Pros round on Rio judges

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The judging of Olympic boxing in Rio has come under fire in the wake of Evgeny Tishchenko’s heavyweight gold medal.

Russia’s Tishchenko was awarded the decision over Kazakhstan’s Vassiliy Levit in the 91kg final – but after widespread shock at the judging of the bout, the following medal ceremony produced the bizarre scenes of an Olympic champion being booed.

Some of the refereeing as well as the judging has already come under scrutiny, but it was the scoring of Tishchenko versus Levit that inspired some of the sport’s big professional names to take to Twitter and voice their concerns.

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