Ireland’s Olympics boxers Paris 2024

walshb

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122449876#Comment_122449876

Yes. I know nothing about this Polish opponent tonight, but expecting Aoife to win. Haven’t heard the Pole to be a real threat; but going by our recent results, you have to go earn the wins. Nothing easy whatsoever

Strazdas

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122449895#Comment_122449895

Apparently, they have met five times before and O'Rourke has won all five. I like watching Aoife….very stylish and light on her feet.

walshb

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122449931#Comment_122449931

Ok. Feeling more sure now

Rows Grower

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122449931#Comment_122449931

They've actually fought 6 times with Aoife winning all 6 encounters, 5 by unanimous decision.

But as Kellie Harrington Irelands greatest female Olympian boxer said today "there are no easy fights at the Olympics", everyone there has earned the right to represent their country and is world class.

Best of luck to Aoife, she's already beaten this girl for the European middleweight title and should be well able.

walshb

Aoife not on RTE. They’re staying with swimming

walshb

On Rte player. Aoife won rd 1

walshb

fook me.. beaten

Awful scrappy fight…

murtyd17

Very disappointing

newhouse87

O Rourke definitely landed cleaner shots

Big Ears

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122450404#Comment_122450404

And it was the Pole who made it that way, she was very lucky not to be thrown out.

The referee cautioned her relentlessly after issuing the first warning (which he cautioned her plenty before giving). Ultimately his refusal to give a second warning was the difference.

Personally I thought Aoife did the better work in every round anyway. The Pole showboated a lot and gestured (usually after she took a shot herself), it seems to have convinced the judges aswell.

Scandalous referring and judging imo.

normanoffside

I thought it was a fair enough result. O’Rourke allowed herself get bullied a bit. The pole was very dirty.

Dick phelan

Absolutely robbed, Pole should have been DQ. Boxing the most corrupt sport at the Olympics

theoneeyedman

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122450440#Comment_122450440

This.

One boxer in the ring, and one mauler.

Aoife was getting through consistently, and even when the Pole was holding on she was working on the inside relentlessly.

Would say a shocking result, but nothing would shock me when it comes to Olympic boxing judges.

munster87

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122450433#Comment_122450433

Deducted a point for holding…how many times did he say stop holding after that!?

Dick phelan

That's a medal I really thought we'd get gone. Hurts that it was a robbery as well. I love my boxing but it doesn't deserve to be in the Olympics with all the nonsense.

normanoffside

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122450462#Comment_122450462

I'd agree to some extent but given that she didn't get another deduction I can see an argument that the pole did more. I notice that two judges had o'rourke winning, two had the pole and the 3rd judge had it 28-28 (2 rounds to the pole but 1 point deduction to tie it. Why was the decision then given to the Pole?

Dev1234

I'm guessing it's because the Pole won 2 of the 3 rounds accordingly to that judge?

JPup

Yeah. That judge has to pick a winner and they went with the one they had winning two rounds.

Also thought that was a very unfair result! The Pole was holding, pushing, pulling, sticking her head in. O’Rourke was throwing and landing more punches.

nacho libre

Very disappointing. I watched it on Eurosport and the commentators seemed to think O Rourke had done enough to win, but when the result was announced they suggested the Polish girls brawling style might have swayed the judges.

Why did RTE show the swimming instead of this bout?

normanoffside

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122450524#Comment_122450524

The pole was landing plenty of punches too though and she was the aggressor. I knew they would give the pole the 3rd; she landed several clean blows at the start f the round.

bartkingcole

that was another wrestling match. Why are the judges allowing it. A few disqualifications would benefit the tournament.

Strazdas

Seems the judges are favouring ugly brawlers in these bouts. The Pole was given multiple telling offs for holding and slapping by the ref (as well as one public warning) and they still went with her.

gigantic09

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122450537#Comment_122450537

They had it live on the rte news channel.

Speak Now

"Very unusual" haha

theoneeyedman

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122450543#Comment_122450543

Not really, IMHO anyway. Lots of slaps thrown, clean punches few and far between, and no work on the inside.

It's not boxing in my view. Proper boxing skills not being rewarded like clean punching, footwork, evasion, feigning, etc. Styles make fights, and different styles are generally legitimate, we shouldn't really be snobbish about it, but at the same time there still has to be some reward for the skillful boxer over the slobbery rooter.

RoscommonHero

Feel sorry for Aoife after the interview, seems like a classy person and she was clearly devastated and took all the blame and responsibility herself for the loss.

walshb

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122450588#Comment_122450588

Michael Conlan could learn a thing or two

Strazdas

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122450584#Comment_122450584

The judges saw the Pole was a horrible / ugly brawler with not much of a skill set, received numerous telling offs from the ref during the three rounds for not boxing and somehow still declared her the 'winner'.

walshb

watching now rte. Cahill and Donovan useless. They didn’t even spot the point deduction rd 1, and then were clueless reading out the scores

walshb

guys, both were pretty scrappy. Not just the Pole