Boxing Qualification for Summer Olympic Games 2016

[NikolaB 451]

Marco Huck said earlier this year he would like to compete for Serbia in Rio

[AmericanHero40 241]

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.... 

[heywoodu 16,004]

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."

[uk12points 434]

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.

[phelps 8,285]

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

[De_Gambassi 1,267]

First rounds should have started if I'm not mistaken. Yet we don't have any stream or live scoring.

 

[hckošice 15,520]

ofc Tankó vs 1st seeded ...oh dear we just can´t have any combat sport participation..it´s surely written somewhere..the destiny...

[dareza 911]

0 boxers. the smartest decision ever

[heywoodu 16,004]

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  

[dcro 10,210]

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.