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Shimizu decision overturned
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Saw Buncey mention this on Twitter, didn't watch the fight, but if it was as bad as it sounds then well done whoever made this decision.
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Satoshi Shimizu (Jap who got robbed yesterday) wins appeal!! advances to Quarter-Finals!
Over at the scene, fucking great news!!
A strange day of Olympic officiating was met with a bit of justice in the end.
Satoshi Shimizu of Japan will now advance to the bantamweight quarterfinals thanks to a ruling from the AIBA overturning the official decision in his bout with Magomed Abdulhamidov of Azerbaijain.
A statement from the AIBA reads as follows:
"After reviewing the video of Bout #105 involving Bantamweights Satoshi Shimizu (Japan) and Magomed Abdulhamidov (Azerbaijan), the Competition Jury made the following decision:
- The boxer from Azerbaijan fell down six (6) times during the 3rd round. According to our rules, the Referee should have counted at least three (3) times. In this case, following the AIBA Technical & Competition Rules, the decision should have been RSC (Referee Stop Contest);
- Therefore the protest lodged by the Japanese corner is accepted and the result of this bout overturned.
AIBA officials will consider on Thursday morning whether to sanction the referee of this bout."
Their Round of 16 bout was one of the most bizarre in Olympic history, one which saw Shimizu attempt to rally from two knockdowns and a seven point deficit heading into the final round. The Japanese southpaw tried his hardest to pull a rabbit out of hat, repeatedly drilling Abdulhamidov to the point of having him out on his feet at several moments.
Abdulhamidov sensed he was in deep trouble and suddenly began searching for ways to kill the clock. Frequent flops to the canvas followed, as well as requests to adjust headgear that never actually moved. Referee Ishanguly Meretnyyazov decided for whatever reason to waive off the majority of the flops, save for one occasion where he finally issued a two-point warning.
More concerning was the three knockdowns that went unrecognized. Shimizu - who never took a backward step the entire night even after being floored twice himself - repeatedly scored with straight lefts that had Abdulhamidov in all sorts of trouble. The AIBA rightfully recognized that the referee blew the calls, which if properly enforced would have resulted in a stoppage win for Shimizu.
The overturning of the final verdict allows Shimizu to move within one fight of the medal round. He will face Mohamed Ouadahi of Algeria in the final bantamweight bout on Sunday, August 5.
:clap: War Jap! :ibutt:ibutt:ibutt
Over at the scene, fucking great news!!
A strange day of Olympic officiating was met with a bit of justice in the end.
Satoshi Shimizu of Japan will now advance to the bantamweight quarterfinals thanks to a ruling from the AIBA overturning the official decision in his bout with Magomed Abdulhamidov of Azerbaijain.
A statement from the AIBA reads as follows:
"After reviewing the video of Bout #105 involving Bantamweights Satoshi Shimizu (Japan) and Magomed Abdulhamidov (Azerbaijan), the Competition Jury made the following decision:
- The boxer from Azerbaijan fell down six (6) times during the 3rd round. According to our rules, the Referee should have counted at least three (3) times. In this case, following the AIBA Technical & Competition Rules, the decision should have been RSC (Referee Stop Contest);
- Therefore the protest lodged by the Japanese corner is accepted and the result of this bout overturned.
AIBA officials will consider on Thursday morning whether to sanction the referee of this bout."
Their Round of 16 bout was one of the most bizarre in Olympic history, one which saw Shimizu attempt to rally from two knockdowns and a seven point deficit heading into the final round. The Japanese southpaw tried his hardest to pull a rabbit out of hat, repeatedly drilling Abdulhamidov to the point of having him out on his feet at several moments.
Abdulhamidov sensed he was in deep trouble and suddenly began searching for ways to kill the clock. Frequent flops to the canvas followed, as well as requests to adjust headgear that never actually moved. Referee Ishanguly Meretnyyazov decided for whatever reason to waive off the majority of the flops, save for one occasion where he finally issued a two-point warning.
More concerning was the three knockdowns that went unrecognized. Shimizu - who never took a backward step the entire night even after being floored twice himself - repeatedly scored with straight lefts that had Abdulhamidov in all sorts of trouble. The AIBA rightfully recognized that the referee blew the calls, which if properly enforced would have resulted in a stoppage win for Shimizu.
The overturning of the final verdict allows Shimizu to move within one fight of the medal round. He will face Mohamed Ouadahi of Algeria in the final bantamweight bout on Sunday, August 5.
:clap: War Jap! :ibutt:ibutt:ibutt
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I was just coming on here to post this. Excellent news. Here's the sky sports article:
Japan have successfully appealed against boxer Satoshi Shimizu's controversial Olympic Games defeat to Magomed Abdulhamidov at ExCeL.
Shimizu was trailing 12-5 going into the final round but then hurt Azeri Abdulhamidov with a body shot and proceeded to floor him five rounds, during which time Abdulhamidov also received a two-point penalty.
The judges contrived to score the final round equal at 10-10, which, with the addition of two points to Shimizu's score, gave the Azeri - who had to be helped out the ring on unsteady legs - a 22-17 victory.
An International Boxing Association (AIBA) investigation is now underway to find out how the judges came to their original decision, with action against the referee, Ishanguly Meretnyyazov of Turkmenistan, a possibility.
AIBA said the result had been overturned with Shimizu now declared the winner, and he goes forward to the quarter-finals.
An AIBA statement released in the early hours read: "After reviewing the video of bout #105 involving bantamweights Satoshi Shimizu (Japan) and Magomed Abdulhamidov (Azerbaijan), the competition jury made the following decision:
"The boxer from Azerbaijan fell down six times during the third round. According to our rules, the referee should have counted at least three times.
"In this case, following the AIBA technical & competition rules, the decision should have been RSC (referee stop contest).
"Therefore the protest lodged by the Japanese corner is accepted and the result of this bout overturned.
"AIBA officials will consider on Thursday morning whether to sanction the referee of this bout."
Britain's former world heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis: "I'm concerned about the judging. You never who is going to win until the end of fight."
Japan have successfully appealed against boxer Satoshi Shimizu's controversial Olympic Games defeat to Magomed Abdulhamidov at ExCeL.
Shimizu was trailing 12-5 going into the final round but then hurt Azeri Abdulhamidov with a body shot and proceeded to floor him five rounds, during which time Abdulhamidov also received a two-point penalty.
The judges contrived to score the final round equal at 10-10, which, with the addition of two points to Shimizu's score, gave the Azeri - who had to be helped out the ring on unsteady legs - a 22-17 victory.
An International Boxing Association (AIBA) investigation is now underway to find out how the judges came to their original decision, with action against the referee, Ishanguly Meretnyyazov of Turkmenistan, a possibility.
AIBA said the result had been overturned with Shimizu now declared the winner, and he goes forward to the quarter-finals.
An AIBA statement released in the early hours read: "After reviewing the video of bout #105 involving bantamweights Satoshi Shimizu (Japan) and Magomed Abdulhamidov (Azerbaijan), the competition jury made the following decision:
"The boxer from Azerbaijan fell down six times during the third round. According to our rules, the referee should have counted at least three times.
"In this case, following the AIBA technical & competition rules, the decision should have been RSC (referee stop contest).
"Therefore the protest lodged by the Japanese corner is accepted and the result of this bout overturned.
"AIBA officials will consider on Thursday morning whether to sanction the referee of this bout."
Britain's former world heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis: "I'm concerned about the judging. You never who is going to win until the end of fight."
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Oh yeah forgot about Dogboe, I can't remember it all that well but that one wasn't really that bad a decision was it?
it wasn't as bad as the crazy ones yesterday bit Dogboe was still clear imo
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Great avatar mate :lol:
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Had to happen, haha. He is the definition of WAR.
I was a fan from day one, chanting broken Japanese in the arena. :deal
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I'd read about that fight, just watched it now.
Shimizu was wide open, with his chin up and his hands nowhere near his face, and he was getting a beating from Abdulhamidov throughout until the last 90 seconds of the bout.
The Japanese was down in the first, got a count in the second and looked certain to lose. But then the Kazakh seemed to get hurt by a bodyshot and started holding on for dear life. Abdulhamidov slipped to the floor a couple of times, which didn't save him as Shimizu kept applying the pressure and landed hard shots to the head.
At forty-five seconds from the finish, it was obvious that the Kazakh was out on his feet. The referee didn't intervene, however, and Abdulhamidov was knocked down three times. Each of the KD's were somehow ruled slips, and Abdulhamidov made it to the finish line to be awarded the decision.
The judges didn't mess up, it was the ref who refused to call obvious knockdowns. He will reportedly be investigated.
It was clear as day at least 3 of the Kazakh's slips were really knockdowns, and he was out of it for most of the last minute, which normally would lead to an RSC.
This wasn't a matter of interpretation, so it wasn't too hard for the AIBA to intervene and the alternative to the official result was obvious.
Other "controversial", or in other words, plain wrong decisions won't get this treatment, as scoring may be open to interpretation and biased refereeing generally poisons the bout in a way that could only be undone by doing the whole fight over. Which wouldn't be fair on the contestants either.
Still, three cheers on the AIBA for this one.
Shimizu was wide open, with his chin up and his hands nowhere near his face, and he was getting a beating from Abdulhamidov throughout until the last 90 seconds of the bout.
The Japanese was down in the first, got a count in the second and looked certain to lose. But then the Kazakh seemed to get hurt by a bodyshot and started holding on for dear life. Abdulhamidov slipped to the floor a couple of times, which didn't save him as Shimizu kept applying the pressure and landed hard shots to the head.
At forty-five seconds from the finish, it was obvious that the Kazakh was out on his feet. The referee didn't intervene, however, and Abdulhamidov was knocked down three times. Each of the KD's were somehow ruled slips, and Abdulhamidov made it to the finish line to be awarded the decision.
The judges didn't mess up, it was the ref who refused to call obvious knockdowns. He will reportedly be investigated.
It was clear as day at least 3 of the Kazakh's slips were really knockdowns, and he was out of it for most of the last minute, which normally would lead to an RSC.
This wasn't a matter of interpretation, so it wasn't too hard for the AIBA to intervene and the alternative to the official result was obvious.
Other "controversial", or in other words, plain wrong decisions won't get this treatment, as scoring may be open to interpretation and biased refereeing generally poisons the bout in a way that could only be undone by doing the whole fight over. Which wouldn't be fair on the contestants either.
Still, three cheers on the AIBA for this one.
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