Chinese boxer, judges, referee all beat Kaew for gold

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Chinese boxer, judges, referee all beat Kaew for gold

Published: 12 Aug 2012 at 03.08
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LONDON : The crowd booed and international announcers openly criticised yet another unjust boxing decision that prevented Kaew Pongprayoon from winning a gold medal Sunday morning.

Chinese light flyweight Zou Shiming takes down Kaew Pongprayoon, one of the most egregious fouls by Zou, who was awarded the decision and gold medal. (Reuters photo)

The crowd, foreign commentators and millions around the world saw Kaew defeat Zou Shiming of China for the gold medal in the light flyweight division.

But five judges and referee Yasar Cinar of Turkey saw Zou edge Kaew by one point in each of the rounds, and emerge with victory and gold.

Kaew, gracious as always, accepted the silver. It was a consolation prize, the only medal by Thai boxers at the London Games.

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jacksprat
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Discussion 47 : 12 Aug 2012 at 16.2347
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Unless something is wrong with my eyesight, Kaew landed more than just 8 punches!
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Discussion 46 : 12 Aug 2012 at 16.0546
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Sorry D 16 and 17 but in the UK it's well known that bookmakers bribe people to throw matches. In recent times cricketers, snooker players and footballers have been found guilty of match fixing. I am putting my money on them fixing the outcome of this fight and others at the Olympics. When the referee deducted a point from both fighters in the final round for the same offence the light came up for me. As people may know in the UK you can bet on about everything and a bet that the referee will deduct a point from both boxers in the final round for the same offence would be 100 to 1 and if you bet on a specific time in the round it could go to 1000 to 1.
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Discussion 45 : 12 Aug 2012 at 13.5345
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It is evident to me that the majority of the inviduals responding to this article have no knowdlege about amateur or Olympic boxing rule score keeping.
In amateur boxing it does not matter what color of shirt, your home country , your name, the number of TV viewers at home or how busy you are in the ring, the only thing that matters are the total number of scoring blows that count over three rounds.
Below is the summary of the score. The Thai fighter just scored one, and is one (1) blow in the first round, thee (3)in the second and four in the third round.
The Chinese boxer scored higher.
Bout Summary
Corner Round 1 Round 2 Round 3
Points W Total Points W Total Points W Total
RED 2 2 2 2 S 4 4 5 4 S 5 4 5 1 7 S China

BLUE 1 1 1 1 S 3 3 4 3 M 5 4 4 1 6
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Discussion 44 : 12 Aug 2012 at 13.4944
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There are some very weird and uniformed opinions on this Forum. Crass comments such as, "there are some winners and some losers, just accept the silver. Or, "because of corruption in Thailand athletes are denied, which doesn't happen in UK" What rubbish - like our Politicians are lilly white? Those who advocate he just accepts the results clearly have never competed in high level sports, pushing your body to the limits, day after day, after day and denying yourself family and social life for the sake of reaching your physical peak to represent your Country. Arm-chair critics are ten a penny, but people like Kaew are a shinning example to his Nation, particularly the next generation. I watched the fight and have no doubt he won convincingly - blind man Pugh could have done better. I was disgusted at both the result and more so that his Coach did not lodge an appeal within the stipulated time - what a let down!
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Discussion 43 : 12 Aug 2012 at 13.1543
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Be democrat, respect the rule of the law...
Kaew got "silver", and then ? Be happy, congratule the sportman and stop this partisan/patriot/chauvinism !!!!
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Discussion 42 : 12 Aug 2012 at 12.5342
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Kaew is definitely a fine boxer. I thought he displayed this more so against the Russian. The Chinese boxer kept trying to pick him up and throw him to the mat and was penalized. With only 6 seconds left the referee decided to penalize Kaew for the same. This is when Kaew got screwed. No way did he deserve the penalty. This tainted the fight and score. See the replay and decide for yourself. Scroll down 6 squares on the left to watch. http://www.youtube.com/olympic
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Discussion 41 : 12 Aug 2012 at 12.3241
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I totally agree the fight was won by Kaew. Hold your head high Brother. You were robbed.
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Discussion 40 : 12 Aug 2012 at 12.1240
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A pity the Thai team didn't appeal the decision within the time allowed, but having said that, the judges should not have got it wrong in the first place and it is unlikely the Chinese fighter will enhance his reputation by securing gold in the way he did.
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Discussion 39 : 12 Aug 2012 at 12.0239
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"The referee and amateur boxing judges conspired to give Kaew Pongprayoon's gold medal to a Chinese boxer whose reputation and ring tactics often seemed more like brawling than Olympics boxing." So says the caption under the home page photo.

That's a very serious allegation to make, and to voice it so boldly with no evidence given to substantiate this supposed "conspiracy" makes an equally bold statement about this news site.
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Discussion 38 : 12 Aug 2012 at 12.0038
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PVH D31: What are you talking about? My comment is not about the rights and wrongs of judging (who are you to judge the judges anyway?)

My comment was about how people not achieving the best results are treated as people who have been cheated out of what is rightfully theirs. Much the same as a few Thais suggest Prea Vihar was something they were cheated out of. You win some. You lose some. But you cannot always claim every victory was fully deserved and every loss the result of someone cheating Thais.

Having said that, up until not so long ago the olympics were meant for amateurs only. Now money has come into play and what do you expect when that happens? Do you think the promise of 50 million baht helped Kaew or made him less concentrated?

Should the sport be played for the sake of the sport, or the money? IMO 50 million baht would be better spent on developing sports facilities for many youngsters from poorer areas. Half of that would keep a lot of kids off the streets. Elitism needs to be reconsidered.
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