The US boxing team is not doing so great so far.
AFAIK, 1 failed to make weight, 3 have been eliminated in their first fights (including Warren who was thought to be be best).
I speculate that our fighters typically compete at the Olympics very early in their careers, when they are 18 or so, and then turn pro.
AFAIK, only 1 of our boxers (Warren) is in his second Olympics. In many other countries, boxers stay in amateur fighting and come back to the Olympics as repeats/veterans. Also I speculate US fighters tend to learn and train in a pro style, rather than in an Olympics points-scoring style.
I'm just speculating, don't really know. Anyone know about this?
And, this wouldn't explain why we seem to be getting less successful in each successive Olympics. I read that the US boxing medal count has been declining by 2 in each of the last three Olympics, as in 6 then 4 then 2.