The Fishal Olympics Boxing Thread

cowzerp

ole ole-1st medal. Well done barnes ya little legend..

DubCul

absolutely brilliant, congratulations Paddy:D 11-5

JackieChan

Well done Paddy!!! Great Display!! 11-5

joker77

Barnes wins 11-5 - all credit to the lad he boxed brilliantly. Really aggressive all through the fight, easily deserves the win.

We have our first medal lads!

ROCKMAN

YESSSSSS


get in there.
well DONE SON

cowzerp

11-5 to the irish

ROCKMAN

sligobhoy67 wrote: »

mid round score update please!!

9 -5 start of last round
10-5 half way in the round
11-5 In the end

makl

bleedin A, if anyone stickin it up on youtube etc post a link thanks went around 4 pubs here in czech not on any of em.

Funkyzeit

Brilliant... Great "WEE" fighter..

Judomad

well done paddy, great scrapper....bring on egans fight now....big day for us!!!

dbrady01

fantastic well done paddy

andrew1977

Good man Paddy, congratulations , great to see an irish man get a medal !

Dodge

Great stuff. Watched it online in work. All I could do not to scream.

Little fact for you. Barnes was the 100th fighter to box for Ireland in the Olympics and wins our 10th medal. A great return by any standard

makl

Dodge wrote: »

Great stuff. Watched it online in work. All I could do not to scream.

Little fact for you. Barnes was the 100th fighter to box for Ireland in the Olympics and wins our 10th medal. A great return by any standard

where'd ya watch it? couldnt find it on sopcast, egan fight on same channel yea?

Little-Devil

Judomad wrote: »

well done paddy, great scrapper....bring on egans fight now....big day for us!!!

When and what time is this fight on?

eagle eye

Impressive. Bring on the Chinese.
That will be a great boost to the other lads as well.

Hermy

Hi lads - quick question.
How is Paddy guaranteed a medal at the semi-final stage?

madds

http://www.rte.ie/sport/olympics2008/player.html

Great defence by Barnes and stuck to his game plan all the way through which really frustrated the Pole. Let's not be content with the bronze now.

Dodge

Hermy wrote: »

Hi lads - quick question.
How is Paddy guaranteed a medal at the semi-final stage?

Because they don't make losing semi finalists fight for bronze. It'd be too much to ask if thye got a heavy beating in the semi.

Oh and I watched it on the RTE player. Soprry if that doesn't help you overseas

DubCul

Losing semi-finalists both get Bronze medals

ROCKMAN

looking at his next opponent there , if he faces the chinese lad he may have to deal with a few home town points . IMO
Having said that he is start to show his class now in the 3rd .

makl

Dodge wrote: »

Because they don't make losing semi finalists fight for bronze. It'd be too much to ask if thye got a heavy beating in the semi.

Oh and I watched it on the RTE player. Soprry if that doesn't help you overseas

ah crap. highlights on later i think on eurosport should be able to find it somewhere, thanks

eagle eye

For all the guys at work. You need Internet Explorer for this. Here is the an official european online site with 36 channels, theres no commentary.

sligobhoy67

Dodge wrote: »

Great stuff. Watched it online in work. All I could do not to scream.

Little fact for you. Barnes was the 100th fighter to box for Ireland in the Olympics and wins our 10th medal. A great return by any standard

get you - Jimmy Magee move over (please!!)

Hermy

That explains that - I thought RTE were getting ahead of themselves.
Thank you.

sligobhoy67

ROCKMAN wrote: »

looking at his next opponent there , if he faces the chinese lad he may have to deal with a few home town points . IMO
Having said that he is start to show his class now in the 3rd against a world champ.

Zou is the best fighter in the competition and probably pre tournie favourite for the Val Barker (altough struggled in his last fight) so I wouldnt hold out too much hope.

Dodge

ROCKMAN wrote: »

looking at his next opponent there , if he faces the chinese lad he may have to deal with a few home town points . IMO
Having said that he is start to show his class now in the 3rd against a world champ.

he's a quality boxer regardless. been favourite for thsi for the past 3 years and current world champion. he jsut beatthe kazakh handily enough. Wearing gold boots too.

Dodge

sligobhoy67 wrote: »

get you - Jimmy Magee move over (please!!)

Well in fairness it was Magee who told be he was the 100th boxer at the weekend. I knew the rest

makl

eagle eye wrote: »

For all the guys at work. You need Internet Explorer for this. Here is the an official european online site with 36 channels, theres no commentary.

sound out. hit and miss is it? clicked on 5 based on pic but weightliftin on. will try others

makl

live 03 has it, nice one again

ROCKMAN

Dodge wrote: »

he's a quality boxer regardless. been favourite for thsi for the past 3 years and current world champion. he jsut beatthe kazakh handily enough. Wearing gold boots too.

Jesus lads ye sound like dowling , listen to him now, paddy should not turn up I am taking Dunnes view that paddy will get in his face and you just never know:P

Dodge

ROCKMAN wrote: »

Jesus lads ye sound like dowling , listen to him now, paddy should not turn up I am taking Dunnes view that paddy will get in his face and you just never know:P

I was just replying to your "home town" thing. I've already had to stop others on different forums from saying he's won a bronze. He's guaranteed AT LEAST a brinze

walshb

Barnes did brilliant and deserves the medal. Next to the tough and awkward Chinaman.
He looks bigger than Paddy, but Paddy's heart is as big as they come. I think he will put up a great fight

megadodge

ADA BOY PADDY !!!!

He is rapidly becoming my favourite boxer.
Completely fearless, massive determination but also very, very sound boxing fundamentals.

Brilliant display.

makl

mongol purevdorj thru 5-1, , hernandez up now against carvalho. hernandez has won 12-1 and 21-3 so far

davidoco

walshb wrote: »

. Next to the tough and awkward Chinaman.

who beat Barnes before 2007 Chicago (Amateur Championship) 22-8

walshb

megadodge wrote: »

ADA BOY PADDY !!!!

He is rapidly becoming my favourite boxer.
Completely fearless, massive determination but also very, very sound boxing fundamentals.

Brilliant display.

Forgetting his obvious talent, it's his attitude and passion that has really impressed me!

davidoco: Yes the Chinaman did beat Barnes in the semi final in Chicago

sligobhoy67

davidoco wrote: »

who beat Barnes before 2007 Chicago (Amateur Championship) 22-8

is that a question or do you know it was Zou

eagle eye

makl wrote: »

sound out. hit and miss is it? clicked on 5 based on pic but weightliftin on. will try others

Theres a programme guide beside where its playing.

makl

anyone see hernandez there? missed end result, but about 19-6 wit 20 secs. top boxin against tough brazilian. cuba skipped chicago btw.

Dodge

Barnes lost to Zou in the quarters, not semis in Chicago.

makl

eagle eye wrote: »

Theres a programme guide beside where its playing.

mine loaded up html version first so all script was below links. sorted now

davidoco

Live 03 for the boxing on eurovisiosports.tv

brick tamland

Only managed to catch the last 2 rounds but he looked far better than the other lad, congrats to Paddy.

whens the semi-final on lads?

cowzerp

i know people are writing paddy now off but i think this could be a 50/50 fight..either way he has done us proud..

Dodge

brick tamland wrote: »

Only managed to catch the last 2 rounds but he looked far better than the other lad, congrats to Paddy.

whens the semi-final on lads?

Friday. Roughly same time

walshb

Dodge wrote: »

Barnes lost to Zou in the quarters, not semis in Chicago.

Well spotted!

megadodge

walshb wrote: »

Forgetting his obvious talent, it's his attitude and passion that has really impressed me!

That's why he's rapidly becoming my favourite boxer !!

Dodge

Tony Jeffries 5-1 up at half way stage. It'd beak my heart to see him medal and Egan missout. I'm very, very nervous about this one

makl

massive chance of gettin to final when he does fight jeffries