Anyone watching Olympic boxing this year?

[Complex]

Anyone catching the action?

[jmarcguy]

Re: Anyone watching Olympic boxing this year?

Trying to catch a bit. Used to a springboard for great careers.

[jfRED33]

Re: Anyone watching Olympic boxing this year?

trying to!

I saw the Terrell Gausha/Andranik Hakobyan match yesterday afternoon. It was an awesome, close fight through the first 2 rounds... with Gausha actually trailing by a point going in the 3rd. So he came out guns BLAZING, and put the Armenian dude's *** on the mat twice in the final minute. Second of which forced the referee to stop the fight just as the final bell was about to ring. Was awesome to watch.

USA baby!

[N51_rob]

Can't find it on TV...

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[MattyEdgeworth]

Re: Anyone watching Olympic boxing this year?

Yep of course, I am watching every single fight :wink:

[Money99]

Re: Anyone watching Olympic boxing this year?

Can't find it on TV...

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I'm having the same problem despite having 4 different sources; CBC, TSN, Sportsnet and NBC.

It seems they flip from boxing to many other sports so I have no idea of knowing when boxing will actually be televised.
I can see on the schedule that there are fights taking place, but most of the stations will only flip to boxing if there's a lull in action from the other sports they're presently broadcasting.

[MattyEdgeworth]

Re: Anyone watching Olympic boxing this year?

I'm having the same problem despite having 4 different sources; CBC, TSN, Sportsnet and NBC.

It seems they flip from boxing to many other sports so I have no idea of knowing when boxing will actually be televised.
I can see on the schedule that there are fights taking place, but most of the stations will only flip to boxing if there's a lull in action from the other sports they're presently broadcasting.

For you guys I read that NBC isn't showing the boxing a lot, your best bet is to watch on NBCOlympics.com

[Complex]

Re: Anyone watching Olympic boxing this year?

I watch matches on CNBC.

[ronaldo9]

Re: Anyone watching Olympic boxing this year?

The Terrell Gausha fight was great

Boxing is always on mid-afternoons, it seems, on CNBC or MSNBC. Lots of coverage

[N51_rob]

Re: Anyone watching Olympic boxing this year?

For you guys I read that NBC isn't showing the boxing a lot, your best bet is to watch on NBCOlympics.com

Yeah, you can watch the fights you missed. Really liking this as a secondary option.

[MattyEdgeworth]

Re: Anyone watching Olympic boxing this year?

Yeah, you can watch the fights you missed. Really liking this as a secondary option.

I think they live stream it as well though, thats what I read on BadLeftHook anyway.

[pietasterp]

Re: Anyone watching Olympic boxing this year?

Terrible...Olympic boxing = WWF. Today was everything that is wrong with Olympic boxing (and boxing in general). Almost every match was a travesty in some way or other today. I can't believe the IOC would let this happen.

For one thing, they need to go back to pro-style scoring (10-point must system). This isn't boxing, it's "tag". And they should get a handful of pro refs and stick with it. Grabbing refs from Turkmenistan or wherever that have no credibility in the sport makes no sense and leaves itself open to charges of corruption. Which, after the fight between the Japanese and Azerbaijan fighter today, appears a near certainty. Then there were the slew of questionable decisions, and then the DQ of the Iranian heavyweight...just a terrible black-eye for the sport.

[steelcityjames]

Re: Anyone watching Olympic boxing this year?

props to Teddy Atlas today for telling it like it is, "incompetent refs and an incompetent system!"..... olympic boxing is absolutely terrible!!!

[MattyEdgeworth]

Re: Anyone watching Olympic boxing this year?

Terrible...Olympic boxing = WWF. Today was everything that is wrong with Olympic boxing (and boxing in general). Almost every match was a travesty in some way or other today. I can't believe the IOC would let this happen.

For one thing, they need to go back to pro-style scoring (10-point must system). This isn't boxing, it's "tag". And they should get a handful of pro refs and stick with it. Grabbing refs from Turkmenistan or wherever that have no credibility in the sport makes no sense and leaves itself open to charges of corruption. Which, after the fight between the Japanese and Azerbaijan fighter today, appears a near certainty. Then there were the slew of questionable decisions, and then the DQ of the Iranian heavyweight...just a terrible black-eye for the sport.

By 2016 top level amateur boxing will no longer have headguards or use the stupid point system they have at the minute, they are going back to the 10 point must.

[Money99]

Re: Anyone watching Olympic boxing this year?

By 2016 top level amateur boxing will no longer have headguards or use the stupid point system they have at the minute, they are going back to the 10 point must.

Seriously?
I know that in the 'old days' no head-gears were worn. It was odd seeing Ray Leonard without any bucket on when he won his Gold medal.

So they're going back to that, and a pro-system?

Boxing is corrupt by nature, but I hope they can iron out some of the issues going forward.
Ever since the '96 Seoul Olympics, amateur boxing hasn't been the same.
Nobody even wants to broadcast it.