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GB/Irish boxers’ bet violations
- Updated: September 28, 2016
GB and Irish Olympic boxers including Michael Conlan have been “severely reprimanded” for betting violations, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has confirmed.
Ireland Olympic boxers Michael Conlan and Steven Donnelly, and Great Britain boxer Anthony Fowler have been “severely reprimanded” for betting violations on fights within their own respective weight divisions, the IOC has confirmed.
Donnelly fought in the men’s welterweight division at Rio 2016 and was found to have bet on his own last-16 opponent Tuvshinbat Byamba of Mongolia among several that he had placed in an accumulator.
The 28-year-old from Ballymena ultimately won his fight despite betting on his opponent to win.
Within the IOC’s inquest, Donnelly had claimed “he had bet without intending to cheat by losing his match to win his bets, rather, winning the bets would be some compensation in the event he lost his match”.
Conlan was controversially eliminated in Rio after his quarter-final bantamweight bout with Russia’s Vladimir Nikitin.
The world, European and Commonwealth champion has since turned professional but, like Donnelly, was …
