An unspecified number of judges were sent home from Rio following questionable decisions made at the Games, which led to AIBA executive director Karim Bouzidi being “reassigned” to another role within the organisation.

But President Wu, who is also a member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Executive Board, stressed it had been a “truly special” tournament.

“We have witnessed one of the greatest-ever Olympic Boxing competitions here in Rio over the past 16 days,” he said.

“The high standard of the boxing, with 19 countries participating in the semi-final stage, the excellent organisation of the Rio 2016 Local Organising Committee and the warmth and passion of the Brazilian people all combined to create a truly special tournament.”

Wu also hailed the Rio 2016 boxing events as “momentous” as professionals were allowed to compete for the first time, although only three participated and none left with a medal.

It was also the only Olympic boxing competition to date where male boxers did not wear headguards.

“We successfully opened the door to non-AIBA boxers for the first time and for only the second time, men and women successfully competed side by side in the ring,” said Wu.

“This is a historic moment for AIBA and for boxing around the world, and we now have four years to work with this success and continue to build towards Tokyo 2020, with the unwavering support of our 200 national federations.”

Eyebrows were raised when Russia's Evgeny Tishchenko took gold in the men’s heavyweight final after he was declared the winner in his clash with Kazakhstan's Vassily Levit last Monday (August 15), despite appearing to be on the back foot throughout.

The following day, bantamweight world champion Michael Conlan of Ireland left opponent Vladimir Niktin battered and bruised in their quarter-final bout but the judges controversially awarded the Russian the victory.

Conlan then went on an expletive-laden rant in a post-fight interview with RTE, where he claimed AIBA were “cheats” and that amateur boxing “stinks from the core to the very top”.

The Irishman also vowed never to fight again for AIBA, with Wu revealing earlier this week that Conlan faced disciplinary action after he put his middle finger up at the judges who denied him what many thought was a deserved place in the semi-finals.

Nikitin was scheduled to take on eventual silver medallist Shakur Stevenson of the United States in the last four but pulled out "due to injuries sustained in his opening two wins", ensuring he left Rio 2016 with a bronze medal.

AIBA vice-president Tom Virgets told insidethegames that the issue had been blown out of proportion as the scoring in less than a "handful" of fights had been criticised at the Games.

Virgets also defended the standard of the judging at Rio 2016 but conceded there was “room for improvement”.