Michael Conlan’s final act as an amateur boxer was holding a pen with a Top Rank contract in front of him. His penultimate act was considerably more divisive. After losing a controversial (robbery) decision to Russian Vladimir Nikitin, Conlan stood in the middle of the ring, gave a “thumbs down” to the judges’ decision, then raised two other digits to the judges … [Read more...]
Good riddance! AIBA scraps computer scoring
Finally. The International Boxing Association, the governing body in international amateur boxing competition, announced that it will discontinue the computerized punch tally scoring system and return to the professional style, 10 point based system it abandoned over 20 years ago. The implementation of the computerized scoring system took place following the 1988 Olympic … [Read more...]