Boxing at the Summer Olympic Games Paris 2024

[nenad 442]

3 minutes ago, bestmen said:

he smashed her in few seconds 

That would be more true. 

 

You of all people should sit this one out with your rantings about "western" and "woke" values. Now, you're silent about these things. 

Edited August 1 by nenad

[Monzanator 4,510]

32 minutes ago, nenad said:

What has to happen so they banish boxing from the Olympics? 

 

This Algerian "woman" breezing into gold medal might just be the final nail in the coffin. They couldn't sweep Semenya under the rug so they might not be able to do it with boxing either.

[heywoodu 15,168]

13 hours ago, Josh said:

Completely agree, I either hope rules get put into place or it gets removed from the Olympic program entirely. So many athletes are getting robbed from victory because of corruption.  

Give us kickboxing  

 

And not the ultra lame version we had at.....World Games? European Games? Not sure, but 2-3 years ago I think. That was nothing, give us the pro's

[ChandlerMne 1,038]

IOC is run by total boneheads. Their medical comission agreed that Mike Tyson fights with Clarissa Shields, if you catch my drift. 

[heywoodu 15,168]

HBO's commentator in English was rather annoying. She was talking about "Carini is angry with something", and then going on to basically talk about that we'll hear later what was going on, but come on. Whatever your opinion is, it's at least clear what she was angry about  Even IOC isn't hiding it, they put information on that on Khelif's profile page, they're not avoiding it or anything.

[Biathlonfan 625]

failed a gender test...this is not a women,in no way is this fair.

[Monzanator 4,510]

14 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

HBO's commentator in English was rather annoying. She was talking about "Carini is angry with something", and then going on to basically talk about that we'll hear later what was going on, but come on. Whatever your opinion is, it's at least clear what she was angry about  Even IOC isn't hiding it, they put information on that on Khelif's profile page, they're not avoiding it or anything.

 

I'm pretty sure American cmmentators have to ultra careful and pretend the obvious doesn;t exist. NCAA allows transgender women to compete vs women and in USA it's notoriously easy to get cancelled from the media because of racism and xenophobia so those commentators have to behave like nobody has internet and nobody knows what's going on. The idiocracy in the media lives on.

[Orangehair43 251]

16 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

HBO's commentator in English was rather annoying. She was talking about "Carini is angry with something", and then going on to basically talk about that we'll hear later what was going on, but come on. Whatever your opinion is, it's at least clear what she was angry about  Even IOC isn't hiding it, they put information on that on Khelif's profile page, they're not avoiding it or anything.

Commentators are often bad at doing things like that. 

[Faramir 366]

Khelif isn't that smart, why starting to throw hard punches immediately, at least keep it close. Now someone from the IOC will pay her a visit.

Semenya at her best (when she didn't have to lower her testosterone) never gave her 100% - and that was not a sport where you can physically injure opponents.

 

Edited August 1 by Faramir

[heywoodu 15,168]

Just now, Monzanator said:

 

I'm pretty sure American cmmentators have to ultra careful and pretend the obvious doesn;t exist. 

But I'd very much say she is English. Now, I know English-language commentators on things like HBO/Eurosport are often those generic commentators that do like 6 sports and only say things like "now he reallyyy needs to push hard!", but at least read the page of athletes you're commentating on