US coach slams 'worst judging I've seen since Seoul'

US boxing coach Billy Walsh said on Wednesday the standard of judging at these Olympics is the worst he's seen since the notorious Roy Jones Jr. scandal in 1988.

Amateur boxing's world governing body, AIBA, said it had dropped an undisclosed number of officials after at least two highly controversial judging decisions in as many days put Rio's ring in the spotlight. Walsh watched US lightweight Mikaela Mayer lose on points to a Russian in front of a mostly anti-US crowd on Monday, a decision he branded "crazy."

A few hours later, a Russian heavyweight was judged to have won the gold medal showdown against a Kazakh when most in the crowd thought otherwise. And on Tuesday, an Irish world champion lost to a third Russian boxer.