He claims people need to be put in the position of an official to understand how bouts are scored.

World bantamweight champion Michael Conlan of Ireland blasted the governing body as "cheats" and vowed never to fight in an AIBA-sanctioned competition again after he suffered a unanimous defeat to Russia's Vladimir Nikitin in the quarter-finals today.

The Irishman appeared to have dominated the fight, leaving his opponent bloodied and bruised, but the judges gave Nikitin a unanimous victory.

Conlan then gave an impassioned interview to Irish broadcaster RTE, in which he repeatedly swore and claimed amateur boxing "stinks from the core to the very top".

Virgets, who also heads the AIBA Disciplinary Commission, said there was "no reason" to suggest there was any corruption involved in Conlan's shock loss.

The decision to give Nikitin the win came after his compatriot Evgeny Tishchenko secured heavyweight gold with a debatable success against Kazakh opponent Vassily Levit, who many thought had clearly won the contest.

Tischchenko was then booed during the medal ceremony in front of International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach.

In spite of the furore around judging in the sport at the Games, Virgets claimed they were "very pleased" with the progress in the level of officiating, particularly since 2012.

But he admitted they weren't completely satisfied and that they can "always do better".

The American believes the governing body needs to do more to educate the general public about how the judges reach the verdicts they do and suggested the issue had been blown out of proportion as the scoring in less than a "handful" of fights had been criticised at the Games.

"We have had over 200 bouts and less than a handful have been questioned," he told insidethegames.

"What we need to do better is educate the public about the scoring criteria.

"We need to put people in the position of a judge and this is an area that we have to educate people in.

"AIBA is satisfied that we have improved significantly in our refereeing and judging but that we always know that there is room for improvement."

Virgets immediately dismissed any suggestion that the result of the now infamous Conlan-Nikitin clash would be overturned but revealed footage of the fight would be reviewed by AIBA to "analyse" the performances of the judges.

"At the end of this tournament every single bout will be reviewed," he said.

"When officials do things that are unexplainable in terms of what they saw they are sat down for a while. 

"At this level we cannot have people not at 100 per cent.”

On Conlan's corruption allegations, Virgets added: "Allegations are always investigated.

"We are always very vigilant and analyse referees and judges.

"Quite frankly we have no reason to suggest there was any corruption in the Conlan fight."