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I really want to watch this fight, but none of my boys care less about it and I'm not gonna order it myself. Anyone else trying to watch the fight in theNova area?
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I really don't like to train for boxing. I'm just good at it
....LOAFING, thats whyhe lost....that Klitschko dude didnt even knock him out, Thompson fell asleep in the 11th round....fight was boring though
July 31th 9PM
119-pound boxer Gary Russell Jr. grew up in the ring-he's been shadowboxing since age two. Growing up in Capital Heights, Md., Gary was coached his entire life by a father who once had his own Olympic boxing dreams. Gary is the youngest member of USA Boxing's Elite Team and the number one amateur international bantamweight champion of the world. He won both the U.S. Championships and National Golden Gloves at just sixteen. Gary is slowly adjusting to life away from Dad and home as part of the USA boxing team. Watch Gary morph from boy to man as he must choose between listening to his father and learning the ways of international fighting.
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EDIT: WOW Dude got disqualified from the games.
As im gathering links and sources for my post here I read the following:
[h2]Russell Jr. Collapses, Will Miss Olympics![/h2]
Gary Russell, Jr's hopes for an Olympic medal are over before they even start.
The Capitol Heights, MD resident collasped late Thursday night after trying to make weight. At the weigh-in, Russell was disqualified for being one pound over the 119-pound bantamweight limit. Later, Russell was found unconscious and severely dehydrated by one of his teammates, Luis Yanez. According to NBC, medical personnel were able to rehydrate him after he made a final attempt to make weight.
"We became alarmed a couple of days ago when we saw he wasn't sweating like he should," US Head Coach Dan Campbell told NBC after Friday's draw. "When these kids try to make weight, sometimes they cut corners. What we believe is he did not increase his fluid intake after we told him to."
According to Teddy Atlas, who is calling the boxing tournament for NBC, Russell was five to six pounds overweight earlier in the week but assured Atlas that he would be fine come weigh-in.
"It's the fighters - and the coaches' responsibility - to make sure they are on weight," Atlas said. "Plus USA Boxing started a residential program to better prepare its boxers and you would have expected that this type of situation would never have happened. Its embarrassing."
Russell weighed 121 pounds Thursday and was trying to get to the required 119 before the weigh-in at 6 a.m. Friday. He went running to get the last two pounds off and collapsed after returning to the Olympic Village. His father Gary Russell Sr., said that his son passed out after resting from the run. He was treated with fluids by doctors at his dormitory but was not hospitalized.
Russell Jr. is the first USA boxer to be disqualified from the games since David Jackson in the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, Australia.
"I'm extremely disappointed," Russell said in a statement released by USA Boxing Friday afternoon. "Competing in the Olympic Games has always been one of my dreams, and I wish I would have been able to represent my country alongside my teammates."
The USA Team now has only eight boxers -- its smallest contingent since 1948.
Sad, I didn't know dude but I was cheering for him and from what I hear/seen he had a great chance at gold.Anyways, guess yall can still check out the video On Demand. The USA Boxing team isn't strong and this dude was probably one of the best boxers.
Originally Posted by Chrisqo
Man Manny got this
Manny is the MJ of the boxin world