Does anyone have a solution to the American Olympic Boxing programs recent flameouts?

Question

I mean 1 bronze?! WORST showing ever by an U.S. team. I think the coach needs fired then banned from the U.S. for his stupid training program. And somehow boxing needs to reach out to kids who would go to other sports. Our next Heavyweight champ is probably a defensive end in football right now! The 76' Olympics and Sugar Ray Leonard lit the fire in me as a kid. What is your answer to this embarrassing problem that has reached an ugly peak? Ever since 88' the medal count has gotten smaller.

Answer 1

It just so happen,s I do . First thing we need to do is pay the coaches of theses kids to go to the training site with there fighters so that they can continue to coach them at the Olympics. Other country's pay there kids year round to train to win the Olympics now if the Olympics are not that importune then lets stop sending our kids there to get embarrassed like we have in the past . I did not see one Olympic match not one lets put it back on TV like we do swimming and gymnastic I know more swimmers than boxers something is very wrong with that pic I could give a rats *** about swimming and we need to change the scoring in boxing back to the old way if I hit you more than you hit me I win  

Answer 2

I really think boxing has lost a lot of its appeal to americans. Only unitl we see something like Dela Hoya Vs Mayweather does boxing become big news. Thats why guys are taking the "Pay Day" fights becasue boxing has lost so much leverage, and thats whats hurting the sport. "Lets fight a guy thats 135 pounds and I am 165 pounds and we'll meet at 147" Becasue this guy can sell PPV.

Young kids are going into other sports. My boxing trainer always said "When the Heavyweights go then Boxing goes" and look at the Heavyweights Russians that nobody knows. The days of Tyson Ali Frazier Foremen Marciano Louis are long gone. I mean come on at one point i was claiming Sam Peter as an American just so I could say we have a Heavyweight a guy that calls himself the The Nigerian Nightmare thats how corny i was.  Untill boxing becomes more of a youth sport and not some dad pusing his son we'll never change.

Now the olympic boxing system is horriable too, I stayed up to 2:30am to watch guys play tag " your it No your it" pitty patt and run away from each other. I still dont understand how the h**l punches are scored. I seen Demetrius Andree score clean shots that wernt even counted. Then I watched Rashee Warren (Who I had On TIVO) and this guy runs away to save a lead that he dosent even have.

I THINK OLYMPIC BOXING SHOULD BE SCORED ON THE 10 POINT MUST SYSTEM LIKE THE PROS.

Answer 3

There is virtually no support for boxing in the high schools.  Other countries have active after school boxing programs with parent/teacher involvement.  We have that for gymnastics, football, basketball, baseball, soccer, but not boxing.  Boxing was driven from American high schools like a pariah leaving independent gyms with no government aid holding the bag.  

I started boxing late in life and only did it for recreation and sparring was fun.  The local gym was cool, but it was a corrugated shack basically, crammed full of bags and people.  In the summer it baked at 100+ and in the winter it would freeze your fingers off.  No government aid whatsoever for the coach/owner who went there every day to train kids with no money.  He only charged $100 a year and I doubt everyone paid, I donated extra whenever I could.  The guy was in Hollister, CA., and he just did it for the love.

Meanwhile, for some reason, an MMA guy opens up his own plush gym down the street.  Huge place, really nice.  He charges $250 a month.  None of his fighters go amateur and when the boxing kids from my gym went next door to spar with his people, well, the boxers dominated.  Still he got in men, women, kids of all ages so he was flush with cash.  MMA is "hot" right now.

If we could get boxing back in the schools, it would bounce back, but I doubt the soccer mommies will tolerate even the possibility of someone's, anyone's, kid getting a bloody nose.  Still, imagine actual high school boxing teams having matches every week and sparring after school; training just like any other sport.