Post by Deleted on Jun 1, 2016 23:24:11 GMT 7
"Carl Frampton, a former amateur who went on to be crowned a super-bantamweight world champion as a professional, branded the decision “ridiculous”. “They’re two different sports. It’s like a badminton player playing tennis,” he wrote on Twitter.
That echoed the sentiments of former world heavyweight champion Mike Tyson, who said last week: “It’s ridiculous, it’s foolish, and some of the pro fighters are going to get beat by the amateurs. It’s just going to happen, I really believe that.” Tyson claimed the three rounds in the Olympics would work in favour of the amateurs, with professionals used to fighting as many as 12 rounds."
www.telegraph.co.uk/boxing/2016/06/01/amir-khan-ready-to-throw-his-hat-into-the-olympic-ring--and-comp/
That echoed the sentiments of former world heavyweight champion Mike Tyson, who said last week: “It’s ridiculous, it’s foolish, and some of the pro fighters are going to get beat by the amateurs. It’s just going to happen, I really believe that.” Tyson claimed the three rounds in the Olympics would work in favour of the amateurs, with professionals used to fighting as many as 12 rounds."
www.telegraph.co.uk/boxing/2016/06/01/amir-khan-ready-to-throw-his-hat-into-the-olympic-ring--and-comp/
