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    Gavin turns pro, fights in Vegas!

    Frankie Gavin has been made a lucrative offer to turn professional and fight in Las Vegas in November.

    Lightweight Gavin, who pulled out of the Olympics after failing to make the weight, has been offered a deal by Oscar de la Hoya's Golden Boy Promotions company to be on the undercard of Ricky Hatton's world title bout with Paulie Malignaggi.

    Birmingham fighter Gavin was one of Britain's best hopes for gold in the 60kg weight and now faces a dilemma over whether to stay amateur for London 2012 or turn professional like previous Olympians Audley Harrison and Amir Khan.
    Good decision, stay away from Frank Warren!
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    Source please.

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      #3
      It'll be interesting to see how he does as a pro. He had a very specialized style for the amateur system.

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        #4
        Yeah punch, but most world class amateurs I imagine have the potential to be a good pro. Other nthan audley, which other boxer has flopped? (and audley if he had more dedication could of been better)

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            #6
            wow, so Frank Warren's not gonna get his greasy mits on him?

            very good news!

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              #7
              Originally posted by Oriachim View Post
              Yeah punch, but most world class amateurs I imagine have the potential to be a good pro. Other nthan audley, which other boxer has flopped? (and audley if he had more dedication could of been better)
              Mark Breland comes to mind. Probably top 5 p4p amateur ever, had a 110-1 record, and Olympic gold. He did win a world title at one point, but was never a dominant force as a pro.

              David Reid won a world title at one point, but never beat an A level fighter as a pro. Faded very early in his pro carreer.

              Marco Rudolph of Germany, lost to De La Hoya in the 1992 Olympic final, went pro, retired with a record of 13-1, never won a world title.

              Michael Carruth, Olympic gold winner at welter in 1992; Carruth turned pro in 1994 after taking leave from his job as a soldier in the Irish Army. He was trained by former Irish Boxing great Steve Collins. He had limited success as a pro, losing in both of his defining pro bouts; in 1997 against Michael Loewe and 2000 against Adrian Stone. He retired in 2000 with a career professional record of 18-3-0.

              Do a little research, there are lots of examples of top amateurs who flopped as pro's. There are also many, many top pro's who didn't do so well as amateurs.

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                #8
                yeah but being a great amateur at very least shows you have great technical ability which will surely aid boxers in the pro game

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                  Originally posted by Oriachim View Post
                  Yeah punch, but most world class amateurs I imagine have the potential to be a good pro. Other nthan audley, which other boxer has flopped? (and audley if he had more dedication could of been better)
                  Tyrell Biggs? Gavins a great AM though he should do real well. I just wonder if he'll pack a punch because he doesn't fully extend his straight punches.

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                    #10
                    Still havent seen him fight but i like the move, keep that weasley slimey turd Warren well out the picture!

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