I’ll never box in an AIBA competition again… not even Olympic Games. “Obviously Russia can’t dope this time so they are obviously paying the judges a lot more”.
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“I watched the heavyweight final last night [won by Russia’s Evgeny Tishchenko over Kazakhstan’s Vassiliy Levit] and I thought, “That can’t happen to me, with the whole of Ireland watching”. But you know what, I have a big career ahead of me and people who are known for being cheats, will always be cheats. “Once I found out I wasn’t fighting, I just kept moving to Saturday”.
Finn McManus has sent a letter to the Olympic boxer and wishes to give him his very own medal which he won at school.
When the judges awarded Nikitin the decision after the three-round bout, Conlan immediately flipped the double-bird and became furious. “I put it on him more and more”.
If nothing else, you have to admire his cheek, even if it might not have been the best-advised course of action.
Incredibly he was told during the first break that he was behind on the judges’ cards and he adopted a more aggressive approach to try to salvage a win.
Ten days that guy was in the camp with me, that was it. 96 days to Rio, I seen him 16 days.
The Irishman-who is expected to turn professional following the Olympics-was clearly happy with his performance as he raised his arm triumphantly to the crowd as he stepped into the ring before judges called the final round.
Nikitin sustained heavy damage in three consecutive brutal fights, culminating in a pounding Tuesday from Irish world champion Michael Conlan.
In a statement, the Olympic Council of Ireland said: “While we understand and share Michael’s disappointment with the decision today, the OCI does not condone his comments or conduct”. I didn’t believe he won. “I’ll never box for anybody again”. It’s his personal judgment. “All I can say is that AIBA is striving for a fair, level playing field”.
An Aiba spokesman, on the other hand, rejected Walsh’s accusation that there was any “favouritism” towards particular national federations. In what came as a shock, the unanimous decision was in favor of his out-of-breath opponent and a fuming Conlan told journalists afterwards that he was “robbed of his dream”.
It was nearly ineveitable what was about to follow despite Conlan going to war in the second, opening a cut over the Russians eye and reopening a previous cut on the side of his head, while rocking him several times to tie the scores.
– “Foundless” -The allegations were immediately rejected by amateur boxing’s governing body.
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