until july when yis all converge in glasnowlough....lol....

ah don't worry wildman , i'll donate a few quid to the dark rosaleen transformation you so dearly crave , maybe a few quid extra for your medication aswell !!

Oh no, I wouldn't be into all that Orange sectarian nonsense.

Donate it to her son Man Of Erin.

Well done paddy barnes and that was some call by jimmy magee.Great fight great commentary and another medal for our lads....... just brilliant....... well done all

I think Jimmy meant what he said,in that she was hitting/finding the target so regular and often that his comment, "sat-nav", was much more appropriate in the circumstances, and Jimmy would know that Katie T does not do auto,as everything about her is so focussed, and of course planned and thought out to the last degree

Ochigava accuses judges of bias towards Taylor


Katie Taylor’s opponent in the Olympic final Sofya Ochigava has accused Team Ireland of bribery and said the International Amateur Boxing Association (AIBA) and judges are biased in favour of the Bray woman.

Following her defeat of Brazil’s Adriana Araujo in the semi-finals Ochigava said that Taylor receives an unfair advantage when she fights.

“I’m sure Taylor will come out swinging. She knows the opponent’s score has been present to minus 10. AIBA’s goal is to give her gold,” the Russian was reported as saying by Associated Press.

“AIBA, they want to make her a superstar, but when a boxer goes in the ring, it’s not important if she is world champ or not world champ,” Ochigava said. “Everyone here is a world champ. There are 11 people here. They’re all world champs. It’s not important. If you have a face, they must push the button.”

“When you go boxing against Katie Taylor, you’re not boxing with her. You’re boxing with all judges around the table, and it’s difficult boxing against all the system, but I will try like all other girls.”

“In all situations, they will try to give her too much points,” Ochigava said. “I know this.”

In quotes translated by the Russian paper Sport-Express’ foreign correspondent Slava Malamud on Twitter, Ochigava said that even if she outfought Taylor in the final she would not receive a fair score.

“Key to victory is to land more punches and then file an appeal,” she said before accusing the Irish team of bribery.

“Ireland is in a financial crisis because they’ve spent all their money on Taylor’s referees.”

Ochigava didn’t give any specific examples of biased refereeing but said Taylor’s first Olympic fight against the Briton Natasha Jonas was scored incorrectly, though Jonas said after the fight that Taylor was the deserved victor.

“Personally I thought Natasha Jonas beat her in rounds 1 and 2,” Ochigava said before playing down Taylor’s skill.

“She wets herself against some boxers, but those she doesn’t respect, she comes out swinging with those 7-punch combos.”

Ochigava has been regarded as taylor’s main threat since ending her three yer undefeated streak back in 2010 in a controversial fight which saw the judges score only one point for Taylor against the Russian’s eight.

Much was made of the judge’s scoring in the press but that seemed to be put to bed when the two met again in 2011 and again earlier this year with Taylor coming out on top by 10-5 and 11-7.

Taylor has spoken of her respect for the Russian in the past calling her a “brilliant” fighter and said that the recent close contests between them show the strength of women’s boxing.

video of the last time they met very little to chose between them. odds  are sooo wrong http://www.joe.ie/london-2012/olympics-news/video-what-happened-the-last-time-katie-taylor-fought-sofya-ochigava-0027489-1

sad to see trash-talkin in womens boxing at the olympics, thought that was more the ego-driven sprinters thing. anyway, more motivation for katie i guess

Anyone else have a pop at the middle on the handicap for today.

Lads -5.5 @5/6
Spoils +7.5 @5/6

6-7 pt win pays 9.76/1. Worth a small interest at the price I reckon

4.45.

Would be on the russian +7.5 to be fair.They say it will be cagey stuff.Lets batter that trash talking bitch katie.

“Ireland is in a financial crisis because they’ve spent all their money on Taylor’s referees.”

the russian has lost it,she is already preparing herself for defeat

Russian getting her excuses in early. Believes she's a loser already.

The Russian beat Katie in the Czech Rep by a very dodgy decision.All that vodka gone to her head ?

I am worried

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God, I hate fackin'  "ole, ole, ole"  makes me cringe.

Not going well at all here, looks anxious.

Ban that ole sh!t..fields of athenry please..looking better.