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Boxing KOs removed after controversies at the Rio Games

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All 36 referees and judges used at the Rio Olympic boxing have been removed for the time being as the sport’s amateur governing body investigates the officiating which overshadowed the action in the ring, it said yesterday.

Several beaten fighters in Rio alleged they had been the victim of poor or even corrupt judging at the August Olympics and the International Boxing Association (AIBA) sent home an undisclosed number of referees and judges at the time, while strenuously denying claims of corruption and threatening legal action.

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