No one seemed to care. They only showed one replay which wasn't 100% conclusive, but it did look like that to me at least. Don't see how else his ear could have started bleeding. The other guy immediately complained to the ref as well. Wasn't much by way of post match hand shakes either.
London 2012 Olympic Competition
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Sushil Kumar to face the Japanese in the 66kg final....talented fecker, the Japanese kid.
Yup it did look like that but he wouldn't be so stupid.
Sushil kumar would be the favourite right?
Hoping he didnt bit his ear. would be incredibly stupid. Great match though fighting from 0-3 down.
Indian media in London saying any protest from the Kazakh had to have happened during the match itself.
This is brilliant, Kumar in the finals. He's done well, hopefully we'll get a gold 
You train for years and then turn up so late that you are disqualified, unbelievable.
Silver for Sushil Kumar
Bugger. That was a bit of an anti climax. The Japanese didn't give him a sniff.
Fast and talented, the Jap kid.
Oh it's nearly over.
I've got boxing and modern pentathlon on separate screens right now, clinging on.
I've got boxing and modern pentathlon on separate screens right now, clinging on.
Joshua down 6-5 after a tentative beginning.
Should never have allowed himself to be forced into that corner like that.
Should never have allowed himself to be forced into that corner like that.
7-5 the second.....he needs a huge 3rd round now.
Down by three, he's going ot need something special here.
Come on Joshua!
Come on Joshua!
What's with all the flailing girly hooks from Johua in the first couple of rounds?
Cammarelle just has too much experience for him.
It's gonna be close.
Not a bad 3rd but Cammarelle hangs on IMO.
YES...won on count back...Gold for Joshua.
hmmmmm, slightly dodgy decision but we'll take that!
Wow, those italian coaches were going nuts celebrating after the bell. I didn't think he'd got it but that flurry at the end must have just dragged him through.
Bloody close, one more gold!
Now please, don't be another Audley.
Now please, don't be another Audley.
I don't really know a great deal of the technicalities of boxing, but I thought that was a dodgy decision. Still, bring on the gold!
I am not sure after watching some reply. He landed 3-4 head shots in one nomination near the end of the round.
I don't know how the count-back works - is it just the judges gut-feeling? Joshua finished stronger, so maybe that swung it. Anyway, he just nearly swore there
Its the number of total shots landed, including the body shots.
Russia only six golds behind... I suspect that's too much to jump in one day?
Can't believe its nearly all over
That's not how they explained it on RTE yesterday - they said that normally when they score boxing they take the three "middle" judges of the five, discarding the two judges with the more outlying scoring, and get the points from that. On countback, they include all the scores from judges that got ignored.
Why is Marc Gasol even on the floor to get his 4th foul in the second quarter?
When their two wrestles failed to achieve gold earlier today GB were confirmed in 3rd place.
I'm off to the modern pentathlon. It is currently the show-jumping and then the final mixed run/shoot discipline.
The refs are getting too petty, stop calling fouls FFS.
The refs making a lot of strange calls on both sides atm.
Moving screens: perfectly legal in FIBA.
Italians going to appeal,have to say this boxing competition did seem to favor the home side like it does in all host countries.
Wtf? The refs are totally loosing the plot here. Absolutely awful calls here. Who let those amateurs on the field?
Excellent half of basketball, Spain playing very well but I think America can step it up a bit more in the second half.
The foul calls are really ridiculous and I think it'll ruin the second half especially with Gasol 1 foul away from being ejected (why he was on the court to begin with was). FIBA refs in general have been retarded the entire tournament.
The foul calls are really ridiculous and I think it'll ruin the second half especially with Gasol 1 foul away from being ejected (why he was on the court to begin with was
). FIBA refs in general have been retarded the entire tournament.Handchecking is legal in FIBA yet there have been several calls of it already. I don't understand what the hell they're doing.
Italians appeal fails, and Joshua's Gold is confirmed. Don't really know why they were appealing because Joshua won it by three on count back, which is a big margin.