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Wednesday, 1 June 2016

Column: Pros fighting in Rio a lousy idea on many levels (The Associated Press)

FILE - In this Oct. 2, 1988, file photo, South Korea's Park Si-hun, left, delivers a left jab to America's Roy Jones, and goes on to win the gold medal in the gold medal bout of the light middleweight division at the summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. Allowing pro boxers in the Olympics is a lousy idea on a number of levels, though that should come as no surprise. Boxing in the Olympics has been pretty much a farce since Roy Jones Jr. was robbed of a gold medal by a hometown decision in Seoul in 1988. (AP Photo/Ron Kutz, File)

Manny Pacquiao won't be there, passing up a chance to win the first Olympic gold medal for the Philippines. You won't see Gennady Golovkin and Canelo Alvarez fighting three-rounders in Rio, either. Thankfully, the people who run Olympic boxing are still so inept that they waited too long to roll out the welcome mat for professional boxers in the Olympics.



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