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Boxing IOC European Olympic Games Qualifier 2020


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1 minute ago, Grassmarket said:

As an outsider I’d say the only boxing judging system that has ever worked was the one when they simply counted punches that landed and showed the scores in real time.  Any system based on scoring abstract concepts like “aggression” & “defensive effort” etc etc will always be manipulated.

It was a system I preferred but which the AIBA did not because it exposed their corruption and incompetence more openly.

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51 minutes ago, Grassmarket said:

As an outsider I’d say the only boxing judging system that has ever worked was the one when they simply counted punches that landed and showed the scores in real time.  Any system based on scoring abstract concepts like “aggression” & “defensive effort” etc etc will always be manipulated.

It still didn't work and lead to a bunch of baffling decisions.

 

Landing the greatest number of punches is also fundamentally not what Boxing as a sport is about.

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4 minutes ago, NearPup said:

It still didn't work and lead to a bunch of baffling decisions.

 

Landing the greatest number of punches is also fundamentally not what Boxing as a sport is about.


But in amateur three-round boxing it is the only quality that can be judged objectively.  Like I say, in a corrupt sport you cannot rely on subjective judgements. 

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26 minutes ago, OlympicIRL said:

Delfine Persoon has come from the professional ranks to attempt to qualify for the Olympics in the women’s -60kg. She is unseeded but she’ll be very dangerous. She is suffering from a neck injury though so she will not be at her full strength.

 

This is going to be an interesting division. Also unseeded Caroline Dubois is making her debut at senior level having gone undefeated in her previous 40 fights during which has won the junior world championship and Olympic Youth Games title.

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Right, when and where can we watch? Olympic Channel?

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21 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

Right, when and where can we watch? Olympic Channel?

 

yes, it's on the Olympic Channel...

 

from today, early session starts at noon British time, late session at 6 p.m. British time (there are 2 rings running the action at the same time, both are available to watch)...

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