Michael Conlan was distraught after his defeat at the Olympics on Tuesday (Picture: Getty)

International Boxing Association, AIBA, have revealed that judges involved in controversial scoring decisions in the Rio Olympics have been sent home.

Irish boxer Michael Conland became the latest victim of strange scoring decisions by AIBA judges in Rio when he was somehow defeated by Russian boxer Vladimir Nikitin.

Conlan outfought his opponent over the three rounds, even opening up a cut on Nikitin’s face, but the judges scored the fight 3-1 in the Russian’s favour.

The decision sent Conlan and boxing fans everywhere into a rage and AIBA have now confirmed they have taken action against the judges who were called into question, but insisted the results of said fights will stand.




‘The concerned referees and judges will no longer officiate at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games,’ a statement read.

AIBA re judging #rio2016 – say they 'will not be deterred by subjective judgements made by discontented parties' pic.twitter.com/TrGzuIZbHc — James Toney (@jtoneysbeat) August 17, 2016

‘With regards to corruption, we would like to strongly restate that unless tangible proof is put forward, not rumours, we will continue to use any means, including legal or disciplinary actions to protect our sport.’

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