Official Rio 2016 Olympic Boxing Thread

[HeruDat1]

did n'dam win his fight?

No he looked pretty bad. The guy he lost to was a bum foreal.

 

[patscorpio]

No he looked pretty bad. The guy he lost to was a bum foreal.

 

[patscorpio]

2016 Rio Olympics boxing results: Day 1, evening session
By Scott Christ

@scottchristBLH on Aug 6, 2016, 6:32p 1

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Day one of boxing in Rio is in the books.


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With the evening session complete, day one of boxing at the Rio Olympics is now history. Here's what we saw in the second batch of fights today.

Men’s light flyweight (49kg)
Joselito Velazquez (México) def. Leandro Blanc (Argentina)

• Scores: 30-27, 29-28, 30-27

Another good fight to get the afternoon session started, with Velazquez looking very good in victory. Blanc never went away here, but he was outclassed, particularly in the first two rounds. Velazquez has clear pro potential and is a serious medal contender, but he has to face Uzbekistan’s Hasanboy Dusmatov next. They’re recognized as two of the best fighters in this weight class, and have met before. That’s one to look forward to, for sure.

Mathias Hamunyela (Namibia) def. Rufat Huseynov (Azerbaijan)

• Scores: 30-27, 29-28, 29-28

A pretty noteworthy upset here, as Huseynov was definitely favored, and was the taller, more polished boxer. But without the headgear and with the way the fights are scored now as opposed to before, that gives a guy like Hamunyela, a bit rough around the edges to say the least, but tough and enthusiastic, a chance. And he pulled this one off, winning the latter two rounds and taking the victory, as well as sweeping one card. His aggression paid off, as he never let Huseynov get into any kind of rhythm. Four years ago, Huseynov probably would’ve poked and touched his way to a dull win. This is better. Hamunyela took him out of his comfort zone and it worked.

Nico Hernandez (United States) def. Manuel Cappai (Italy)

• Scores: 30-27, 29-28, 29-28

As much as I want to be Hacksaw Jim Duggan and yell USA USA USA at you all day long, I thought Cappai won the first two rounds here. But you could certainly debate one of them, and Hernandez won the third. Three-round fights always run a risk of not being quite conclusive when they go to the cards, and this is one of those. The good news for Nico Hernandez and Team USA is that he won here. The not so great news is he’ll be a major underdog in his next fight against Russia’s Vasilii Egorov.


Men’s lightweight (60kg)
Hurshid Tojibaev (Uzbekistan) def. Hakan Erseker (Qatar)

• Scores: 30-27, 30-27, 30-27

This one was a legitimate outclassing, about as much of one as we’ve seen today. Tojibaev was just a much better boxer. Erseker gave the effort, but he had nothing that Tojibaev couldn’t handle.

Joe Cordina (Great Britain) def. Charly Suarez (Philippines)

• Scores: 30-27, 29-28, 28-29

A good matchup on paper, talent wise, and played out as such. Not a barnburner fight or anything, but well-matched and both guys are good fighters. Cordina just edged it for me, and that’s how it wound up on the scorecards, too. Suarez has been fighting as an amateur for 10 years now (he’s 28), and nearly retired from competition due to injury. This is a heartbreaker for him, but he certainly did himself and his country proud with his effort.

Anvar Yunusov (Tajikistan) def. Shan Jun (China)

• Scores: 30-27, 30-27, 29-28

Another schooling in this one, as Yunusov pretty much dominated. Shan Jun, like others, gave it an effort, but the skill gap was too big. Yunusov, who injured his right arm in the second round and boxed one-handed from there, moves on to face Brazil’s Robson Conceição next, which is going to be a tall order, even if he’s got two healthy arms.

Men’s light heavyweight (81kg)
Michel Borges (Brazil) def. Hassan N’dam (Cameroon)

• Scores: 30-27, 30-27, 29-28

Crowd went nuts for the winner, of course, and I don’t think this was a bad decision at all. I thought N’dam won the first round, which none of the judges gave him, but the latter two rounds I preferred Borges’ work. N’dam just never got going. The outcome for professionals of any note entering the Olympics was going to go one of two ways: either they’d be too good, or they’d get embarrassed. N’dam going one-and-done is pretty lousy for him.

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Morning session results (8/6)

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Juan Carlos Carrillo (Colombia) def. Erkin Adylbek Uulu (Kyrgyzstan)

• Scores: 30-27, 29-28, 30-27

Not sure which round Uulu was given, but, well, doesn’t matter, I guess. Carrillo has a stylishness to him, one that might backfire at some point in this tournament against a better opponent, as he tends to leave his hands down and invite shots to counter off of, but it worked here, and was fun to watch.

Men’s heavyweight (91kg)
Lawrence Okolie (Great Britain) def. Igor Jakubowski (Poland)

• Scores: 29-28, 29-28, 29-28

Okolie has a rawness to him, but also a lot potential. He’s tall, which helps, and he used his jab well, but he also showed his speed and punched in volume, and gave Jakubowski a ton of problems. Even when Jakubowski got close, Okolie was smart and didn’t let him work. Okolie now has a huge ask next round in Cuba’s Erislandy Savon.

 

[Axum Ezana]

n'bum needs to stop. shows u how bad the mw division is..

 

[Ronnie Lott]

This Hernandez cat

 

[jackswstd]

This Baldaras kid looks very sharp and has good head movement. His inside fighting is very good, he's rockin this Kazak fighter.

 

[patscorpio]

ruenroeng was ..dirty as shyt

 

[patscorpio]

2016 Rio Olympics boxing results: Day 2, evening session (August 7)
By Scott Christ

@scottchristBLH on Aug 7, 2016, 6:59p +

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The second day of boxing in Rio has wrapped up.


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Day two from Rio is in the books. Here’s what we saw this evening.

Men’s lightweight (60kg)
Sofiane Oumiha (France) def. Teofimo Lopez (Honduras)

• Scores: 30-27, 30-27, 30-27

This one was debatable, especially the idea that Oumiha won every round. I liked the look of Lopez a lot — he’s an American who fought for Honduras, where his parents are from, because Carlos Balderas had the spot on Team USA. He’s got real pro potential, just like Balderas, and very much a pro style. Oumiha was not bad, mind you, displaying plenty of talent himself. Lopez felt he’d done enough to win, but the judges saw it differently. Remember Lopez’s name.

Amnat Ruenroeng (Thailand) def. Ignacio Perrin (Argentina)

• Scores: 30-27, 29-28, 30-27

This was an ugly fight, largely because, well, Amnat is an ugly fighter a lot of the time. He’s dirty, he’s crafty, he’s good at frustrating opponents. He’s also a former world flyweight champion professional who handed Zou Shiming his first pro loss. He did much better than Hassan N’dam did on Saturday, that’s for sure. Perrin was no saint himself, and there was some real wrestling in there, including both hitting the canvas during a third round grapple. Ruenroeng will face Oumiha in the next round, which should be more interesting.

David Oliver Joyce (Ireland) def. Andrique Allisop (Seychelles)

• Scores: 30-27, 29-28, 30-27

Allisop wound up bloodied by the end of this one, and complained of some fouls from Joyce, but he was also a bit outclassed and outgunned regardless. Joyce moves on to face Azerbaijan’s Albert Selimov, a tough matchup.


Men’s welterweight (69kg)
Shakhram Giyasov (Uzbekistan) def. Youba Sissokho Ndiaye (Spain)

• Scores: 30-27, 30-27, 30-27

I forgot to write an immediate recap after this one and sort of forgot what I saw, if I’m being honest. And I am being honest. Honestly.

Vladimir Margaryan (Armenia) def. Winston Hill (Fiji)

• Scores: 30-27, 30-27, 30-27

This was fairly easy work for Margaryan, just a better, more polished fighter, something we say a lot in these first rounds in the Olympics, because, well, it’s hard to put it any other way. But Winston Hill, his country’s lone boxing representative, showed a lot of promise.

Souleymane Cissokho (France) def. Balazs Bacskai (Hungary)

• Scores: 30-27, 30-27, 30-27

Cissokho really showed his class as this went along, and in the third round was boxing confidently and with a lot of skill, really showing some of the best ability we’ve gotten to see thus far. Very stylish, very impressive showing. Bacskai gave it a shot, he was just out of his depth, and by the third, he knew it.

Saylom Ardee (Thailand) def. Pavel Kastramin (Belarus)

• Scores: 28-29, 29-28, 29-28

You may recall Ardee from the 2012 Olympics, when he lost a countback decision to Gani Zhailauov of Kazakhstan. Here, he got a debatable split decision win over Kastramin, who gave him all he could handle. This was actually the third Olympics for Ardee, and the first time he’s gotten past his first fight.

Men’s light heavyweight (81kg)
Peter Müllenberg (Netherlands) def. Ehsan Rouzbahani (Iran)

• Scores: 29-28, 29-28, 29-28

Rouzbahani was quite stunned by the result, but it was fair.

Teymur Mammadov (Azerbaijan) def. Denys Solonenko (Ukraine)

• Scores: 29-28, 29-28, 29-28

Mammadov won bronze in London as a heavyweight, and gold at 2015’s European Games in Baku as a light heavyweight. At 6’5", he’s extremely tall for the weight, and he used that to his advantage.

Mikhail Dauhaliavets (Belarus) def. Valentino Manfredonia (Italy)

Scores: 28-29, 29-28, 30-27

Manfredonia was the fighter Mammadov beat in the European Games final last year. Dauhaliavets got tagged hard in the third round and looked really shaken, but he got through it and moves on to the next round. Good fight to close the day, too.

 

[mson]

Didn't realize they eliminated head gear and are allowing pros.

http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/08/0...d-guards.html?referer=https://www.google.com/

 

[reservoirdogs]

link?

 

[Big D Bangston]

Nico Miguel Hernandez of team USA just won against Russian

 

[reservoirdogs]

idk who's worse, this extremely sluggish Egyptian with his miles wide hooks or the British fighter who tries to be very polished but getting outworked and eats many of those, slow retarded hooks

 

[patscorpio]

another boxer caught up in some sexual shyt...nikkas go to brazil and lost their gotdamn minds

Another Olympian Arrested Over Sexual Assault Charges

Namibia's flag bearer at the Olympic opening ceremony has been arrested on attempted sexual assault charges, according to Al Jazeera English.

Jonas Junius, a 22-year-old boxer, forced himself on a housekeeper at the Olympic Village, police told Gabriel Elizondo.

Junas was scheduled to fight in the 64-kg division on Thursday.

On Friday, Morocco's Hassan Saada, also a 22-year-old boxer, was arrested on suspicion of assaulting two housekeepers at the Athletes Village.

Saada is being held for 15 days while evidence is gathered.

"They were cleaning the room right across his, and he assaulted them. He groped the breast of one of them and touched the other woman's thigh. They were able to get out," chief investigator Carolina Salomao told reporters.

 

[patscorpio]

2016 Rio Olympics boxing results: Day 3, evening session (August 8)
By Scott Christ  @scottchristBLH on Aug 8, 2016, 7:49p +

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The third day of boxing from Rio is over, with two divisions set for their quarterfinals.

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Day three of the boxing in Rio is complete. Here’s what we say in the evening session on Monday.

Men’s light flyweight (49kg)
Hasanboy Dusmatov (Uzbekistan) def. Joselito Velázquez (México)

• Scores: 29-28, 29-28, 29-28

The first round here showcased some nice skills from both guys, and then the fight really deteriorated into grappling, wrestling, rasslin, clinching, and holding, largely coming from Dusmatov, but fair being fair, he did deserve the win.

Birzhan Zhakypov (Kazakhstan) def. Mathias Hamunyela (Namibia)

• Scores: 29-28, 30-27, 30-27

Hamunyela was really entertaining in the round of 32, and gave this the best effort he had against a better fighter, coming out very aggressively and just throwing everything he could. Zhakypov was just a better fighter, landed some good counter shows, clever defensively, and moves on to face Dusmatov in the quarterfinals.

Carlos Quipo (Ecuador) def. Gankhuyagiin Gan-Erdene (Mongolia)

• Scores: 30-27, 30-27, 29-28

Quipo took the first two rounds on all three cards, and Gan-Erdene got a card in the third round. This was a very good showing from Quipo, who was bounced in this round in London, losing to eventual silver medalist Kaeo Pongprayoon.

Nico Hernandez (United States) def. Vasily Egorov (Russia)

• Scores: 29-28, 29-28, 29-28

This is a big upset, as Egorov was the European champion last year, was seeded into a bye in Rio, and was the very heavy favorite. But Hernandez showed a lot of poise and a lot of class, catching the Russian southpaw repeatedly with a left hook. The American took the first two rounds on two of three scorecards, so the third was just about hanging on, really, and he did. This is very big for the U.S. boxing program, the first male quarterfinalist since Deontay Wilder in 2008, and a genuinely strong win.

Men’s welterweight (69kg)
Vincenzo Mangiacapre (Italy) def. Juan Pablo Romero (México)

• Scores: 29-28, 29-28, 27-30

A very debatable outcome here. Very. Very. This is the first fight I’ve seen that I’d consider to be an actual robbery a little bit. I thought Romero was the better fighter here, connected more, did better work, and one of the judges saw all three rounds for him. But Mangiacapre, who won bronze in London, got two rounds on the other two cards, and he advances to the round of 16.

Joshua Kelly (Great Britain) def. Walid Sedik Mohamed (Egypt)

• Scores: 30-27, 30-27, 30-27

A pretty strong showing and outclassing for Kelly, a part-time model whose web site advertises "strong looks and quick hooks." He’s an intriguing young fighter, a real talent whose dedication to boxing has been questionable at times, but he looked really sharp here.

Men’s middleweight (75kg)
Marlo Javier Delgado (Ecuador) def. Endry Saavedra (Venezuela)

• Scores: 29-28, 30-27, 30-27

This is another one where I forgot to write the immediate recap and have already kind of forgotten what I saw, but I remember I was impressed with Delgado, so there’s that, at least. Information! Professional!

Zhanibek Alimkhanuly (Kazakhstan) def. Antony Fowler (Great Britain)

• Scores: 30-27, 30-26, 30-26

You can’t get much more outclassed than Fowler was here, and to be fair, Alimkhanuly looked great. But to be just as fair, I was less than enthused by the tactics of Fowler, as he grew frustrated and threw clear and purposeful rabbit punches repeatedly. Just a bad showing all around from Fowler.

Men’s heavyweight (91kg)
Vassiliy Levit (Kazakhstan) def. Yu Fengkai (China)

• TKO-3

This was wisely stopped after the second round, so I think technically into the third, or else a TKO/RTD-3, whatever, the point is, Levitt gave Fengkai a real beating in this one, and it was probably smart to just end the fight. There wasn’t much to gain — Fengkai wasn’t going to win, and another three minutes of punishment served no real purpose.

Kennedy St-Pierre (Mauritius) def. Chouaib Bouloudinats (Algeria)

• Scores: 29-28, 28-29, 29-28

The Azerbaijan judge who had it 2-1 for Bouloudinats scored every round differently than the other two. St-Pierre is one of just two boxers and 12 overall athletes in Rio for Mauritius

Yamil Peralta (Argentina) def. David Graf (Germany)

• Scores: 29-28, 27-30, 29-28

Some debate about this outcome, at least that I saw, but TV was very confident in Peralta’s victory. Graf a bit slow, which may have been the difference to the judges who went against him.

Erislandy Savón (Cuba) def. Lawrence Okolie (Great Britain)

• Scores: 30-27, 30-27, 30-27

Never really close. The last time they met, Savón dominated, dropping Okolie three times. He did so again in the first round here. Okolie has only been boxing a few years, only took up the sport because he wasn’t happy with his weight, and he’s got real potential and some nice talent. But Savón is, like, very good, and he’s been well schooled in the Cuban system for years now. The level of experience is just too much.

 

[patscorpio]

e morning session on day three of the boxing in Rio produced some surprises, notably with Spain’s Samuel Carmona bouncing Ireland’s Paddy Barnes in Barnes’ first fight in the light flyweight division.

Barnes won bronze in both Beijing and London, and was one of the top seeds and medal favorites in Rio. Carmona will move on to the quarterfinals to face Yuberjen Martinez of Colombia, who defeated Rogen Ladon of the Philippines, another fighter who had been seeded with a first round bye. Cuba’s Joahanys Argilagos and Kenya’s Peter Warui also won to advance to the next round.

At welterweight, Simeon Chamov of Bulgaria and Gabriel Maestre Perez of Venezuela advanced to the round of 16, with Zoltan Harcsa of Hungary and Christian Mbilli of France doing the same at middleweight.

The heavyweight round of 16 got underway, too, with wins from Evgeny Tishchenko of Russian, Clemente Russo of Italy, Rustam Tulaganov of Uzbekistan, and Abdulkadir Abdullayev of Azerbaijan.

Men’s light flyweight (49kg) (Round of 16)

• Joahanys Argilagos (Cuba) def. Galal Yafai (Great Britain)
• Peter Warui (Kenya) def. Lü Bin (China)
• Yuberjen Martinez (Columbia) def. Rogen Ladon (Philippines)
• Samuel Carmona (Spain) def. Paddy Barnes (Ireland)

Men’s welterweight (69kg) (Round of 32)

• Simeon Chamov (Bulgaria) def. Onur Şipal (Turkey)
• Gabriel Maestre Perez (Venezuela) def. Arajik Marutjan (Germany)

Men’s middleweight (75kg) (Round of 32)

• Zoltan Harcsa (Hungary) def. Arslanbek Achilov (Turkmenistan)
• Christian Mbilli (France) def. Dmytro Mytrofanov (Ukraine)

Men’s heavyweight (91kg) (Round of 16)

• Evgeny Tishchenko (Russia) def. Juan Noguiera (Brazil)
• Clemente Russo (Italy) def. Hassen Chaktami (Tunisia)
• Rustam Tulaganov (Uzbekistan) def. Julio Cesar Castillo (Ecuador)
• Abdulkadir Abdullayev (Azerbaijan) def. Paul Omba Biongolo (France)

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