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“Boxers or briefs?” “This Will Knock Your Socks Off.” No, no. “Bra Trouble During Historic Olympic Match!” (Yeah, That’s It!)

“Boxers or briefs?” “This Will Knock Your Socks Off.” No, no. “Bra Trouble During Historic Olympic Match!” (Yeah, That’s It!)

After 200 years since the first documented match, women’s boxing has finally become an official Olympic sport. The debut match occurred on August 5, and in almost no time at all, we witnessed our first wardrobe malfunction. The match in question was between 3rd ranked Jinzi Li of China and Brazil’s Roseli Feitosa.

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What A Disgrace! Was This Olympic Boxing Match Fixed? Referee Expelled

What A Disgrace! Was This Olympic Boxing Match Fixed? Referee Expelled

In my career as a journalist, never have I seen such a debacle. The match in question was a bantamweight match, between Azerbaijan’s Magomed Abdulhamidovand Japan’s Satoshi Shimizu. On five occasions in one round, Shimizu knocked down Abdulhamidov, who also received a two-point penalty. The judges ended up awarding victory by judgment to his opponent, who was the one who spent more time on the canvas, and the referee didn’t stop the match as he would reasonably expected to during one of these downs, nor did he even start counting down a single knockdown. What exactly is going on with refereeing in the London Olympics? Read More