Sunday evening found us at Boxing, to which had extra tickets, so we invited Chris - a die-hard boxing fan, and Ian. The competition included the Lightweight, Welterweight and Heavyweight Quarterfinals. I must admit that I was very excited about Boxing before I got there and realized that in Olympic boxing they wear so much gear! I was looking forward to at least the potential for someone to get their ear bitten off, but that's not a possibility with a helmet on. Oh well.
They were trying out a new scoring system, which is computer controlled. The judges hit a button if they think one of the competitors has scored and if a certain number of them agree, it's added as a point. This didn't seem like the best system as they often can't see all of the action. It was also weird knowing who was winning. I'm used to regular boxing where you don't find out until the end.
The most exciting match was in the Heavyweight round when an American fought a Moroccan. It ended up as a tie, and then the judges voted that the American had won.
The most entertaining match was the last one, where Italy fought Ukraine. They both had the strangest fighting style and were hilarious to watch.
We had a great time and although I had seat anxiety (the seat in front of me had different people sitting/standing/coming/going at all times), it was an overall fun time.
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