ESPN Films 30 for 30: How Roy Jones Jr. got robbed of a gold medal in 1988
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Piff Huxtable
Delaney 2020,2024,2028...
surprising that the 2 Eastern Bloc judges scored it for Roy
OfTheCross
Veteran
nice drop
You Win Perfect
bow down
good topic
shakur stevenson?
Yup
GREENandYELLOW
2x...and defending
I like how RJJ had the clarity to separate the system from the fighter himself.
Corruption sucks, cause even with everything Roy has accomplished you can still tell that hurts. Odd thing is the countries do corruption for pride, but the athletes mostly feel shame for winning by corruption. So it ends up hurting both athletes.
Corruption sucks, cause even with everything Roy has accomplished you can still tell that hurts. Odd thing is the countries do corruption for pride, but the athletes mostly feel shame for winning by corruption. So it ends up hurting both athletes.
malbaker86
Gators
*subs*
Maxine Shaw
#ColiFam gave more $ 2 my students than my school
Damn, this was good stuff. It was interesting to see how this still pains RJJ, and rightly so. Why the IOC won't correct this, I just don't know.
And Teddy is so right. Korea not only screwed over Roy, they screwed Park over, too. Dude wasn't exactly a scrub. But instead of letting him win silver with honor, they handed him a tainted gold and ruined his whole career. (Although that's being nice, TBH. By all accounts, he should've lost in the quarterfinals to Nardiello of Italy.)
And Teddy is so right. Korea not only screwed over Roy, they screwed Park over, too. Dude wasn't exactly a scrub. But instead of letting him win silver with honor, they handed him a tainted gold and ruined his whole career. (Although that's being nice, TBH. By all accounts, he should've lost in the quarterfinals to Nardiello of Italy.)
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Erratic415
Superstar
It was fukked up. The Korean dude knew he lost and tried to give props to Roy.
That 88' Olympics had some weird shyt in boxing. Another Korean fighter felt cheated when he lost so he sat down on the canvas in protest. He wouldn't leave, so they just left him there and turned off the light.
There was a US boxer that was eliminated because missed the weigh-in because he was sleeping.
Also there was a referee who got attacked by one of the boxers.
That 88' Olympics had some weird shyt in boxing. Another Korean fighter felt cheated when he lost so he sat down on the canvas in protest. He wouldn't leave, so they just left him there and turned off the light.
There was a US boxer that was eliminated because missed the weigh-in because he was sleeping.
Also there was a referee who got attacked by one of the boxers.
THE MACHINE
night owl
Great watch 