More Good News - Irish Amateur Boxers, well done again lads.

mathepac said:

Someone asked for good news in another thread. I felt this deserved its own thread.

From a team of nine male amateur boxers, it now appears that Ireland is guaranteed 5 medals, all of them at least bronze, in advance of the semi-finals.

Two disasters from an Irish boxing point of view - John-Joe Nevin was beaten by an English young lad and Katie Taylor, twice World Champion, is being forced into the qualifiers for the London Olympics. This is a travesty as there isn't a boxer in the world (or many female footballers) pound for pound, male or female, who is fit to lace her boots.

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To put the boxers' achievement in perspective, Russia, who are rated second behind Cuba in world amateur boxing tables, are so far guaranteed THREE medals, all bronze at a minimum.

Ireland's greatest athlete ever - http://www.iaba.ie/

Fair play to the IABA for putting Katie on their home-page, we should be building stadia in her honour and naming towns after her.

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carpedeum said:

Our boxers have continuously punched above their weight...

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mtk said:

... just a pity we cannot be good at some sport that's a bit more glamorous

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notagardener said:

... awful commentary from the awful Marty Morrissey ...

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mathepac said:

The fact that they performed well lead me to start the thread because as I stated in the starter post "Someone asked for good news in another thread. I felt this deserved its own thread."

If you're unhappy about that or would prefer to let off steam about some issue bugging you, feel free to do so in the appropriate place, feel free to hop off this particular bandwagon

Have taken your advice/order mathepac and jumped off this particular bandwagon, never been keen on them myself. I hate the way we claim ownership of people /events only when they are winning and then its "Well done Lads, we're proud of you!" to almost quote you. You felt it deserved its own thread only because they had won some medals. Did you even know off the event before that? If you did well done cos I didn't and I imagine a lot of people didn't either.

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johnd said:

mathepac said:

The fact that they performed well lead me to start the thread because as I stated in the starter post "Someone asked for good news in another thread. I felt this deserved its own thread."

If you're unhappy about that or would prefer to let off steam about some issue bugging you, feel free to do so in the appropriate place, feel free to hop off this particular bandwagon

Have taken your advice/order mathepac and jumped off this particular bandwagon, never been keen on them myself. I hate the way we claim ownership of people /events only when they are winning and then its "Well done Lads, we're proud of you!" to almost quote you. You felt it deserved its own thread only because they had won some medals. Did you even know off the event before that? If you did well done cos I didn't and I imagine a lot of people didn't either.

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then why did you post on this thread

Just try and enjoy a bit of good news - you'll feel better

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Our boxers have continuously punched above their weight and delivered over the years

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johnd said:

mathepac said:

The fact that they performed well lead me to start the thread because as I stated in the starter post "Someone asked for good news in another thread. I felt this deserved its own thread."

If you're unhappy about that or would prefer to let off steam about some issue bugging you, feel free to do so in the appropriate place, feel free to hop off this particular bandwagon

Have taken your advice/order mathepac and jumped off this particular bandwagon, never been keen on them myself. I hate the way we claim ownership of people /events only when they are winning and then its "Well done Lads, we're proud of you!" to almost quote you. You felt it deserved its own thread only because they had won some medals. Did you even know off the event before that? If you did well done cos I didn't and I imagine a lot of people didn't either.

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I think we are at a stage where we can salute achievement rather than just taking part. The alternative to this thread would be to ignore their achievements but who does that benefit?

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