Have you ever faked a or lost a round on purpose? Have you suffered from an unfair decision by a judge or referee?

Competition manipulation can happen to any one of you, at any point in time and in any country. Boxing competitions are monitored, and sanctions are heavy: you face ruining your reputation, fines, sports bans and prison.

Protect yourself, don‘t bet on boxing or any other event at the .

Play your part, always report:

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What should alert you is when someone: • offers you money, gifts or other advantages. Be critical: “What does he/she want in exchange?” • asks for information about your health or your team-mates’ health: this information can be misused for betting purposes. ​ • wants to know about your sporting tactics: this can also be misused to place bets. ​

Any questions? [email protected] IOC sanctions three athletes for betting on Olympic competitions at RIO 2016

British middleweight Anthony Fowler, along with Irish boxers Michael Conlan and Steven Donnelly, were severely reprimanded by the International Olympic Committee for betting on the boxing competition during Rio 2016.

25-year-old Anthony Fowler, who lost his only contest in Rio, was punished for betting between GBP 30 and 300 on a number of bouts. The IOC’s Integrity Betting Intelligence System (IBIS) identified that, on at least one occasion, he had bet on an event in which a British boxer was taking part, although he did not bet on his own bout.

Michael Conlan, a bronze medallist at 2012 and world champion in 2015, accepted that he placed a number of bets on bouts, including two in his weight class. The Irish press reported that Conlan told the IOC disciplinary hearing that he was not aware of the ban on athletes’ betting as he had signed the various documents without reading them. The 24-year-old, who was controversially beaten in the quarter-finals by Russian Vladimir Nikitin in a bout he looked to have clearly won, said he was betting because he was bored.

Steven Donnelly was found to have placed a large number of accumulators – eight altogether – on various boxing events at the Olympics, two of which were on his own welterweight match against Tuvshinbat Byamba. Donnelly, 27, had bet that his opponent would win, but after losing the first round of the bout he came back to win a decision. The IOC said: “As a consequence, none of the bets placed by Mr Donnelly was successful.”

Source: The Guardian, 28 sept 2016