Olympic boxing

[NAG1]

Barnes was obviously taken for a jolly two weeks in Brazil.

He hasn't fought at this weight in 14months prior to the Olympics.

Buntz on the BBC highlighted it weeks ago in the build up, crazy stuff.

[Milltown Row2]

Barnes was obviously taken for a jolly two weeks in Brazil.

He hasn't fought at this weight in 14months prior to the Olympics.

Buntz on the BBC highlighted it weeks ago in the build up, crazy stuff.

Poor management

[macdanger2]

Are we starting to see signs that maybe losing Billy Walsh wasn't the brightest thing are boxing allowed to happen?

In fairness, nobody could have forseen that it wouldn't work out well 

Disappointing for Barnes, hopefully the rest of the boxers can deliver

[Milltown Row2]

Heavyweights giving a good show.... Think with headgear off its making the fights better?? Or just better to watch??

[longballin]

Some experts putting the boot in here to a two time Olympic medalist.

[Milltown Row2]

Some experts putting the boot in here to a two time Olympic medalist.

Think he was a two time Olympian?

[Franko]

Some experts putting the boot in here to a two time Olympic medalist.

MR2 messes his trousers every time someone criticises McIlroy.  Barnes did it and is now feeling the wrath of our keyboard warrior.  He's even trying to take one of his Olympic medals off him now ffs.

[Milltown Row2]

Some experts putting the boot in here to a two time Olympic medalist.

MR2 messes his trousers every time someone criticises McIlroy.  Barnes did it and is now feeling the wrath of our keyboard warrior.  He's even trying to take one of his Olympic medals off him now ffs.

I watching the heavyweight fight, I thought he was commenting on the 2 time Olympian who was fighting, keep your trunks on franko

Troll much??

[6th sam]

Some experts putting the boot in here to a two time Olympic medalist.

MR2 messes his trousers every time someone criticises McIlroy.  Barnes did it and is now feeling the wrath of our keyboard warrior.  He's even trying to take one of his Olympic medals off him now ffs.

I watching the heavyweight fight, I thought he was commenting on the 2 time Olympian who was fighting, keep your trunks on franko

Troll much??

I'm a Big fan of Barnes &  Mcilroy.

Barnes is a great ambassador, and his tweets etc , much like McIlroy  show that he has personality and character.
I think the delay from qualifying early , to competing ,?at a weight he was struggling to make , proved his undoing. Gutted for him , a brilliant double Olympic medalist , not afraid to be a character! I hope he has a long future ahead of him , either in the professional game , or perhaps in the media . Many thanks to Paddy for all you have contributed to Irish sport!

[longballin]

Some experts putting the boot in here to a two time Olympic medalist.

Think he was a two time Olympian?

two time medalist #duh 

[winghalfback]

I see the keyboard kings are at it again in here and on social media anyone who knows boxing knows the toll it takes on the body to cut down to the weight. Paddy is boxing at that weight near 10 years it was just one to many cuts previous evidence of this can be seen in frampton who had to move up in weight mc Gregor in the ufc too and more recently pa jo hula dance and Steven ormond have all struggled to loose the required pounds. I think paddy knew getting to 49 was going to be a tough job but he badly wanted the gold that eluded him the last 2 Olympic Games. He went out fighting and was honest as ever in his assessment afterwards. He will be back but possibly as a pro. Twitter had nothing to do with anything he tweeted as much the last olympics also it's all a bit of light hearted fun. Defeated today but paddy is still one of Ireland's greatest ever a true Irish man a legend and a hero. Now for the others to bring home the medals.

[ashman]

I see the keyboard kings are at it again in here and on social media anyone who knows boxing knows the toll it takes on the body to cut down to the weight. Paddy is boxing at that weight near 10 years it was just one to many cuts previous evidence of this can be seen in frampton who had to move up in weight mc Gregor in the ufc too and more recently pa jo hula dance and Steven ormond have all struggled to loose the required pounds. I think paddy knew getting to 49 was going to be a tough job but he badly wanted the gold that eluded him the last 2 Olympic Games. He went out fighting and was honest as ever in his assessment afterwards. He will be back but possibly as a pro. Twitter had nothing to do with anything he tweeted as much the last olympics also it's all a bit of light hearted fun. Defeated today but paddy is still one of Ireland's greatest ever a true Irish man a legend and a hero. Now for the others to bring home the medals.

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Agree with you 100 % , however should the boxing management have been aware that making the weight was going to be a problem.

[winghalfback]

I see the keyboard kings are at it again in here and on social media anyone who knows boxing knows the toll it takes on the body to cut down to the weight. Paddy is boxing at that weight near 10 years it was just one to many cuts previous evidence of this can be seen in frampton who had to move up in weight mc Gregor in the ufc too and more recently pa jo hula dance and Steven ormond have all struggled to loose the required pounds. I think paddy knew getting to 49 was going to be a tough job but he badly wanted the gold that eluded him the last 2 Olympic Games. He went out fighting and was honest as ever in his assessment afterwards. He will be back but possibly as a pro. Twitter had nothing to do with anything he tweeted as much the last olympics also it's all a bit of light hearted fun. Defeated today but paddy is still one of Ireland's greatest ever a true Irish man a legend and a hero. Now for the others to bring home the medals.

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Agree with you 100 % , however should the boxing management have been aware that making the weight was going to be a problem.

Possibly should have been but the fact rooster Irvine had qualified at 52kg and paddy was already qualified at @49 was a big bearing on it. Hindsight is a deadly thing we all know that. One thing for sure the Irish team will use paddys defeat as motivation nothing is a given inside the ring.

[imtommygunn]

What weight did he win his medals in? All seems a bit odd that he hadn't fought in ages and his weight was 10 above what he was in.

[illdecide]

Does he struggle to get down to that weight? The other guy looked pretty fresh after the 3 rounds while paddy was gassed.

That's what he was implying - https://twitter.com/RTEsport/status/762669876158705665

Refreshing honesty

Why would he fight at that weight if its a struggle for him to get down too?
Would he not be better off or actually would it not make more sense fighting at a weight that he can achieve or is that not how it works? I don't follow boxing much so don't know.

My comment was a bit of tongue and cheek remark about twitter. of course I wanted him to win but he was def struggling lethargic and unfit was obviously down to starving and dehydrating himself to make the weight. He was also unlucky that he was fighting early in the morning after the weigh ins as he hadn't much time for food and hydration either...

P.S. I thought you knew everything