Think Irish Boxer Michael Conlan Is A Little Pissed Off At The Olympic Judges?
I don’t speak Irish but I’m gonna try to transcribe this rant as best I can:
“The AIBA are cheats. They’re fucking cheats. It’s simple as that. That’s just me. I’ll never box for AIBA again. They’re cheating bastards. They’re paying everybody. I don’t give a fuck, I’m cursing on TV. I was here to win an Olympic gold. My dream has been shattered today. But you know what? I have a big career ahead of me. And they’re known for being cheats. They’ll always be cheats. Amateur boxing stinks. From the core right to the top.”
Incredible. Absolutely incredible display of Fuck You-manship from World Champion boxer Michael Conlan. Now I didn’t watch this quarter final match against Vladimir Nikitin from Russia. I have no idea if Michael Conlan actually should have won this match or not. From everything I’m seeing on the interwebs, it seems pretty clear that Conlan was robbed of advancing. It seems pretty clear that those filthy scumbag cheating Russians paid somebody off to make sure Nikitin went on to the Olympic semifinals. And I love the hell out of Michael Conlan not giving a single fuck about holding back here. He didn’t even need to go on that entire tirade after the match. The double-barreled middle fingers expressed his feelings perfectly. But he still went for it anyway and that’s what makes this one of the greatest moments from Rio 2016 so far.
Seriously though. Nothing feels better than being able to let the double birds fly. The rush you get from it is incredible. All that anger and all that frustration just summed up perfectly via two fingers. It’s exhilarating to say the least. 2016, the year of flipping the bird.
