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Football, boxing, golf, basketball, sports with huge money, and well established professional teams/athletes in it.
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Not sure you can make a comparison in boxing. Boxers have to remain amateur to compete in the Olympics. I’ve never really understood that because, by the same logic, the cycling should be a 2/3/4 cat road race.
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participants in football and golf don't really hold the olympics in that high a regard though and it would never be quoted on reading out their palmares. the level of competition is quite low too, despite some pros attending.
boxing is all amateurs isn't it ? agreed it does have esteem though
basketball maybe but then it's won by one team consistently who basically treat it as an exhibition
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other than cycling, what other sports are there where the olympics isn't its pinnacle but it is still fêted / held in high esteem ? tennis... ? kinda... maybe... if you squint... ?