By Jake Donovan - An appeal filed by the Ukraine Olympic boxing team on behalf of top-seeded middleweight Ievgen Khytro was denied, the AIBA announced Thursday evening.
The scoring in Khytro’s controversial loss to Great Britain’s Anthony Ogogo was questioned after the hosting nation’s fighter was the recipient of a double-countback win in Round of 16 competition. The two fought to an 18-18 tie in a bout featuring greater ebb-and-flow than any other on the day. A countback was ordered, in which the announced score was even at 52-52.
A final tiebreaker came down to who each individual judge had winning the fight. Each member of the five-person panel was required to press either the “red” or “blue” button, to vote for the winning corner. Three of the five voted in favor of “blue,” which advanced Ogogo to the quarterfinals. [Click Here To Read More]
The scoring in Khytro’s controversial loss to Great Britain’s Anthony Ogogo was questioned after the hosting nation’s fighter was the recipient of a double-countback win in Round of 16 competition. The two fought to an 18-18 tie in a bout featuring greater ebb-and-flow than any other on the day. A countback was ordered, in which the announced score was even at 52-52.
A final tiebreaker came down to who each individual judge had winning the fight. Each member of the five-person panel was required to press either the “red” or “blue” button, to vote for the winning corner. Three of the five voted in favor of “blue,” which advanced Ogogo to the quarterfinals. [Click Here To Read More]
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