Indian boxing’s tryst with controversy at the London Games continued on Wednesday night when L Devendro Singh became the latest pugilist to have suffered what seemed to be an unfair defeat. Devendro’s lost 23-18 in the light flyweight division (49 kg) quarter-final to Ireland’s Paddy Barnes, but the Indian camp claimed he too was a victim of poor refereeing.

Before Devendro, India’s Sumit Sangwan, Manoj Kumar and Vikas Krishan had all claimed that they should have won their bouts against their opponents, but did not receive the appropriate number points from the judges.