Young Boy dreams of glory

l agree with the worry that young Adrian could be hurt in this sport,however the new olympic sport boxing rules are very very strict when it comes to safety regulations. Head gear, gloves, mouth guards and also a changing of the scoring system makes the sport far more like fencing . l am a fan of rugby ( where children get far more hurt ) and often watch children weighing 40 kilos getting smashed by 70 kilo plus children of the same age. Olympic boxing is matched by weight ( 2 kilos the max difference , age and also experience )

‘5 ft 7 inch%u2019s and weighing 40 kilos…’

Well, I’m the same *height* as Adrian…

Good luck to him in making the Olympics.

That is quite a nice website. It is nice to see people setting out their goals and working towards them. Put a dollar in towards helping this child achieve his dream, not much I know, but hopefully with wider community assistance and his own continued hard work, he will be able to get there.

LSWCHP said :

If I was a boxer I’d hope to be undefeated for as long as possible too.

As great as this sounds, the idea of a child being regularly punched in the head during the years of brain development doesn’t seem like such a good idea to me. [b]One of my cousins was a a state level boxer during his younger days, and now you’d have to say that he’s not exactly the sharpest knife in the drawer.[/b]

And a big hello to RA’s latest reader, LSWCHP’s cousin.

Amateur boxing is different I believe, given the headgear and stricter adjudication.

If I was a boxer I’d hope to be undefeated for as long as possible too.

As great as this sounds, the idea of a child being regularly punched in the head during the years of brain development doesn’t seem like such a good idea to me. One of my cousins was a a state level boxer during his younger days, and now you’d have to say that he’s not exactly the sharpest knife in the drawer.

In 1960 Tony Madigan got done by some guy named Cassius Clay in the semis, snaring the bronze