USA boxing fails miserably in Beijing
“The worst team ever”.
USA boxing was held without a gold medal for the first time since 1948. In fact, this team couldn’t even muster a silver medal. Heavyweight Deontay Wilder brought home the sole medal, a bronze.
This team not only failed to achieve its goals, they now go into the history books as the worst Olympic boxing team EVER. That is not an opinion, that is a FACT.
So what has happened to the USA boxing team that once produced superstar legends such as Cassius Clay, Sugar Ray Leonard, George Foreman, Oscar De La Hoya, Pernell Whitaker and Evander Holyfield?
I believe the best young boxers in the United States are urged to turn professional earlier and earlier today. The lure of big money is just too powerful. Younger boxers all think they’re the next Floyd Mayweather Jr. This attitude is only reinforced by the promoters and managers in the business who see a possible meal ticket in every hard jab that is thrown.
You heard me correct: I blame this disaster on the overall “selfishness” that is USA boxing.
Fewer and fewer boxers are willing to put the sport before themselves. Amateur boxing requires sacrifice. But how many young fighters have the integrity to push themselves in the gym for no money, only glory? Sure, there are some. But sadly, not enough.
You also have to look at the professional boxing style that dominates in the US. That style simply doesn’t work in amateur competition. I’ve always felt that if these fights were professional instead of amateur our team would’ve met great success. However, under this awful current scoring system (that seems to not even take account body shots landed), it will be difficult to encourage future youngsters to participate.
The 2008 Olympic boxing team took us to an all-time low. Can we be revived? Can we reestablish dominance? In order to do so we need to not only make immediate changes in both coaching and leadership, we also must change the overall negative attitude that amateur boxing seems to conjure up within the minds of everyday Americans. This will not be an easy task.
August 25th, 2008 at 11:18 pm
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