Ask Roy Jones & Jeff Fenech how fair Olympic judging is!

Some Americans even thought the Korean, Kim Dong Kil, got hosed in that fight against Jerry Page (and the Korean did), including Sports Illustrated, who wrote this little bit in their Aug 20th, 1984 issue;

"The South Koreans were particularily incensed when Jerry Page, the U.S. light welterweight who went on to win a gold medal, was given a 4-1 quarterfinal decision over Kim Dong Kil, though it was clear to all in attendance that Kim had fought well enough to win."

There are also many, many other different sources (and from Amercian writers) that came out from the time expressing the controversy surrounding that fight, and also expressing how upset the Koreans were in regards to the decision rendered against their guy, who was the top rated light welterweight in the Olympics that year for the weight class (2nd in the world to Carlos Garcia of Cuba, who obviously didn't compete) and the gold medal favourite going in.

Also, if the following bit from a British journalist by the name of Neil Clark could be believed (and it should be considering how bad the decision was...like Tillman/Musone, the Korean had a really big third round, which should have been a two pointer, after splitting the first two with Page), the Koreans are still dumbfounded by it;

"To this day, South Koreans are still mystified as to how their boxer Kim Dong Kil was adjudged to have lost 4-1 on points to America's Jerry Page at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, despite having outclassed his opponent." - so wrote Clark just two days ago on Aug 14th

 

As opposed to the Americans giving a medal favourite like Frank Tate a free ride after his opening round bout at the '84 Olympics, when he was hurt and outpunched by Lofti Ayed over the last two rounds of that bout, only to see the judges "gift" Tate with a decision he obviously didn't deserve?

I've only seen about a third of this year's boxing competition at the Olympics due to the times they're on, but if it is as controversial as you imply it is, then that's been pretty much the norm since I started following boxing (I was a little too younf to understand the '76 games, and didn't see the ones from 1980 due to boycotts). Hometown favouritsm was apparent in 1988 in Seoul, and it certainly was when the Games were held in Los Angeles in 1984.

 

That's how Tua got a bronze...