Boxing 2017 Discussion Thread

[bestmen 2,913]

[Federer91 3,156]

Tomorrow starts the 68th annual Strandzha Cup tournament. 282 athletes (210 men and 72 women) from 35 countries have signed for the tournament. It will mark the return of the talanted Blagoy Naydenov to our national team. In 2014 he became Youth Olympic champion and World Youth Champion and everyone here thought we had our next big boxer, until it got to his head, and he said he wasn't treated properly and wasn't paid enought yada-yada. There was a scandal and he said he was turning pro at which he failed miserably and 2 years later, he is wanting a return to the national team...  

[Federer91 3,156]

The new cycle begins with a changed judges system. In the tournament they use all 5 judges scores to determane the winner and not the random choosing of 3 of the 5. And i haven't seen many complains about the judges so far, which is always a rare thing in boxing. 

 

As for the results, very good tournament for us. We have 12 semifinalists of the 15 categories. Russia and China have 6, UK with 4. I'll post the final results tomorrow when i get home. 

[Federer91 3,156]

Final results:

 

46-49 -> Banabakov (BUL) def. MacDonald (ENG) // Bronze - Amit (IND) & Platanovschii (MDA)

52 -> Asenov (BUL) def. Hu Jianguan (CHN) // Quipo (ECU) & Onghunta (THA)

56 -> Butsenko (UKR) def. Mohammed (IND) // Eusebio (ROM) & Ivanov (BUL)

60 -> French (ENG) def. Mamedov (RUS) // Shestak (UKR) & Dogan (TUR)

64 -> Bachkov (ARM) def. Ismetov (BUL) // Lizunenko (RUS) & Colin (MRI)

 

69 -> McCormack (ENG) def. Kastramin (BLR) // Clair (MRI) & Tsanikidis (GRE)

75 -> Kulkhmet (KAZ) def. Hakobyan (BUL) // Kharlamov (UKR) & Wen Yinhang (CHN)

81 -> Kaufer (SWE) def. Hart (ENG) // Huang (CHN) & Skrypka (UKR)

91 -> Smiahlikau (BLR) def. Dimitrov (BUL) // Takeev (RUS) & Davis (WAL)

+91 -> Belberov (BUL) def. Veriasov (RUS) // Kunkabayev (KAZ) & Castillo (ECU)

 

Women:

51 -> Fuchs (USA) def. Dimitrova (BUL) // Chukanova (BUL) & Mostarda (ITA)

54 -> Petrova (BUL) def. Alimardanova (AZE) // Maisnam (IND) & Sagataeva (RUS)

60 -> Yin Junhua (CHN) def. Eliseeva (BUL) // Mayer (USA) & Bruyevich (BLR)

64 -> Suttles (USA) def. Ustinova (RUS) // Para (ESP) & Nuamerue (BUL)

75 -> Li Quian (CHN) def. Fontijn (NED) // Chen (TPE) & Gale (ENG)

 

Spoiler

Final standings:

1. Bulgaria - 4-5-3 / 12 total medals

2. England - 2-2-1 / 5

3. China - 2-1-2 / 5

4. USA - 2-0-1 / 3

5. Belarus - 1-1-1 / 3

6. Ukraine - 1-0-3 / 4

7. Kazakhstan - 1-0-1 / 2

8. Armenia - 1-0-0 / 1

-- Sweden - 1-0-0 / 1

 

10. Russia - 0-3-3 / 6

11. India - 0-1-2 / 3

12. The Netherlands - 0-1-0 / 1

13. Ecuador - 0-0-2 / 2

-- Mauritius - 0-0-2 / 2

 

15. Moldova - 0-0-1 

-- Thailand - 0-0-1

-- Romania - 0-0-1

-- Turkey - 0-0-1

-- Greece - 0-0-1

-- Wales - 0-0-1

-- Italy - 0-0-1

-- Spain - 0-0-1

-- Taipei - 0-0-1

 

MVPs of the tournament were named Daniel Asenov (BUL) and Stacia Suttles (USA). Overall i'm very happy with our team, it was one of our better performances in the last couple of years. I'm optimistic for the upcomming year.  

[bestmen 2,913]

the ranking of the world series boxing here

surprised seeing colombia taken the 1st place and cuba the 2nd

[heywoodu 16,334]

Anthony Joshua vs Wladimir Klitschko in a sold-out Wembley tonight, anyone else gonna watch? 

Edited April 29, 2017 by heywoodu

[heywoodu 16,334]

What a fight...epic 5th round 

[heywoodu 16,334]

Surprisngly, both are still standing after 10 rounds  

 

Well, standing again, because they both went down in round 5! 

[heywoodu 16,334]

Joshua knocking the living crap out of Klitschko in the 11th round, damn 

[Federer91 3,156]

Klitschko better think of retirement before he loses a few more matches.  And he was so cautious protecting that win-loss record all those years. Now Pulev has the next shot for the IBF belt, but i thing it's almost certain that AJ will vacate it, because that match isn't as prestigious for him. Going against Wilder, Fury, even Parker is more likely.