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>  The US boxer
>  did not lose the bout on points, but rather on a disqualification for
>  continuing to fight after the referee twice said "Stop". The "decision"
>  being (probably unjustifiably) questioned by Jim McKay was the upholding
>  of the disqualification by the protest arbitration committee.

I didn't follow the boxing competition, but I did run across the
controversy over the Hollyfield fight on tape, which I played back about
two dozen times until I was satisfied that I understood the sequence of
events.  Here is what I saw:

1.  When the referee said "Stop" for the first time, Hollyfield's opponent
    had his arm around Hollyfield's headgear and over his ears.

2.  The referee was standing behind Hollyfield at the time.

3.  After the first "stop," but before the second, Hollyfield landed not
    one but TWO additional blows.

4.  The second "stop" came quite clearly AFTER the second blow.  Hollyfield
    then stopped immediately.

5.  The referee was Yugoslavian, as was the fighter who won the gold medal
    by default after Hollyfield's disqualification.

You may draw your own conclusions.  I really don't care.
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