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  • #992
    Podge_irl
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 29,703 Mod ✭✭✭✭Podge_irl


    I know nothing about boxing but that's not about to stop me calling total bull**** on this...


  • #993
    Podge_irl
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 29,703 Mod ✭✭✭✭Podge_irl


    This system is so stupid. Even if the Russian snuck the first round, Conlan beat the snot out of him in the second and yet somehow they're even.


  • #994
    irishbucsfan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37,978 ✭✭✭✭irishbucsfan


    Welp.

    Time to find a different sport to care about I think.


  • #995
    Halle Bewildered Wristband
    Posts: 0 ✭ Halle Bewildered Wristband


    Colourblind judges?


  • #996
    Podge_irl
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 29,703 Mod ✭✭✭✭Podge_irl


    Deleted User wrote: »
    Colourblind judges?

    They know the colour of money...


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  • #997
    Buer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,258 ✭✭✭✭Buer


    Conlon's interview was something special. Completely called it out as he sees it. Condemned the authorities as cheats and corrupt. Said everyone knows they're a corrupt organisation.

    I believe the Russian who won the heavyweight title was booed by the arena when collecting his medal and his own coach came out and said the result was completely unfair. He was cut and on the back foot throughout the fight but won on all 3 cards for all 3 rounds! The Russian's own coach came out afterwards with the following:

    "What can I say, we all saw who won the fight. I am always for fair judging and I want the work of coaches and boxers to be assessed fairly... such situations in the boxing ring do not present out sport in a good light.

    "Unfortunately, this is not the only such fight in the Olympics, it has rather become a tendency. Our boxer came out to fight and wanted to win, and it is not his fault that his arm was raised. But, unfortunately for boxing fans, we got what we got."


  • #998
    Halle Bewildered Wristband
    Posts: 0 ✭ Halle Bewildered Wristband


    The heavyweight fight last night had some similarities

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mn1qEegz8Ew


    (including a certain Referee)


  • #999
    thomond2006
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 45,433 ✭✭✭✭thomond2006


    Emmet, are you in the UK? The video is geo-blocked.


  • #1000
    sydthebeat
    Subscribers Posts: 43,129 ✭✭✭✭sydthebeat


    Buer wrote: »
    Conlon's interview was something special. Completely called it out as he sees it. Condemned the authorities as cheats and corrupt. Said everyone knows they're a corrupt organisation.

    I believe the Russian who won the heavyweight title was booed by the arena when collecting his medal and his own coach came out and said the result was completely unfair. He was cut and on the back foot throughout the fight but won on all 3 cards for all 3 rounds! The Russian's own coach came out afterwards with the following:

    "What can I say, we all saw who won the fight. I am always for fair judging and I want the work of coaches and boxers to be assessed fairly... such situations in the boxing ring do not present out sport in a good light.

    "Unfortunately, this is not the only such fight in the Olympics, it has rather become a tendency. Our boxer came out to fight and wanted to win, and it is not his fault that his arm was raised. But, unfortunately for boxing fans, we got what we got."

    i was delighted that Michael came out firing as he did....

    heartbroken for the kid who gave up 4 years of his life for that sh!te,... i cant believe im saying this but hopefully professional boxing is LESS CORRUPT than amateur boxing !


  • #1001
    irishbucsfan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37,978 ✭✭✭✭irishbucsfan


    I feel the only thing that'll come close to fixing this shambles would be the exclusion of the sport from future olympics until they can put in place a system to prevent abuse like this.


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  • #1002
    TICKLE_ME_ELMO
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 23,997 Mod ✭✭✭✭TICKLE_ME_ELMO


    https://twitter.com/Healycycles/status/765563615051218944

    Inverdale was on BBC clarifying that Conlan's opinions were his own and not the BBC' so I don't know did he say something else on there or are they next to RTE in the media section and just showed the same interview.


  • #1003
    Podge_irl
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 29,703 Mod ✭✭✭✭Podge_irl


    TICKLE_ME_ELMO wrote: »
    https://twitter.com/Healycycles/status/765563615051218944

    Inverdale was on BBC clarifying that Conlan's opinions were his own and not the BBC' so I don't know did he say something else on there or are they next to RTE in the media section and just showed the same interview.

    Came over to BBC after and said much the same thing (with less cursing). Inverdale kept trying to move the mic away. Which, considering the **** Inverdale comes out with, is a bit rich when Conlan is perfectly right.


  • #1004
    TICKLE_ME_ELMO
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 23,997 Mod ✭✭✭✭TICKLE_ME_ELMO


    Cp_aGjgXEAAh93Q.jpg


  • #1005
    TICKLE_ME_ELMO
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 23,997 Mod ✭✭✭✭TICKLE_ME_ELMO


    Interesting regarding the Heavyweight fight.

    https://twitter.com/hughcahill7/status/765325077898469377

    EDIT:

    But hang on... maybe not...

    https://twitter.com/paddyb_ireland/status/765570917783273473


  • #1006
    TICKLE_ME_ELMO
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 23,997 Mod ✭✭✭✭TICKLE_ME_ELMO


    This sailing race looks like they're barely moving.

    Commentators assure us Murphy is in the medals at the moment.


  • #1007
    DGRulz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,232 ✭✭✭DGRulz


    SILVER WOOOOO!!!


  • #1008
    TICKLE_ME_ELMO
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 23,997 Mod ✭✭✭✭TICKLE_ME_ELMO


    Yer man doing the commentary was gas. "THEY'LL WRITE POEMS ABOUT HER, TRANSLATE THEM INTO IRISH AND TEACH THEM FOR THE LEAVING CERT!"


  • #1009
    DGRulz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,232 ✭✭✭DGRulz


    Between that, "Murphy Magic" and "Rio Redemption" he did the papers work for them.


  • #1010
    Neil3030
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,154 ✭✭✭✭Neil3030


    https://twitter.com/mickconlan11/status/765587723457589248


  • #1011
    CatFromHue
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 18,330 Mod ✭✭✭✭CatFromHue


    I wonder who Vlad follows on Twitter?


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  • #1012
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    Shocking decision in the boxing and I'd love to see something constructive done to raise a serious stink. But giving the judges the finger and blasting people on twitter are not going to rally anyone to the cause.


  • #1013
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    Not sure how I feel about this whole thing. Conlan's reaction initially strikes me as utterly classes.


  • #1014
    Kiwi_knock
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,470 ✭✭✭Kiwi_knock


    Have no clue about the track cycling, but that was very tense with whether Kenny would be DQ.


  • #1015
    bilston
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,014 ✭✭✭✭bilston


    Kiwi_knock wrote: »
    Have no clue about the track cycling, but that was very tense with whether Kenny would be DQ.

    Kenny was ahead of the others. The question was whether he overtook the Durney bike before it left the track. It wasn't totally obvious so the judges seem to have given him the benefit of the doubt. I thought he was a wee bit lucky myself. But you are talking fractions of a second.


  • #1016
    bilston
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,014 ✭✭✭✭bilston


    It's happened again!!!


  • #1017
    Kiwi_knock
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,470 ✭✭✭Kiwi_knock


    This is hilarious


  • #1018
    Podge_irl
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 29,703 Mod ✭✭✭✭Podge_irl


    Deleted User wrote: »
    Not sure how I feel about this whole thing. Conlan's reaction initially strikes me as utterly classes.

    Ah I don't blame him. I'd have no class whatsoever in that scenario.


  • #1019
    Teferi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,320 ✭✭✭Teferi


    So how juiced up is Bolt? The circumstantial evidence seems to be building up - of the 30 of the fastest times in the 100m 21 of the racers have tested positive for drugs and the other 9 times are Bolt, his coach has had dodgy dealings in the past, former juice doctors have said that all the sprinters are juiced, Jamaica have been accused of being a bit lacks on testing etc. At the same time, you have to wonder if it matters because if they're all juiced to the gills and he is still winning, does he have an advantage? Personally, I'd like to believe he runs clean.


  • #1020
    errlloyd
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,633 ✭✭✭✭errlloyd


    DGRulz wrote: »
    Between that, "Murphy Magic" and "Rio Redemption" he did the papers work for them.

    Fun fact about the commentator, he's Ger Owen's three times Olympian, absolute elite sailor, who partly ended his career getting a tag rugby injury playing a casual game in ucd. Quality guy.


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  • #1021
    TICKLE_ME_ELMO
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 23,997 Mod ✭✭✭✭TICKLE_ME_ELMO


    Deleted User wrote: »
    Not sure how I feel about this whole thing. Conlan's reaction initially strikes me as utterly classes.

    It seems like something that's been building for a while and combine that with heat of the moment I can kind of understand his anger. I don't think it would matter if he'd been more reserved in his anger, IABA don't seem to care either way.


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