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Message: <blockquote data-quote="lunkerslayer" data-source="post: 116000" data-attributes="member: 217">Irish boxer robbed against Russian, tweets Vladimir Putin: 'How much they charge youThere have been far worse robberies in Olympic boxing over the years than what Irish bantamweight Michael Conlan experienced on Tuesday in his quarterfinal loss to Russia’s Vladimir Nikitin.Roy Jones Jr. and Floyd Mayweather Jr., two of the sport’s legends, each were denied gold medals by dubious calls from clueless judges.Nobody, however, had a better reaction than Conlan, a 24-year-old who was born in Belfast.In the ring after Nikitin’s decision was read to the crowd, Conlan raised his arms up in a double middle finger salute to let the judges know what he thought of them.Then, he went on television and, in a rant filled with curses, accused the International Boxing Association (AIBA) of corruption and said he was through competing in its events.But the coup de grace came when the 2012 Olympic bronze medalist sent a tweet to Russian President Vladimir Putin.“How much did they charge you bro??” an irate Conlan tweeted directly to PutinNikitin will face American Shakur Stevenson in the semifinals, but Stevenson said he thought Conlan won the fight.So did U.S. coach Billy Walsh and associate coach Kay Koroma. Walsh was extremely unhappy about a Monday decision that went against U.S. lightweight Mikaela Mayer in her quarterfinal bout with Russia’s Anastasia Beliakova.All of those verdicts – Beliakova over Mayer; Tischenko over Levit and Nikitin over Conlan – favored Russian boxers.Incompetence? Corruption? Whenever things continually favor the Russians, eyebrows will be raised.And Conlan raised more than a few eyebrows with his gold-medal worthy rant on Tuesday.Looks like the Russians are getting to some help!!!</blockquote>

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