After looking back at the vertigo-inducing logo for the 1988 Summer Olympics, I was inspired to reminisce about the only thing worse about the Seoul Games than the logo: The decision to award the hometown favorite Park Si-Hun the gold medal over Roy Jones Jr. in the light middleweight division. Here's their fight, in its entirety:
Marv Albert did excellent work calling the fight on NBC. It was the wrong decision, of course, but watching it again, I have to say it's no more ridiculous than a lot of other rulings by Olympic judges, in boxing and in other sports. Just your typical boneheaded Olympic decision.
Marv Albert did excellent work calling the fight on NBC. It was the wrong decision, of course, but watching it again, I have to say it's no more ridiculous than a lot of other rulings by Olympic judges, in boxing and in other sports. Just your typical boneheaded Olympic decision.
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