AIBA Youth World Championships 2016

[pesticid]

LOL. People are attacking me for criticizing Castro. Am I supposed to lie and say he's an amazing talent? I did say some messed up things though. I'm not going to try and deny that.
Piskunov basically took Castro out of his game. I don't see how Castro got the decision either.
People have tried out-boxing Castro on the back foot. Hasn't worked. And now Piskunov pushes him backward and still doesn't work.
Marc Castro is truly unbeatable. Ha.

Here is the Pero final by the way. Remember, Pero just turned 17 last month. Still has things to learn like every other boxer. For example, sometimes he would throw lazy punches and get countered.
He's the first Cuban in a while to win both the World Junior Championships and World Youth Championships.

Thanks for that! That was a close fight - I thought the first round was big for the Russian, the second was big for the Cuban, and the third was so close I guess you could score it for whoever you like better.

[pesticid]

The entire finals guys

[pesticid]

I didn't hear anything about that


Hutchison, Pero, Erdemir, Akhmedov and Tsutsumi have some star potential IMO

Uzunian, Akbar, Nur****nbet, Ekinci and Zeng all looked good to me too despite not winning gold

I agree except for Tsutsumi, he looked the worst next to Marc Castro these finals.

Akhmedov is a beast, I really like Kazakhstan Boxing.

[HI-TECH Boxing]

I didn't hear anything about that


Hutchison, Pero, Erdemir, Akhmedov and Tsutsumi have some star potential IMO

Uzunian, Akbar, Nur****nbet, Ekinci and Zeng all looked good to me too despite not winning gold

Apparently Morrell was the boxer of the tournament. Not sure how I feel about that. I would need to re-watch some of his fights.
Not that it matters a whole lot. I was just curious to see who got it.

[NEETzsche]

Apparently Morrell was the boxer of the tournament. Not sure how I feel about that. I would need to re-watch some of his fights.
Not that it matters a whole lot. I was just curious to see who got it.

Well he definitely gave the most dominant performance in the finals, but then I didn't rate his Ukrainian opponent that much

Would've given it to Hutchison myself, but maybe I'm biased for the Brit

[HI-TECH Boxing]

Well he definitely gave the most dominant performance in the finals, but then I didn't rate his Ukrainian opponent that much

Would've given it to Hutchison myself, but maybe I'm biased for the Brit

I thought the Light-Heavyweight division was one of the weaker divisions. I even mentioned it here.
I wouldn't have minded Hutchison. I like what I saw from him throughout the tournament. And the Middleweight division was the most impressive in my opinion.
Hutchison, Akhmedov, Erdemir, or Pero would have my top guys.
Pero did have two close fights so maybe that would hurt him. He did beat a good Russian in Russia cleanly.

Never mind. I think they should have given it to the amazingly talented Marc Castro. Nobody is as skilled as that guy.
No but for real. I hope Castro takes Gold in Tokyo. I'm interested in seeing people's reaction.
As long as he doesn't end up in the same weight class as one of my favorites. Someone that I'm high on like Ilya Popov.

I'm not too mad with Morrell though. Like I said, it really doesn't matter who gets it. It's just more a fun thing to know.
Unfortunately for Morrell he has to get past Julio La Cruz if he wants any chance of representing Cuba at the Olympics.
Or he'll have to move down or up.

[yngwie]

I downloaded the fights, but i doubt i will see the rest of the tournament, should i watch the rest of the fights?, are some specific fights good enough to download them?.

[NEETzsche]

I downloaded the fights, but i doubt i will see the rest of the tournament, should i watch the rest of the fights?, are some specific fights good enough to download them?.

Akhmedov's quarter- and semi-final bouts are worth watching, as he showed a different look in each of them (plus the semi-final bout was very fun and Akbar gave a good account of himself too). Erdemir and Tsutsumi performed better in the semis than they did in the finals. Castro-Piskunov, Abdurasulov-Zeng and Mirzarakhimov-Ekinci were iffy decisions IMO and might be worth making your own mind up on. Hutchison, Pero and Nur****nbet performed well throughout the tournament. Grinan-Price was an entertaining scrap

[pesticid]

I thought the Light-Heavyweight division was one of the weaker divisions. I even mentioned it here.
I wouldn't have minded Hutchison. I like what I saw from him throughout the tournament. And the Middleweight division was the most impressive in my opinion.
Hutchison, Akhmedov, Erdemir, or Pero would have my top guys.
Pero did have two close fights so maybe that would hurt him. He did beat a good Russian in Russia cleanly.

Never mind. I think they should have given it to the amazingly talented Marc Castro. Nobody is as skilled as that guy.
No but for real. I hope Castro takes Gold in Tokyo. I'm interested in seeing people's reaction.
As long as he doesn't end up in the same weight class as one of my favorites. Someone that I'm high on like Ilya Popov.

I'm not too mad with Morrell though. Like I said, it really doesn't matter who gets it. It's just more a fun thing to know.
Unfortunately for Morrell he has to get past Julio La Cruz if he wants any chance of representing Cuba at the Olympics.
Or he'll have to move down or up.

I think the light heavyweight division has been the weakest in history of boxing, in the amateur ranks anyway. That's why Cruz was probably the biggest favourite to win gold. And in this tournament, Morrell is good but he looked like a killer in there cause the opposition was so bad. He was the most dominant finalist though, they should've stopped the fight the kid took a beating and had no chance.

I think the Scottish guy at 165 shoudl've gotten it cause he was the most dominant against the best competition.

Pero wasn't dominant, Akhmedov was dominant but just like Morrel the competition wasn't the best. You can make a case for the turk at 64. I'll still go with the Scottsman

[HI-TECH Boxing]

I was thinking about it and I'm actually glad that Castro got the decision over Piskunov.
I like Piskunov but Russia has better talent coming up around his weight class.
I was worried that they would favor Piskunov over some of those guys. Hopefully this makes the corrupt Russian system wake up a little and give their real talent the opportunities. This was not a great tournament for Russia. I like Piskunov but there is better talent coming up around the same weight class.
Russia should pay more attention to fighters like Ilya Popov, Nikita Golovkin, and Nikolai Marinichev. All three fight near Piskunov weight class and IMO they have more potential.

They should learn from the Kazakhstan system. That system is extremely organized. Kazakhstan is only going to keep getting better and better.
I thought the Cuban system was organized but some people have been complaining about it recently, so I guess not.
Uzbekistan is getting up there. GB as well.
Russia and Ukraine have a lot of talent but can they get their act together is the question.