History Channel Expose on Roy Jones Olympic Controversy

[p4pking]

I've seen the actual fight many times on youtube, but have always wondered exactly what was made of it in those times, what kind of headlines it made etc. It is an absolute disgrace of the highest order, robbery isn't a strong enough word to describe what happened over there. Good vid thanks for posting.

[holmcall]

I lived in South Korea (Itewong Dong in Seoul) during that time and actually saw the fight (as well as many other sports ativities). It was unreal. The other guy, Park, apologized to Roy after the fight. Everyone in the arena knew what was going on. The judges were rotten to the core and were suspended afterwards, but right there and then, the crowd reaction was mixed as if they were in shock but still happy. I believe Jones received the award for being the best fighter of the tournamemnt. He beat the crap out of Park. The entire matter was a disgrace and I believ contributed to Roy's later reluctance to fight outside the U.S.

[holmcall]

Park Si-Hun should have lost the fight before the Jones one. A guy from Italy beat the crap out him and also got stiffed. The guy went beserk

[Youngblood]

tnx for posting this wesrman.

So what is the back story. Was the US's judging the previous olympics as bad as the Koreans suggested? 36/37 decisions in fav or for the US? Not that 2 wrongs make a right, but it would certainly explain it some if they were on the short end of coming in.

[awdleyfuturehalloffamer]

was it fair judging or not. maybe they deserved 36 out of 37 bouts.

[Gandalf]

It was an awful decision and one of the worst you could ever expect to see. Interesting posts there too holmcall. You can't really blame Jones Jr for not wanting to travel after that debacle. He truly was robbed. Corruption and Korea. Unfortunately those words go together too easily. Even as far as the Olympics.

[Chino]

Aren't most desicions in Asia a bit shady?

I wish Roy Jones faced this Korean guy and beat him in round 1 in the pros just like he avenged his first DQ Loss vs Montell Griffin.