The sacking of some boxing judges from the Rio Games will be seized upon by the conspiracy theorists as vindication of their suspicions but there is to be no reprieve for the fighting Irishman who fired up the storm of controversy.

The decision which provoked Michael Conlan’s four-letter condemnation of everyone involved in Olympic boxing as cheats will not be overturned.

Given the ferocity of Conlan’s anger at the victory over him which was awarded to Russia’s Vladimir Nikitin, Ireland’s pre-tournament favourite to win bantamweight gold will find no consolation in the announcement that an unspecified number of unnamed judges will not officiate in Rio again.

The International Boxing Association has dropped some Olympic judges and referees in Rio

The standard of the Olympic refereeing raised its head after Michael Conlan's defeat

Conlan was furious following his controversial bantamweight defeat by Vladimir Nikitin

Conlan went so far as to tweet an accusation that Russian president Vladimir Putin is involved in bribing AIBA, the governing body of world amateur boxing, to favour his country’s fighters.

The American vice-president of AIBA, Tom Virgets, has challenged the Irish to present proof to support the allegations of corruption.

He said: ‘There is no reason to suggest any corruption was involved in the Conlan bout.’

The Russians are everyone’s favourite whipping boys in the wake of the doping scandal which saw their entire track and field team banned from these Games.

A debatable decision in favour Evgeny Tishchenko over Kazakhstan’s Vassilly Levit in the heavyweight final was roundly booed, in the presence of IOC president Thomas Bach.

One of the judges who gave that gold to the Russian was Ireland’s Michael Gallagher. It is ironic, also, that so far there have been significantly fewer contentious decisions than at previous Games.

The Irishman did not hold back when he was interviewed following his Olympic defeat

Conlan hit out at AIBA following his controversial defeat, calling them 'f****** cheats'

AIBA say they will investigate if presented with evidence of corruption but unless and until that happens these charges sit in the realm of fantasy.

Conlan was somewhat hard done by – I had him winning narrowly – but this was not a travesty remotely to compare with the decision at the Seoul Olympics which scandalously robbed Roy Jones Jnr in favour of a Korean boxer.

It appears that the judges of the Conlan fight – a Brazilian, a Pole and a Sri Lankan - are not among those sent home, so we must presume that AIBA do not consider that he was robbed.

But while there are doubts about the wider governance and hidden agenda of AIBA, they have taken positive action to expunge corruption from the judging of Olympic fights.

The bizarre and unworkable method of trying to record the number of punches landed by a frantic pushing of buttons has been replaced sensibly by the introduction of the professional system of awarding 10 points to the winner of a round, nine or less to the loser.

They have also made it virtually impossible for the judges to be compromised.

Before each bout five of them are closeted in a side room, into which they are not allowed to take mobile phones.

Mick Conlan raised his middle fingers in the direction of the judges to show his displeasure

No sooner than 10 minutes before the first bell, three of them are chosen at random by computer to officiate at ringside.

Basically, to ensure a gold medal for any boxer you have to cross with silver the palms of every official.

Virgets points out: ‘We have overseen more than 200 bouts and the judging of no more than a handful has not been up to standard.

‘After the Games we will scrutinise every bout in our determination to keep improving.’

That gives no satisfaction to Conlan, who has vowed never to box under the auspices of AIBA again.

But by turning professional he will avoid sanction for his tirade.

Irish boxing may have to answer for him, however.