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2016 Olympic Boxing Investigation Reveals 7-10 Suspicious Matches, Bout Manipulation

Investigators flagged seven to 10 boxing matches at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro that may have been subject to bout manipulation, according to the Guardian's Sean Ingle.

"It is understood that one of those fights involves the Irish boxer Michael Conlan, who lost on a hugely controversial split decision to Russia’s Vladimir Nikitin in the quarter-finals of the bantamweight division in Rio de Janeiro," Ingle reported.

In June, the International Boxing Association (AIBA) commissioned Richard McLaren to oversee an investigation into any possible match-fixing at the 2016 Summer Games.