The Russians don't know how not to cheat. Now it's boxing.

[edhopper]

"Boxing Judges and Refs Removed After Suspicious Results"
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/18/sports/olympics/boxing-referees-and-judges-removed-after-a-review.html?_r=0

The move came a day after Michael Conlan, an Irish bantamweight, accused the federation of corruption and suggested that Russian boxing officials had bribed judges. Conlan’s accusations came in an expletive-filled tirade after he lost his quarterfinal to Vladimir Nikitin of Russia. Nikitin won a unanimous decision, but the public response to the verdict suggested that many observers believed Conlan should have won.

The judges’ decision in the Conlan-Nikitin fight was not the first at the Rio Games to draw scrutiny. On Monday, the crowd jeered when another Russian fighter, Evgeny Tishchenko, was awarded a unanimous decision over Vassiliy Levit of Kazakhstan, who appeared to have won the bout handily.

It was a mistake not banning them from the Games after Sochi.

[cloudbase]

1. Somewhere, Howard Cosell is smiling. n/t

[LisaL]

2. Maybe you should actually read the whole article?

Neither of the judges is from Russia. There is no proof of anything. Only baseless rumors.

[edhopper]

3. And they just happened to throw the fights for Russians

Russians, pure as the driven snow.
Nothing here, move along.

[muriel_volestrangler]

4. The suggestion is they were bribed

Michael Conlan
‏@mickconlan11
Hey Vlad @PutinRF_Eng

How much did they charge you bro?? @AIBA_Boxing #Rio2016 😘

https://twitter.com/mickconlan11/status/765587723457589248

I happened to watch the Conlan fight, and the British commentators were amazed at the decision. To my untutored eye, Conlan did look the winner, and if someone who doesn't watch boxing thinks that, it normally means they won easily.

Conlan's opponent actually had to pull out of his next fight, because Conlan had injured him quite badly in that fight. Nikitin still gets a bronze medal, though, because he qualified for the semi-final even if he didn't fight it (and in Olympic boxing, losing semi-finalists both get a bronze rather than having to fight another match for it).