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He continued: "Before the Games, we got the bad feeling that with an ex-Irish referee, who was part of AIBA, and came out and outed them, that they were going to come down hard on us for him coming out and having his say."
There were suggestions on Wednesday that Nikitin, the man who 'beat' Conlan, was to withdraw from his semi-final due to the severity of his cuts caused by Team Ireland's last chance of medalling in boxing this year.
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And as much as he doesn't believe Nikitin is worthy of a place in the final four, Conlan is hopeful that his recent opponent has not been forced out with cuts.
"I'm still heartbroken. It's done now. I've moved on. I've seen apparently the Russian is probably out of the semi-final because of the damage I've caused him," Conlan said.
"I hope it's not true and I hope he's still in the semi-final but I don't think he deserves to be there anyway."
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