Independent Investigation Reveals Boxing Officials Manipulated Results at Trials and at Rio 2016 Olympic Games
LAUSANNE, Switzerland, Sept. 30, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- In the Stage One Report of the Independent International Boxing Investigation, Professor Richard McLaren, O.C.
- LAUSANNE, Switzerland, Sept. 30, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- In the Stage One Report of the Independent International Boxing Investigation, Professor Richard McLaren, O.C.
- confirms that senior boxing officials set up an informal structure to support themanipulation and corruptionof bouts in the qualifying year prior to the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio and at the Olympic Games themselves.
- "Our investigation reveals that a shadow structure was woven into the formal structure of the International Boxing Association," said Professor McLaren.
- "The qualifying competitions leading to participation in Rio in 2016 were the practise grounds for the corruption and manipulation of bouts at Rio," said Professor McLaren.