Originally Posted by lazycash

The referee who allowed the Azerbaijan boxer to continue fighting after he got knocked down 6 times by the Japanese fighter and then awarded the decision to the AZR fighter, it was unreal.

The Azerbaijan fighter was ahead on points at the end of the second round. But in the third and final round he went to the canvas six times. If he went down as the result of punches he should have been given two eight-counts and after the third knockdown the fight should have been stopped. If he flopped onto the canvas to avoid fighting, he should have been cautioned and then disqualified.

But the referee, from Turkmenistan, ignored the knockdowns/fall-downs and repeatedly stopped the clock to give the Azerbaijani time to get up and readjust his head gear.

The five ringside judges apparently were equally blind to what transpired in the ring, and they awarded the Azerbaijani the decision.

I've never bought into any of the "boxing is fixed" bs I hear all the time, however after reading the excerpt below, I now believe the ref and judges in this match most likely received payoffs to make sure the AZR fighter advanced. The decision probably would have stood, but it was so ridiculously bad they were forced to overturn it.

"Adding intrigue to the outrage in the ring was the fact that almost a year ago, in September 2011, British Broadcasting Corp. News did an investigative story in which it was revealed that an Azerbaijan national had offered AIBA $9 million to guarantee that two Azerbaijan boxers would win gold medals at the London games. AIBA confirmed that a donation was made to one of the competitions under its umbrella, World Series Boxing, but that the gift would not influence judging at the London games.

The outrageous decision in the match between the Azerbaijani and Japanese fighters was almost immediately reversed by AIBA and the ring referee was fired and sent home. Apparently no action was taken against the ringside judges. "