After the boxing final in the 1988 Seoul Olympic Games, in which American Roy Jones Jr. dominated South Korean fighter Park Si-Hun with 86 punches to Park's 32, the judges awarded the victory to Park. This was a huge upset for Roy Jones Jr. and all Americans because it was clearly Roy Jones' win, but the judges and referees did not agree. Finally, in 1997, an International Olympic Committee investigation determined that South Korean officials had wined and dined the three judges, all of whom were suspended. Park Si-Hun still remains the winner of that fight when he knows he was not the true winner. It seems like Park had full knowledge on this scandal because his reaction to winning the fight was not surprising to him at all.
A scandal like this should not be in a worldwide/ popular event like the Olympics because its an event to show who the best athletes in the world are, not for the simple fact of winning for national pride. The boxing scoring system was changed after this incident because they could not afford more scandals like this because it simply isnt fair.
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