“Conlan fight judges at Olympics should hang heads in shame,” Ian Darke, who announces soccer games in the United States and Europe, wrote on Twitter. “Must have been wearing blindfolds.”The judges’ decision in the Conlan-Nikitin fight was not the first one at the Rio Games to draw scrutiny. But three of the five judges awarded the victory to his South Korean opponent, Park Si-hun. PhotoIn 1964, a South Korean fighter, Choh Dong-kih, refused to leave the ring for almost an hour after he was disqualified. In 1988, his countryman Byun Jong-Il staged an even longer sit-in after losing a decision, one that prompted South Korean officials to attack the referee.

Source: New York Times August 16, 2016 18:33 UTC