight  

 

Ok it's not like Dubois totally destroyed her, but she was - quite simply - better.

Edited March 14, 2020 by heywoodu

[Nickyc707 382]

  On 3/14/2020 at 12:25 PM, phelps said:

 

didn't watch the first round...and actually I was also very much distracted during the second one, but the 3rd round was dominated from start to finish by the Belorussian...

 

if we can call one of the other 2 rounds "tight", the outcome is controversial...

Expand  

So, basically you judged the fight on one round, the third which was also the closest, while ignoring the first two rounds which Dubois won pretty comfortably. I would suggest that it is your view that is the controversial one in this instance!

[heywoodu 15,355]

Delfine Persoon is out in the preliminary round

[phelps 7,862]

  On 3/14/2020 at 12:30 PM, Nickyc707 said:

So, basically you judged the fight on one round, the third which was also the closest, while ignoring the first two rounds which Dubois won pretty comfortably. I would suggest that it is your view that is the controversial one in this instance!

Expand  

 

no, I was assuming something wrong for the second round, which I followed very much with half an eye...

 

but the 3rd round (the only one I watched carefully) wasn't close at all...it was totally under control by the Belorussian...

 

those 3 judges that gave it to Dubois are at least biased (if not pure "old style aiba")...

 

p.s. I admit that I'm totally biased when it comes to British amateur fighters, as many of them robbed too many medals in the last 10 years (starting with the second worst scandal ever in Olympic Boxing, the Superheavyweight final in London 2012)...

meanwhile I don't think I'm biased when it comes to former Soviet Union fighters...they are really as awful as they look and only truly corrupted judges gifted them almost all of their medals in history...

Edited March 14, 2020 by phelps

[Gianlu33 4,750]

Finally we have something to watch

 

Biathlon and boxe

[Agger 1,664]

  On 3/14/2020 at 12:36 PM, Gianlu33 said:

Finally we have something to watch

 

Biathlon and boxe

Expand  

 

We've had some great badminton action as well

[heywoodu 15,355]

  On 3/14/2020 at 12:35 PM, phelps said:

 

no, I was assuming something wrong for the second round, which I followed very much with half an eye...

 

but the 3rd round (the only one I watched carefully) wasn't close at all...it was totally under control by the Belorussian...

 

those 3 judges that gave it to Dubois are at least biased (if not pure "old style aiba")...

 

p.s. I admit that I'm totally biased when it comes to British amateur fighters, as many of them robbed too many medals in the last 10 years (starting with the second worst scandal ever in Olympic Boxing, the Superheavyweight final in London 2012)...

meanwhile I don't think I'm biased when it comes to former Soviet Union fighters...they are really as awful as they look and only truly corrupted judges gifted them almost all of their medals in history...

Expand  

 

Well, from someone who couldn't care less if GBR or BLR wins: this was a perfectly normal result.

[phelps 7,862]

first Italian boxer on the ring, first Italian boxer coming back home early...

 

3rd round here is pretty much useless...

[ChandlerMne 1,099]

Is there any livescore website?

[Nickyc707 382]

  On 3/14/2020 at 12:35 PM, phelps said:

 

no, I was assuming something wrong for the second round, which I followed very much with half an eye...

 

but the 3rd round (the only one I watched carefully) wasn't close at all...it was totally under control by the Belorussian...

 

those 3 judges that gave it to Dubois are at least biased (if not pure "old style aiba")...

 

p.s. I admit that I'm totally biased when it comes to British amateur fighters, as many of them robbed to many medals in the last 10 years (starting with the second worst scandal ever in Olympic Boxing, the Superheavyweight final in London 2012)...

Expand  

We shall have to agree to disagree. Dubois stood off to some extent in the last round knowing she'd done enough in the first two rounds and I narrowly gave the Belarussian the round as she was going forward and landed a few more punches, although nothing special. The gap in performance was clearly greater in the two earlier rounds. The point is claiming a decision is controversial when it clearly isn't - even the Belarussian knew she'd lost - undermines the case against genuine controversies.

 

As for British amateur boxing I've spent the last ten years frustrated at the bad decisions they've been given in a string of fights, not least London 2012 where Tom Stalker got a shocker against an Indian fighter.