A series of controversial decisions made in boxing competitions at the Rio Olympic Games has the sporting world questioning boxing practices, with some demanding that international boxing president Wu Ching-kuo (吳經國) resign.
Wu in 2006 was elected president of the International Boxing Association (AIBA).
Wu has also been a member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) since 1988.
Since the boxing events commenced at the Rio Olympics, observers said there were a number of questionable results that had drawn protests from competitors, coaches and the media.
According to the Guardian, Irish boxer Michael Conlan accused AIBA of being corrupt “from the core right to the top” after losing the bantamweight quarter-finals to Russia’s Vladimir Nikitin.
“They’re fucking cheats,” he shouted into the ringside microphone.
A senior boxing official was quoted as saying that there is deep-rooted corruption in Olympic boxing, which led to controversial decisions.
“As predicted, corruption is alive and well and the decisions speak for themselves. It is clear that the AIBA will not do anything about this. It is time now for the IOC to step in,” the senior official told the Guardian, adding that amateur boxing is so rotten that only the removal of Wu, his administration and all of the officials at the Olympics could cut it out.
“President Wu needs to resign, as well as the executive director and the senior staff. Every RJ [referee and judge] and ITO [international technical official] needs to be suspended. That’s the only way it’s going to change,” the official said.
There was booing from the audience when Russian heavyweight Evgeny Tishchenko beat Kazakhstani Vassiliy Levit to claim gold.
US head coach Billy Walsh was quoted by the Guardian as saying that he believed the decisions made at these Olympics are the worst since Roy Jones Jr infamously lost a light-middleweight contest in 1988 that became a byword for scandal.
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