Anybody sense some hometown bias in the Olympic boxing judging ?

Can't say i've seen blatant hometown bias (name the fights if you have) however Anthony Joshua may have been given the nod over Savon as he's a Brit but the scores were level and the countback was level too, its the same every time we watch a bout a punch lands but doesn't seem to score and certain judges don't score a good body punch, last night John Nevin dropped his opponant and only got a point for it im sure it used to be 5 its a strange set up this amateur game !

 

Joshua , Ogogo , Evans and Stalker all got gift decisions . If you want to know if there's home cooking then wait for the finals , if GB finish with ALL of them winning gold then you know the tourney's been rigged .

 

Its not scored like the pros. People are getting confused here.


It involves 3 people pressing a button at the same time to register a point

If they dont press it at the same time the shots dont count. Its too open to human error.


I think this is why we have been seeing ridiculous decisions

 

Everyday is opposite day at olympic boxing. The Italian vs Cuban heavyweight or super Heavy Weight fight was the funniest. Nothing but holding on the Italian guy's part and he somehow beats the cuban decisively. I'm shocked when a good decision happens.

 

But they've used that method for a while now and I don't recall the past two Olympics producing so many 'strange' decisions.

Also, the quality of the reffing seems poorer than usual this year.

 

It has been all over, but you have to admit an inordinate amount of weirdness has made benefit glorious nation of Great Britakhstan.

I'd say they've been #1 and Azerbajian #2 in plundering the booty.

 

how can you claim its hometown judging when the judges arnt british and last night johua dropped the chinese guy and got a 6-8 rounds? i know as a paddy you will be an obvious brit hater but the judging has been strange across the entire spectrum. what is funny is americans crying, they rob non-americans in the USA time and time again, yet they moan?

 

USAstan......seeing as you have more muslims than us, i assume thats what your getting ta?

 

...actually it was a reference to Borat, but keep turning those paranoid gears powering your inner Jingo-tron.

 

Didnt realise the judges in the GB fights were British?

 

They aren't, but do accept British coin.

 

Sorry, quid.

 

yeah they refuse american $ as its worthless.

 

A good number of English 'ladies' have no concerns about accepting the Yankee dollar !

 

i hear many of the US swimming ladies have been accepting english ****, no need for cash.