21.   Then with a minute left, Junior Baiano collided with Flo in the penalty area, and American referee Esse Baharmast whistled the foul.

22.   With a minute left, Junior Baiano collided with Flo in the penalty area, and American referee Esse Baharmast whistled the foul.

23.   With the play fairly even early, Colombia got a break when American referee Brian Hall whistled Christian Dailly for shoving down Wilmer Cabrera.

24.   Following the competition an allegation of judging irregularities was filed by the American referee.

25.   American referee Larry Rosadilla stepped in after Samart took two mandatory eight counts in the eighth.

26.   American referee Mark Faucette infuriated the Slovaks by allowing many infractions go by.

27.   American referee Ronald Pfenning complained that one of the nine judges who voted for the Russians had spoken openly of having been put under pressure to do so.

28.   The Swedes called for American referee Mike Schmitt to review the television replay of the incident but were refused.

29.   Malinga had been knocked down four times before the American referee finally stepped in to call a halt.

30.   Michalczewski ended it in the eighth when he rocked Girard with a spectacular uppercut forcing American referee Joe Cortez to step in and call a halt.