TEAM GB have suffered another controversial boxing defeat as fans lash out at the “embarrassing” result.
Already, super-heavyweight Delicious Orie, welterweight Rosie Eccles and bantamweight Charley Davidson have fallen victim to heavily disputed decisions.
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GB’s hopes rested on Louise Richardson and Chantelle Read after four of the six British players were eliminated.
Reid’s first fight at middleweight was against Morocco’s Khadija El Mardi and he looked like he would win.
But another such tragic story befell the GB boxers in Paris – they lost by split decision.
Fans were expecting a harsh verdict by now but the uproar continued online nonetheless, as one said: “How did Chantelle Reed lose this?!?
“This is another in a long list of results that prove Olympic boxing is a sham.”
Another fumed: “Another cheating in boxing, this time Derby’s Chantelle Read. The judging is a disgrace and needs to be investigated.”
One fumed: “Chantelle Reid totally robbed Olympic boxing, won every round for me, first and third place were clear. Shameful.”
Another said: “Fourth robbery.”
Team GB’s boxing nightmare in Paris
Team GB’s boxing team have been knocked off the podium in dramatic fashion.
Serious questions will be raised over the £12 million value invested in boxing for the Paris Olympic cycle.
When Britain left Olympic boxing without a medal in 1996, Mike Tyson was the world champion.
The path paved by amateur pioneers such as Audley Harrison, Amir Khan and James DeGale now appears to be falling apart.
It looks like performance director Rob McCracken is unlikely to continue in his position.
But it is not just British boxing that is desperate for reform – it is the entire amateur code of the sport that is desperate for reform.
If a replacement organisation cannot be found to run the event, boxing in Los Angeles could be postponed until 2028.
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Golden pair Galal Yafai and Lauren Price led the way last time, with GB winning six medals in Tokyo three years ago.
Nicola Adams won gold in Rio while Joe Joyce was stripped of the title in a disgraceful decision which later led to the IBA losing its job governing boxing for the IOC.
Adams, Luke Campbell and Anthony Joshua scored golden hat-tricks at London 2012.
But for the first time since 1996 – when Mike Tyson was world champion – GB had to return without an Olympic boxing medal.
