Barriga bows out of Olympics:
LONDON—Mark Barriga's brief run in the Olympic Games ended on the canvas on Saturday when he lost a heartbreaking 16-17 decision to Kazakhstan's Birzhan Zhakypov.
It was close, but it was the referee who decided the match when he penalized Barriga for headbutting midway through the decisive third round. Philippine officials decided to file a protest right after the match for biased officiating a bane that has hounded the boxing competition in the London Olympics.
Barriga was leading by two points going into the third round and he had outfought the Kazakh for two and half rounds when referee Roland Labbe of Canada imposed the penalty.
The Kazak...
Keep on reading: Barriga bows out of Olympics
LONDON—Mark Barriga's brief run in the Olympic Games ended on the canvas on Saturday when he lost a heartbreaking 16-17 decision to Kazakhstan's Birzhan Zhakypov.
It was close, but it was the referee who decided the match when he penalized Barriga for headbutting midway through the decisive third round. Philippine officials decided to file a protest right after the match for biased officiating a bane that has hounded the boxing competition in the London Olympics.
Barriga was leading by two points going into the third round and he had outfought the Kazakh for two and half rounds when referee Roland Labbe of Canada imposed the penalty.
The Kazak...
Keep on reading: Barriga bows out of Olympics
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