2012 Olympic Boxing. Day 16

Really didn't fancy Evans for this anyway, didn't seem mentally strong enough in a few bouts, letting opponents back in.

Sapiyev is pretty damn good.

That was an absolute arse kicking.

Sapiyev was way too good.

Have you ever seen such a poor effort in an Olympic final? Evans showed no heart what so ever.

Sapiyev is another guy I'd like to see pro. Add to the list of Murata, Khytrov, the Falcao brothers.

Evans needs to stay amateur for a few years IMO. He's got issues that are not best resolved in a pro ring. He needs good sparring.

17-9 was generous if anything. Fair play to the guy.

Evans looks totally burned out to me. Settled for silver in the end. But he'll always think what might have been after that. He just didn't throw a punch

Marvelous Marv said:

17-9 was generous if anything. Fair play to the guy.

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Totally agree. He didn't throw 9 punches, let alone land them

Very poor performance, one of the worst I've seen this tournament.

Credit where its due in winning a silver, has been good all tournamnet bar a couple of late fight lulls but really didn't turn up today of all days

Be interesting to gather peoples thoughts on fighters that should turn pro after this is finished. From our boys (I know a few have already said they won't go pro...but hypothetically) and some of the other stand outs in the tournament.

A combination of Sapiyev being really good and Evans not quite turning up there for me.

Amir bigging up Khan Promotions saying he'll get these amateur guys success as pros. I thought they didn't allow advertising on the BBC :lol:

I think Oscar Valdez, Mark Barriga, Vasyl Lomachenko, Evaldes Petrauskas, Denis Berinchyk, Ryota Murata, Khytrov and Sapiyev should all turn.

Out of the Brits I reckon Selby, Campbell and Ogogo are best prepared fot the change although I expect them all to turn over.

Bit worried about Selby as a pro. Very shoeshine on the backfoot. That's a tough style to pull off over the long distance considering he wasn't all that hard to hit.

Petrauskas, Berinchyk, Murata, Khytrov and Sapiyev are very obvious stand outs as pressure guys. All of them are very mature and developed except for the Lithuanaian, maybe.

Marvelous Marv said:

Be interesting to gather peoples thoughts on fighters that should turn pro after this is finished. From our boys (I know a few have already said they won't go pro...but hypothetically) and some of the other stand outs in the tournament.

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I'd like to see Josh stay amateur (won't happen). Stalker and Selby should turn over. Campbell too. The Scottish fella Josh Taylor should stay amateur as well, at least until the commonwealth games, but I've heard whispers he will turn pro

I think for Stalker he should have a good idea about whether he'd make a good pro from sparring pro guys. I'm not absolutely convinced because I don't know looking at his technique that he punches all that hard. If he fancies his chances now would seem a logical time since he should be in his peak.

Not much else Campbell can achieve and I think he has potential, good textbook technique. Needs sensible progression because I don't think he's mature physically.

All but one final predicted correct so far (damn right I'm claiming Pong and Falcao victories:hey, two to go - come on Mek and Josh

Evans shouls stay amateur - I dont think his style suits the pro's and he seems to have conditioning problems in the three round format.

Would like Josh to stay for another year or two as well but doubt he will

I've been thinking recently that Joshua would do well to stay amatuer for another year, get a but more experience, let the hype die down a bit. Can't see it though.

Surprised the Russian is struggling based on their respective Semi's.