Pro boxers vs. amateurs

>>78027702
amateur boxing is a joke desu
>pitty patty girl punches with no power for points
>most bouts are only a few rounds so even stamina isnt a factor, basically no athleticism involved at all
>makes no money in most countries so all the guys with talent go pro asap
>corrupt judging 99% of the time
>at the highest level(olympics, worlds) its just 27 year old state sponsored cubans/former ussr people beating teenagers of other countries who will go pro as soon as the event is over, and they still need to buy judges to win
>all those former amateur guys fraud their records. they claim 500-0 until the first video of them getting beat surfaces then its 500-1 "oops i forgot tee hee", then 500-2, and so on

Career amateurs are often just as skilled as their pro counterparts, but they're only conditioned for three to five rounds. That said, pros are now allowed to compete in amateur boxing (which is now technically called "AIBA open boxing") and the couple of them who signed up for the Rio Olympics got BTFO. A top Cuban or Eastern Bloc amateur could easily become a top pro if they trained for twelve rounders, in fact it happens all the time. But countries like the USA and UK could also do much better in the amateurs if their best fighters didn't turn pro so young