Ahead of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, Nigeria has called for an urgent review of boxing officiating standards to sustain the credibility of the global sporting fiesta.
The minister of Youth and Sports Development, Solomon Dalung, who made the call during a meeting with Tokyo 2020 organisers in Tokyo, on Monday, lodged a strong protest against officiating standards particularly in boxing, which he noted is yet to conform to the standard in other Olympic Combat sports.
Dalung, who led a high powered delegation including the President of the Nigeria Olympic Committee, (NOC), Habu Gumel and other NOC technical officials, warned of the risk to the credibility of the whole Olympics if member countries perceive that there’s no level playing field in certain sports because of subjective officiating standards.
“While other combat sports like taekwondo, karate, wrestling and judo have digitalised their scoring system with scoreboards showing real time scores, boxing is still maintaining a…
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