World Series of Boxing

The International Boxing Association has reassigned its executive director in the middle of the Olympics after an examination of the judging and refereeing at the games.

AIBA assigned Karim Bouzidi to a new role within the organization Thursday, but declined to elaborate on the reason.

Boudizi has been AIBA's executive director under President Wu Ching-Kuo for the past 15 months. The Frenchman is also the CEO of the World Series of Boxing, a team-based professional league run by AIBA.

Bouzidi, a former boxing manager who joined AIBA as an executive in 2012, was in charge of operating the Olympic boxing tournament. Those duties will be handled for the tournament's...