A FORMER international boxing judge has claimed a second Belfast boxer was "completely robbed" by cheats following Michael Conlan's controversial Olympics defeat.
Patrick Flynn alleged he was approached by officials who offered him bribes and Rolex watches to back their boxers at a European championship.
The former boxing judge said he refused and reported it to organisers, but was unaware of any action being taken.
He alleged that one of the boxers "robbed" at the event in 2011 was teenager Lewis Crocker from Belfast.
"I was judging the European schoolboy championships. At four o'clock in the morning I was approached in the hotel room knocked at the door by two officials asking me to cheat for their countries," he said.
Speaking to RTÉ yesterday Mr Flynn claimed one of them was a Russian official, and described how they had "Rolex watches" in their hands.
"They offered me bribes and watches and all that. I took nothing. I shut the door and I reported it the following day," he said.
The boxing event was held in Grozny in Chechen Republic, Russia.
Mr Flynn added: "I felt sorry for one boxer on the Irish team that year, Lewis Crocker from Belfast. He was totally blatantly robbed. They robbed him blatantly blind."
It comes after bantamweight fighter Michael Conlan controversially crashed out of the Olympics in Rio.
He was defeated by Russia's Vladimir Nikitin in a unanimous decision in the quarter-finals.
A livid Conlan (24) later vowed never to fight in an amateur competition again, insisting that he had been cheated and saying "amateur boxing stinks".
Yesterday the International Boxing Association (Aiba) said it was dropping several officials after a review of their decisions at the Olympics.
Lewis Crocker (19), who has left amateur boxing and plans to turn professional, yesterday hit out at the amateur sport as "disgusting".
"I should have been European champion, but that was a dream taken away from me. Everyone knew it, absolutely everyone. Even talking about it now it's annoying," he said.
Praising Conlan, he added: "Fair play to him for what he said. It needed to be said and I'm glad other people are starting to look at amateur boxing in a different way now."
Seamus Kelly was an international boxing judge and referee from Omagh in Co Tyrone who has worked at competitions including the World Championships and Commonwealth Games
The 45-year-old made headlines shortly before the Olympics after claiming he had been asked to fix bouts at the Arab Games in Doha in 2011 using signals, and that his fellow officials were afraid to speak out.
Yesterday he said he was "totally shocked" by the outcome of Conlan's bout and hoped that concerns would now be listened to.
"The young boxer's dreams are shattered. But this happens a lot and the system allows this to happen," he said.
"If I was Michael Conlan, and a lot of other boxers, I would be going professional. This is pushing boxers away.
"I feel for Michael and I feel for so many boxers that have been suffering from this."
