The International Amateur Boxing Association will double the value of bribes offered to judges at the Sydney Olympics if informed of them in a bid to stamp-out bout-fixing claims that have dogged the sport.

AIBA secretary-general Loring Baker made the unprecedented announcement to a pre-Games seminar for judges in Kazakhstan in June.

His comments were then circulated in the association's August newsletter, according to the Sydney Morning Herald.

"He stated that if any judge brought forward proof of a bribe, AIBA would not only give maximum punishment to the individual(s) making the bribe, they would reward the referee/judge's honesty by doubling the amount offered as a bribe," the Herald quoted the newsletter as saying.

The International Olympic Committee gave boxing a warning after the 1988 Games tournament was overshadowed by allegations of corruption and fixed matches.

While the AIBA has announced a new, computerised scoring system for Sydney bouts in an attempt to overcome 'inconsistencies' in scoring, a senior amateur boxing official said he feared for the sport's Olympic future after Sydney.

Arthur Tunstall, an AIBA vice-president, reckons boxing's future may depend on the successor to outgoing IOC president Juan Antonio Samaranch.

"I know it has been said many times by some of my executive members that boxing will go off the Games after Sydney," he said.

"A new IOC president could look at boxing being a controversial sport and put a proposal to his executive that boxing goes off."

Samaranch is presiding over his last Olympics in Sydney. A successor is due to be elected next year with Jacques Rogge, Dick Pound and Kevan Gosper in the running.

AFP