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Rio 2016: Olympic boxing tournament hit by corruption allegations
Source: The Guardian
Rio 2016: Olympic boxing tournament hit by corruption allegations
• Judges and referees alleged to be involved in manipulating draws and bouts
• AIBA defends its conduct and dismisses allegations as ‘rumours’
Exclusive by Owen Gibson
Monday 1 August 2016 19.02 BST
Senior figures within amateur boxing have warned many bouts, including those to decide medals, could be fixed at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro amid widespread concern about corruption and financial malpractice at the sport’s global governing body, the Guardian can reveal.
Horrified senior officials within the sport believe a cabal of officials are able to use their power to manipulate the draw and the judging system to ensure certain boxers will win.
One senior figure said there was “no doubt” some of the judges and referees in Rio “will be corrupted”. He alleged a group of referees get together before major championships to decide how to score certain bouts.
Almost every recent Olympics has featured controversy. Most infamously, at the 1988 Games in Seoul the home favourite Park Si-hun beat the American Roy Jones Jr in a light middleweight contest the judging of which became a byword for scandal.
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• Judges and referees alleged to be involved in manipulating draws and bouts
• AIBA defends its conduct and dismisses allegations as ‘rumours’
Exclusive by Owen Gibson
Monday 1 August 2016 19.02 BST
Senior figures within amateur boxing have warned many bouts, including those to decide medals, could be fixed at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro amid widespread concern about corruption and financial malpractice at the sport’s global governing body, the Guardian can reveal.
Horrified senior officials within the sport believe a cabal of officials are able to use their power to manipulate the draw and the judging system to ensure certain boxers will win.
One senior figure said there was “no doubt” some of the judges and referees in Rio “will be corrupted”. He alleged a group of referees get together before major championships to decide how to score certain bouts.
Almost every recent Olympics has featured controversy. Most infamously, at the 1988 Games in Seoul the home favourite Park Si-hun beat the American Roy Jones Jr in a light middleweight contest the judging of which became a byword for scandal.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2016/aug/01/rio-2016-olympics-boxing-corruption-allegations
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