NikolaB 407 Posted June 1, 2016 #341 Share Posted June 1, 2016 Marco Huck said earlier this year he would like to compete for Serbia in Rio Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maxim Fastovsky 124 Posted June 2, 2016 #342 Share Posted June 2, 2016 i think they did it that fast so hopefully either Paquiao or Mayweather will suddenly choose to compete which wont happen. Countries with good boxers have their quota filled up pretty much (like russia). Don't think it will be very fair to put amateurs vs pros in Rio. I don't really watch boxing but that's what makes sense to me.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 13,769 Posted June 2, 2016 #343 Share Posted June 2, 2016 Pacquiao already said he won't try to qualify anyway. Dutch Peter Müllenberg said he's not afraid at all of the pro's. "Our pace is way too high for them. By the time we finished our fight, they barely warmed up. We can take all of them." If you'd like to help our fellow Totallympics member Bruna Moura get to the 2026 Winter Olympics, after her car crash on the way to the 2022 Olympics, every tiny bit of help would be greatly appreciated! Full story and how to help can be found here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uk12points 434 Posted June 2, 2016 #344 Share Posted June 2, 2016 26 minutes ago, heywoodu said: Pacquiao already said he won't try to qualify anyway. Dutch Peter Müllenberg said he's not afraid at all of the pro's. "Our pace is way too high for them. By the time we finished our fight, they barely warmed up. We can take all of them." I have heard that view quite a few times, that pro boxers won't be able to cope with the pace of the amateur game and that the 3 rounds as opposed to 12 will be a big advantage for the amateur boxers. I would be suprised if many pros actually compete in Rio, GB for sure will not send any pros to Rio 2016 and I hope other countries don't remove quota from amateurs and give it to pro athletes, considering they will not have contributed towards winning the quota in the first place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phelps 7,355 Posted June 16, 2016 #345 Share Posted June 16, 2016 (edited) World Qualification Tournament in Baku (AZE) Draw Sheets are out... here you can already find all of them (no need for translation, since you can see the weights by yourself)... http://www.fpi.it/ita-boxing/news/6713-parte-oggi-il-torneo-mondiale-di-qualificazione-olimpica-di-baku,-primi-due-azzurri-in-gara-domani-itaboxing-road2rio-noisiamoenergia.html Edited June 16, 2016 by phelps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
De_Gambassi 952 Posted June 16, 2016 #346 Share Posted June 16, 2016 First rounds should have started if I'm not mistaken. Yet we don't have any stream or live scoring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hckošice 13,582 Posted June 16, 2016 #347 Share Posted June 16, 2016 ofc Tankó vs 1st seeded ...oh dear we just can´t have any combat sport participation..it´s surely written somewhere..the destiny... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dareza 911 Posted June 16, 2016 #348 Share Posted June 16, 2016 0 boxers. the smartest decision ever Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 13,769 Posted June 16, 2016 #349 Share Posted June 16, 2016 Unfortunately our (probably) best boxer apart from already qualified Müllenberg is in a weight with just 1 available quota.. Well, Müllenberg and Fontijn are both already qualified, which is one more than I expected, so if the three guys here in Baku can get a quota that would only be an even nicer surprise If you'd like to help our fellow Totallympics member Bruna Moura get to the 2026 Winter Olympics, after her car crash on the way to the 2022 Olympics, every tiny bit of help would be greatly appreciated! Full story and how to help can be found here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcro 10,193 Posted June 16, 2016 #350 Share Posted June 16, 2016 I don't get why they discriminate heavier boxers and give them much less quotas than to others... Boxing is the only combat sport which doesn't have the same number of quotas in all weights. #banbestmen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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