Team GB at IOC 2nd World qualification Boxing Tournament

[Rafa Maciel 1,593]

Setting this one up early as we should have a squad announcement made in the next week or so.  

[Olympicsnell 300]

well this had started awfully, both mcdonald and harris eliminated in their first round matches, all gonna be on a irish boxers shoulders to save GB blushes at this tournament i think

[Epic Failure 355]

Well, it has been a pretty uninspired week for boxers but Lewis Richardson makes it to Paris at 71kg.

 

Savannah Stubley and Elise Glynn still in with a shot.

[Cinnamon Bun 586]

Both Stubley and Glynn lose their last 16 bouts meaning we end on 6 boxers at the games. A disappointing and unacceptable qualifying campaign for all involved, some serious questions need to be asked going into LA as both the selectors and athletes have had a mare. 

[Epic Failure 355]

I think unacceptable is harsh. For a start, there's 40 less total boxers here than there has been at Rio and Tokyo. Not only that, but there has been another weight class added for women and one lost for men.

 

This all means that there are about 60 fewer male boxers here than in Tokyo.

 

That is inevitably going to hit GBR harder than some teams as we have historically qualified a bunch of male athletes who then lost in the first or second bout they faced at the Games themselves (no offence intended to those athletes, it's just a matter of fact).

 

This time there are fewer slots available in Paris so some of those athletes are getting knocked out earlier in the process.

 

That's an oversimplification on my part because I still think that some of the boxers have underperformed in qualifying. But it does explain it somewhat.

[Orangehair43 251]

On 6/1/2024 at 3:03 PM, Cinnamon Bun said:

Both Stubley and Glynn lose their last 16 bouts meaning we end on 6 boxers at the games. A disappointing and unacceptable qualifying campaign for all involved, some serious questions need to be asked going into LA as both the selectors and athletes have had a mare. 

Funding is being cut substantially no matter what and it could even be terminated if no medals are won and other sports justify getting a bigger share of a shrinking pot. There are also political concerns about if that money should be spent on elite sport vs grassroots sport. (Boxing with its demographics through could benefit more from that approach than sports like Rowing).