Olympic Boxing Thread
- Thread starter Nigel Irritable
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Gingerman
Is a great bunch of lads.....
Aye,two of our male boxers still in with a chance of a gold medal,chuffed ta fuck for Katie,as a nation we don't win too many Olympic gold medals,wining a bronze is usually a cause for national rejoicing,proud as fuck to see us on the medal tableBrilliant
That's Ireland's first gold isn't it?
Minnie_the_Minx
someinenhhanding menbag and me ah bollox
Aye,two of our male boxers still in with a chance of a gold medal,chuffed ta fuck for Katie,as a nation we don't win too many Olympic gold medals,wining a bronze is usually a cause for national rejoicing,proud as fuck to see us on the medal table
b/f's nephew was at the Excel last week for Nevin fight. Bet he wishes he'd stayed now
Minnie_the_Minx
someinenhhanding menbag and me ah bollox
marty21
One on one? You're crazy.
I don't know if you realise but there are a few Irish people in the UK, plus their offspring, who might have been interested in this fight.
Minnie_the_Minx
someinenhhanding menbag and me ah bollox
Minnie_the_Minx
someinenhhanding menbag and me ah bollox
Is that why Guinness is so rife
There's a Guinness factory in Malaysia, another one in Nigeria, and others scattered around the world
marty21
One on one? You're crazy.
Exactly. Gabi could be asking why are they showing Usain Bolt running
maybe they should only show stuff that Brits are in - to avoid upsetting him
Is that why Guinness is so rife
this is a possible answer
Minnie_the_Minx
someinenhhanding menbag and me ah bollox
What do you mean what has happened?
The British are all over the world, why shouldn't the Irish be?
Minnie_the_Minx
someinenhhanding menbag and me ah bollox
Guinness worldwide
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Minnie_the_Minx
someinenhhanding menbag and me ah bollox
Katie Taylor fight was the noisiest event apparently. Can't remember if they said 150 or 115 decibels?
Numbers
an ting!
£1100 later
marty21
One on one? You're crazy.
sweet !£1100 later
littlebabyjesus
one of Maxwell's demons
Ah, she looked a bit disconcerted when he said she hadn't cried, like she'd done something wrong.
Great Olympic story, Nicola Adams.
Great Olympic story, Nicola Adams.
Gingerman
Is a great bunch of lads.....
Dustin the Turkey on Twitter : " An historical day,people actually WISHING they were in Bray"
Nigel Irritable
Five, Ten, Fifteen Years
There was an absolutely incredible atmosphere there today. My ears are still ringing. A great performance by Adams, schooling a favoured opponent. Taylor was less spectacular against an opponent with an extremely defensive mentality. Shields was again very entertaining.
Interestingly the overwhelmingly Irish crowd was earsplittingly behind Adams. Not grudgingly or even just out of respect for an excellent boxer. They were openly partisan. The British minority were loudly behind Taylor too:
Despite Taylor being the pro or am undisputed best woman boxer pound for pound, and despite Adams brilliance in completely destroying a world champion who had generally had the best of things against her previously, I actually thought that the substantially rawer Shields was the most entertaining boxer in the Olympics, male or female.
Interestingly the overwhelmingly Irish crowd was earsplittingly behind Adams. Not grudgingly or even just out of respect for an excellent boxer. They were openly partisan. The British minority were loudly behind Taylor too:
Despite Taylor being the pro or am undisputed best woman boxer pound for pound, and despite Adams brilliance in completely destroying a world champion who had generally had the best of things against her previously, I actually thought that the substantially rawer Shields was the most entertaining boxer in the Olympics, male or female.
Minnie_the_Minx
someinenhhanding menbag and me ah bollox
That's lovely, because I've read reports of people saying that whilst the British are backing the Irish as well, it's not been reciprocated, and knowing so many Irish, I wasn't really believing those stories 100%
Nigel Irritable
Five, Ten, Fifteen Years
Irish fans tend to loudly cheer against the English football team. But that's not generally the case in boxing, where the local scenes are quite closely integrated. But that Integration aside I was still a bit surprised by the volume with which the Irish fans were cheering for Adams. And it really was overwhelmingly Irish in there. It was loudly and vociferously pro Adams the whole way through. The FT article about
the fight even mentioned the Irish support for Adams - and also mentioned that the support stopped just short of sImging God Save The Queen.
Adams of course did herself no end of favours with boxing fans of all nationalities by setting out with murderous intent and providing a lot of entertainment.
the fight even mentioned the Irish support for Adams - and also mentioned that the support stopped just short of sImging God Save The Queen.
Adams of course did herself no end of favours with boxing fans of all nationalities by setting out with murderous intent and providing a lot of entertainment.
Numbers
an ting!
I've been to hundreds of boxing shows over the years and I've never heard anything like it. It was my 3rd trip to the ExCel since it started and it was by far the loudest of the 3 aswell.
I'm about a 10 min walk from the ExCel which has been cool, I pass the Peacock on the way too
I was meant to go tonight too but am not going to go now as I'm off out with my missus to watch some events on a big screen. If I had tickets for this afternoon's session I would have gone.
Barnes on now.
Lord Camomile
Yipchaa!
Don't really understand what countback is 
agricola
a genuine importer of owls
Unlucky for Paddy Barnes, level after 3 but losing on countback.
His attempted strangling of Zou at the end was hilarious.
Numbers
an ting!
It's just the adding of the scores from each judge.Don't really understand what countback is
Numbers
an ting!
Brilliant so far.
The right hand leads in the 1st round were great, like Ali vs Foreman in the 1st round of the Rumble in the Jungle
