Northern Ireland in Commonwealth Games

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9 medals 7 men's and 2 women's guaranteed!

Go team NI!

seamey beag84

Coyle looks good!
Only NI fight I've seen so far though.

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Watched most of them yesterday and today. Barnes Conlan v sharp. Lads yesterday did very well too. One of the women made hard work of it

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pac_man wrote: »

Barnes has been very good. Will be a good scrap with him and the Indian if they get through. Anyone see Anthony Fowler for England? A lot of talk about him.

Yeah saw his last fight, v strong, but god you can't make out a word he says

Strazdas

pac_man wrote: »

Conlon through to the final after a cut.That's two he's had now. To expect a boxer to go through a tournament,with the possibility of fighting 5 times without attaining a cut is a bit of a fallacy.I think they need to be back the headgaurds.

Agree completely. There's even a danger Conlon could miss the final if he doesn't pass the medical.

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Stick the headguards back on silly otherwise you will have winners losing out in later rounds. Pro boxers don't fight so frequently

oisinog

Apparently they removed the headguards to help prevent head injurys

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oisinog wrote: »

Apparently they removed the headguards to help prevent head injurys

Internal head injuries yes.

External (less severe) injuries more likely.

QI did a piece on how bare knuckle boxing is safer as fights are ended sooner due to cuts etc - was quite interesting

oisinog

efb wrote: »

Internal head injuries yes.

External (less severe) injuries more likely.

QI did a piece on how bare knuckle boxing is safer as fights are ended sooner due to cuts etc - was quite interesting

So longer term its much better not to wear a head guard.

I cant see conlan failing his medical tomorrow

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oisinog wrote: »

So longer term its much better not to wear a head guard.

I cant see conlan failing his medical tomorrow

Yep

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Conlan tweeted that he was ready for tomorrow

Strazdas

oisinog wrote: »

Apparently they removed the headguards to help prevent head injurys

In theory, yes but very few amateur boxers have ever been injured wearing headgear (and I don't think amateur boxers with blood streaming from their head in events like the Olympics is particularly good for the image of the sport).

Strazdas

Seems the NI camp are bullish about the chances of Michaela Walsh beating Nicola Adams tomorrow. Apparently she's considered a real livewire prospect in the sport.

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Barnes winning this in 1st gear

Strazdas

efb wrote: »

Barnes winning this in 1st gear

Very impressive too. He must be the strong favourite for gold tomorrow.

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Strazdas wrote: »

Very impressive too. He must be the strong favourite for gold tomorrow.

The Indian started real well but ran out of puff v quickly. Barnes is the seasoned "pro" at this game. Can see him stopping the Indian

Strazdas

efb wrote: »

The Indian started real well but ran out of puff v quickly. Barnes is the seasoned "pro" at this game. Can see him stopping the Indian

And the Welsh guy who lost to the Indian reckons that Barnes will hammer him

efb

That young Scot really put it to the better Boxer

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He looks like a pure delinquent

Strazdas

efb wrote: »

That young Scot really put it to the better Boxer

He came back strongly in rounds 2 and 3.

Looking good for Fitzpatrick here

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He was so impressive. Excellent shot selection. I'm v impressed.

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Strazdas wrote: »

He came back strongly in rounds 2 and 3.

Looking good for Fitzpatrick here

Yes the scot deserved it- he harried and harassed him

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Can see Donnelly losing this

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Id give it to the Indian

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This will be a poor return 4 from 9 if Coyle loses this- which I can see happening

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Robbie Fowler's cousin on now

Joeseph Balls

efb wrote: »

He looks like a pure delinquent

What did he say to the interviewer? Said something, laughed and the interviewer then said 'We wont say that' and moved on.

Strazdas

efb wrote: »

This will be a poor return 4 from 9 if Coyle loses this- which I can see happening

4 from 9 is okayish....they were probably hoping for 5 or 6 from 9 though.

It all depends on how they do tomorrow : two golds would probably be the minimum they're hoping for now.

Strazdas

Joeseph Balls wrote: »

What did he say to the interviewer? Said something, laughed and the interviewer then said 'We wont say that' and moved on.

Couldn't work it out because of his heavy accent but he was certainly very rough looking.....like the local joyrider or something.

Joeseph Balls

Strazdas wrote: »

Couldn't work it out because of his heavy accent

Seemed a bit hyper alright

fryup

charlie flynn is his name, seems like a right arrogant little scamp

if he wasn't involved in boxing i reckon he'd be locked up by now

walshb

Tasty day of boxing:

http://www.bbc.com/sport/commonwealth-games/2014/schedule/2014-08-02

Strazdas

walshb wrote: »

Tasty day of boxing:

http://www.bbc.com/sport/commonwealth-games/2014/schedule/2014-08-02

Yes, and Nicola Adams vs Michaela Walsh is the first fight of the day at 2pm

walshb

Strazdas wrote: »

Yes, and Nicola Adams vs Michaela Walsh is the first fight of the day at 2pm

I wonder will the beeb show it or will it be on their red button?

Edit:

From the beeb: Jason Mohammad and Hazel Irvine present the afternoon's live coverage of the Commonwealth Games on the penultimate day in Glasgow. Boxing dominates the afternoon with seven gold medals decided, including three in the women's event which is appearing at the Commonwealth Games for the first time. England's Nicola Adams won the first ever women's Olympic boxing gold at London 2012 and will hope to repeat the trick.

Yes!

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BBC1 HD

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Silver as expected for Walsh

Strazdas

efb wrote: »

Silver as expected for Walsh

She was a bit unlucky I think.....that was a very, very close fight and I thought she won that last round

ctrl-alt-delete

Strazdas wrote: »

She was a bit unlucky I think.....that was a very, very close fight and I thought she won that last round

Did you see her interview?

She was very upset with it and felt cheated. Two judges had it level and the other 3-1 to Adams.

She can take heart from it though, 20 years old she has plenty of years for Gold medals.

efb

Walsh reminds me of the one Katie beat in the Olympics with her antics

walshb

efb wrote: »

Walsh reminds me of the one Katie beat in the Olympics with her antics

Bang out of order. Show a little decorum and manners. I can understand anyone being upset, but 30 mins later there is time to gather yourself and to conduct yourself in a sporting manner. The fight was close. No way she was cheated. How can she know so clearly unless she sits back and studies the tape.

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walshb wrote: »

Bang out of order. Show a little decorum and manners. I can understand anyone being upset, but 30 mins later there is time to gather yourself and to conduct yourself in a sporting manner. The fight was close. No way she was cheated. How can she know so clearly unless she sits back and studies the tape.

A valiant loser is an admirable quality

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Come on Paddy!!!

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Very even round but Barnes got it

ctrl-alt-delete

I think Laishram wins the hanging gloves tattoo battle.

Very close first round, Laishram boxed at a similar pace in the semi but ran out of steam in the 3rd round.

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I would have given the Indian the first but wouldn't disagree

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Barnes easily winning R2 the Indian running out of puff 19:19 (20-18 officially)

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Closer that R2 but Barnes wins it for me 29:27

walshb

I gave the first two to Barnes. Didn't think rd 1 was all that close. Rd 3 close, but Barnes too good. Beautiful performance.

Missed the interview. What did Barnes say?

Strazdas

walshb wrote: »

Bang out of order. Show a little decorum and manners. I can understand anyone being upset, but 30 mins later there is time to gather yourself and to conduct yourself in a sporting manner. The fight was close. No way she was cheated. How can she know so clearly unless she sits back and studies the tape.

I thought she very narrowly won the fight myself, but she was far from gracious in her interview and at the medal ceremony.

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walshb wrote: »

I gave the first two to Barnes. Didn't think rd 1 was all that close. Rd 3 close, but Barnes too good. Beautiful performance.

Missed the interview. What did Barnes say?

Nothing much said the fight was close but 90% of it is winning R1.

Strazdas

ctrl-alt-delete wrote: »

Did you see her interview?

She was very upset with it and felt cheated. Two judges had it level and the other 3-1 to Adams.

She can take heart from it though, 20 years old she has plenty of years for Gold medals.

She could be a real livewire prospect for a medal in Rio. Adams is the world No.1 and Walsh pushed her all the way