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RIO DE JANEIRO -- International Boxing Association President Ching-Kuo Wu attended all 16 days of the Olympic boxing tournament, and he believes Rio de Janeiro saw the best competition ever staged at the games.In a wide-ranging interview with The Associated Press on Sunday before the final gold-medal bouts, Wu discussed AIBAs decision to send home several referees and judges after a handful of controversial verdicts.He also criticized Irish world champion Michael Conlan, who profanely expressed his disappointment with a loss. The president saw nothing wrong with the decision in the heavyweight title fight, in which Russian winner Evgeny Tishchenko was booed for his victory over Kazakhstans Vassiliy Levit.Wu also spoke about his plans for the 2020 Tokyo Games, revealing AIBA will consider a move to five-round bouts using all five ringside judges scorecards. He expects more professional boxers to compete, and he confirmed his interest in removing head guards from womens boxers and vests from men.Here is APs discussion with Wu, with answers edited only for length.---AP: Several debatable judging decisions spurred a strong reaction from AIBA, which dismissed several referees and judges. How did AIBA choose this action?Wu: This is not the first time. In every major competition, we always assign the evaluators of the referees and judges to watch for fair play. If they find certain referees and judges not meeting expectations, or if some mistake is made, then immediately we interview them. We are always telling them, `OK, this is not correct, so tomorrow, you are suspended. No assignment. The (suspension usually) runs three days. This time, we sent them home. Our policy is zero tolerance. I want perfect. The best.AP: Have they been fired, or will they work for AIBA again?Wu: We will evaluate the whole management system of the referee-judges after the games. We have continuously made adjustments in the last 10 years, and we keep training and keep changing our rules. We want to make our rules perfect. Theres no way you can penetrate into the system and try to manipulate or cheat. So far, you can see that the majority of the competition went very well. Some people will accept it. Even some of the losing national federations, or even the ministers of sport sitting with me, will say, `Although we lost, I think its a very good judgment. So when you consider it, out of 273 bouts, one or two have the complaint. But we never, never hide anything. We immediately take action. That is our policy. If he is incompetent, we put him aside with a suspension. After that, you can come back.AP: In particular, the heavyweight gold medal fight has been widely criticized for the decision that favored Tishchenko over Levit. You were in the audience that night with IOC President Thomas Bach. What was your opinion of that bout?Wu: When we were sitting and watching, I felt in my mind, nothing wrong. Nothing wrong. But the next day, suddenly it becomes a very controversial issue. It was really surprising. Even Thomas Bach and I, we were sitting and watching, and I think we all clapped hands for the winner, because in our mind, sport is sport. Respecting the judges judgment is very important. If we always wanted to change (results), then why do we have the judges? They are all highly qualified through our process of examination. For me, theres nothing to see that is intentional. We have five judges, with three judges scores being taken randomly by computer, and the three scores that were selected and shown, I think, were fine. (But) because its causing so many people concern, we did ask the referee-judges commission chairman, the discipline chairman, the evaluator, all were asked to review the video and see if theres something really obviously (wrong). But after viewing this, they all agree it is correct. We can even open this video to the media, to the public, and let everybody see. So this is open, nothing to hide. I just want to emphasize it: This is a subjective judging sport.AP: The other decision that received the most widespread criticism was Irish world champion Michael Conlans loss to Russias Vladimir Nikitin. What was your opinion of that fight and Conlans scathing criticism of AIBA?Wu: (Tishchenko) never said anything. (Levit) never said anything. They all accept the result. But (Conlan), he immediately showed his finger to the referee-judges. The IOC says this is totally unacceptable. You cannot humiliate people. They are officials. He put himself in a difficult position, I can tell you. A lot of disciplinary action will follow. You should show proper behavior. If you are not happy about the result, you cannot humiliate in public our referee-judges. That has already drawn a lot of peoples attention who want to punish him, so we are going to have a disciplinary commission for the case. ... You can go through the right channel to say, `OK, may I have the chance to really review this bout? We do have the ability to review. This bout particularly, with his behavior that drew a lot of attention, we wanted to review whether its correct or not. ... Judges have no intentions. Why do (you think) they hate your country? The judges, why do they want it in favor of this (country) over the other one? Theres no reason. But since that happened, we want to totally review our system, how to improve in our mind. Maybe five judges will score all fights, and all scores will be open. No more computer selection. I proposed these changes to our referee-judge management. We look at five and select three by computer, only showing the three. Maybe in the future we should change it to all five judges all showing, nothing to hide. It will be transparent. We will continue to work to make it in a more perfect condition.AP: From athletes and coaches to media and fans, many people still claim to see evidence of corruption in Olympic boxing. Do you believe corruption still exists in AIBA?Wu: People accusing AIBA of corruption, please give me the evidence. I have no mercy to those (corrupt) people. I hate manipulation, corruption. You will see how severe punishment I punch to those people. Really! People say corruption. What corruption? I have no salary. I am absolutely a volunteer. Everybody knows Im only working for sport. I dont have an account, nothing. Even if people wanted to give me money, I have no account. I dont need money. I dont like it. Money can help you. Money can kill you if you dont handle it carefully. Thats why from the first day Im elected to the AIBA presidency, I said, `I dont need a salary. ... A lot of reform and changes happened because I hate corruption. I will immediately punish the people involved in corruption or taking money. Maybe (corruption) happened 10 years ago with the old administration, my predecessor (Anwar Chowdhry), but that is no more. During that time, I watched carefully, and thats why I already removed four vice presidents, now three secretary generals, six executive committee members. There is zero tolerance. You are a good friend, but when youve broken the rules, I dont know you. I will let you see what severe punishment Im going to give to those bad people.AP: Despite the negative publicity generated by a few heavily criticized decisions, does AIBA feel it is making progress on improvements to judging and refereeing?Wu: Every Olympics are very similar. Its a subjective judging sport. Everybody has different views. We always have many bad losers, and once they lose, theyre attacking without any reason, no evidence. This is a legal issue. We are bringing all the cases, because without any evidence, accusing an organization of corruption is a very serious allegation. We consult with lawyers. If you dont have evidence, why are you saying the organization is corrupted? One competition, maybe one misjudgment? How could you say this is corruption of the organization? We are 200 countries. AIBA does not belong to me. It belongs to everybody. They select me to be the head. They know I can bring them to a higher improvement of the sport.AP: You welcomed traditional professional boxers to the Olympics for the first time in Rio, although they had little success. What is boxings Olympic future?Wu: I think many professional boxers, to go to the Olympic Games is their dream. And since we opened the door now, everybody wants to go. In amateur boxing, there is a lot of training, a lot of competition experience. There is a perception that professional means stronger, amateur means you are weaker. Putting them together is dangerous. But I think the facts show it is dangerous the other way. AIBA is looking at a series of changes for 2020. Three rounds, we all feel, is too short. Maybe we will extend it for five rounds. It will immediately change the tactics. I can already give you a hint that that is in the reforms. We will have much new thinking. Five rounds, three minutes, five scores all showing from the judges. Maybe we will take the (mens) vests off. So that would really make 2020 a very exciting Olympic Games. I think many professionals will want to come.AP: How do you evaluate AIBAs decision to remove head guards from the men for the first time in 36 years? Do you anticipate removing headgear from womens boxers soon?Wu: We removed the headgear from the men (for Rio), and I just checked with our medical commission. Only one concussion, very minor. He immediately stood up and continued. I think youre seeing why fighting without head guards is safer, because boxers are changing their tactics. The head is up. No more bending down to receive the punch. ... Our women, they watch the men, and then they all come to me and say, President, please remove our head guard. I said, OK, we will have a process. I want to start to have some experimental womens competition without head guards. Based on that, we collect data on injuries and (see whether) its absolutely safe. In 2020 in Tokyo, I want to increase to five categories of women without head guards. More professionals will come. Five rounds, five scores. You can see all of those changes.Yeezy Boost 350 v2 Steeple Grey/Solar Orange . The Vikings announced Thursday that Priefer will be one of seven holdovers from the previous staff, along with offensive line coach Jeff Davidson, wide receivers coach George Stewart and others. 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The Real Madrid forward has scored 66 goals in 2013, but the last three may be the boost he needs to upstage Messi after FIFA unexpectedly extended the voting period for the Ballon dOr to Nov. Fake Yeezy 350 v2 White . The Montreal Canadiens announced on Friday that the veteran forward will return to the teams line-up on Saturday night when the Habs visit the Nashville Predators.Pakistan began Test cricket in stunning fashion. When they lost their first ever series, against India in 1952, it was by a respectable margin of 2-1. When they toured England in 1954, they managed a 1-1 draw. There can be arguments about whether the England selectors chose the strongest possible XI for all Tests that season, but nonetheless it appeared clear that Pakistan would be a legitimate force to reckon with on the world stage.However, this initial promise did not lead to a series victory over England - in the following ten series, both home and away over nearly three decades, there were six series wins for England and four drawn ones. While Pakistan had been allocated a full five-match series by England in 1962, the substantial margin of victory by England (4-0) meant that subsequent series between the two teams were reduced to three matches each.Pakistan had managed to develop a few world-class performers like Hanif Mohammad and Fazal Mahmood, but they struggled to build a side with sufficient depth to consistently beat the top Test nations. By the 1980s, this was starting to change. A close 2-1 loss in England in 1982 was followed by a 1-0 victory at home in 1984, and within a few years there was a genuine belief that Pakistan were the side most likely to challenge the West Indies teams of that era. This was reflected in the 1986 series against West Indies in Pakistan that ended in a thrilling 1-1 draw. This improvement was recognised by England, and Pakistan were invited for a five-Test series for the first time in 25 years.Pakistan were led by Imran Khan. He was 34, and considered by many commentators to be in the twilight of his brilliant career. He had first been named captain in 1982, but serious injury issues associated with shin splints meant that he hadnt remained captain continuously from that point. Javed Miandad led the team for six Tests in 1985, before Imran returned as captain to lead his side to a 1-0 series win in India in early 1987. The side arrived in England that summer quietly confident of causing an upset. In addition to the considerable all-round skills of Imran and batting genius of Miandad, Pakistan also had a strong support cast that blended both youth and experience, including a young Wasim Akram and spinners Abdul Qadir and Tauseef Ahmed. The batting line-up also looked less shaky than in previous times, with a top order including Ramiz Raja, Shoaib Mohammad, Mudassar Nazar, Mansoor Akhtar and Saleem Malik.However, Pakistan were not at full strength for the first Test at Old Trafford. Imran led the team, but he had strained a stomach muscle just before the game and played purely as a batsman. Qadir was still in Pakistan with his wife, who was battling illness, and Miandad was short of match practice as he had joined the touring party late due to the birth of his son. As it happened, these disruptions did not influence the final result as poor weather meant that less than 15 hours play was possible across the five days.England batted first after Imran won the toss, and compiled 447, highlighted by a patient 166 from opener Tim Robinson. Playing in his 16th Test (he had turned 21 the day before the Test started), Akram took 4 for 111. Pakistan responded with a slightly shaky 140 for 5 before persistent rain forced a draw.The second Test at Lords, a bit over a week later, was also affected by rain, and England were the only side to bat. They made 368; Bill Athey rewarded the selectors faith in him after a lean period by making 123. However, the rain interruptions meant that England did not finish their innings until the end of day three, and with bad weather persisting on day four, Pakistan didnt even get a chance to bat. There were some positives for them, though, ,with both Imran and Qadir - who had now joined the tour - getting an opportunity for a good bowling workout.The rain made it hard to accurately assess the two teams. The third Test at Headingley, provided significant clarity. After opting to bat, England were bundled out for just 136 in 60.4 overs. Imran (3 for 37) and Akram (3 for 36) led the early carnage, but they were well supported by their third seamer, Mohsin Kamal, who finished off the innings with 3 for 22.dddddddddddd In reply, Pakistan were in similar trouble at 86 for 4 when Miandad fell for a duck, but Malik rescued them with 99, and he was supported by the lower order. Akram smashed four sixes in a brisk 43 which helped Pakistan to 353, giving them a lead of over 200.Imran then claimed both openers before ten runs were on the board. He finished with 7 for 40, giving him both ten wickets for the match and the landmark of 300 Test wickets. Pakistan won by an innings and 18 runs.A placid pitch and more poor weather dominated the first four days of the fourth Test at Edgbaston, and while the match ended in a draw, the final day was highlighted by an unexpected late push for victory by England. Pakistan had been sent in to bat and Mudassar, who had been promoted to open the batting following a shoulder injury to Rameez, ground out a defiant 124. Miandad showed signs of form in making 75, while wicketkeeper Saleem Yousuf took advantage of being dropped by Ian Botham on 4 in making an unbeaten 91. Graham Dilley, who had been recalled, took 5 for 92. Pakistans total of 439 appeared a strong one, but the match was headed for a boring draw when England replied with 521, based on Mike Gattings 124. Imran again bowled magnificently, taking 6 for 129 off 41.5 overs. The combination of an unresponsive pitch and rain meant that Pakistan had only progressed to 74 for 1 at lunch on the final day. However, an inspired spell of bowling by Neil Foster, in which he took three quick wickets after lunch, tore the game open. Perhaps unsurprisingly, it was Imran who led Pakistans resistance. He batted for over two hours in making a dogged 37, but when Foster returned to dismiss him, Pakistan quickly collapsed to 205. England had a target of 124 in 18 overs; while this would be considered quite achievable in the modern era, back then it was considered unlikely. England made a strong charge, but frequent wickets left them at 109 for 7 and 15 runs short of victory when stumps were called.England entered the final Test, at The Oval, needing a victory to draw the series. Unfortunately for the home team, Imran won the toss on a good track for batting, and the visitors promptly took full advantage. Miandad was imperious in making a dominant 260, but he was also well supported by centuries by Malik (102) and Imran (118) and Pakistan made their then highest Test total of 708. Englands chances of pushing for the series-tying victory had effectively ended, and ultimately they did well to hang on for a draw. They made just 232 in their first innings, with Qadirs mesmerising legspin finally getting an opportunity to shine. He took 7 for 96 off 44.4 overs, which represented nearly 45% of the total overs bowled by Pakistan in the innings. Forced to follow-on, England were again in trouble at 4 for 139 but a fine unbeaten partnership between Gatting (150) and Botham (51) saw the home team through to stumps on day five. In spite of this rearguard action by England, Pakistan still claimed a very meritorious series victory for the first time in England.The following few years would reinforce this teams claim to being perhaps Pakistans greatest ever. They went undefeated in Test series from early 1985 until an away loss in Australia in 1990, and boasted series wins over England, India and Australia, as well as two very hard-fought drawn series home and away against West Indies. While the 1987 World Cup campaign ended in the semi-finals, Imran continued both playing and leading Pakistan and ultimately celebrated by raising the 1992 World Cup.The 1987 England series was not without some controversy, with various accusations of cheating, bad sportsmanship and complaints over umpiring, but these issues are ultimately less important now than the recognition that this series confirmed Pakistans place as a genuine world-class Test cricketing nation. ' ' '