Big controversy performed out within the ring over the weekend when a hoop announcer initially awarded a factors win to the incorrect fighter on the undercard of the Vasyl Lomachenko versus George Kambossos Jr battle.
The battle in query was Nina Hughes, whose file is 6-1, 2 KOs, in opposition to Cherneka Johnson (16-2, 6 KOs), down in Perth in Australia.
Brit Hughes in the end got here out on the incorrect aspect of the factors resolution and misplaced her WBA world bantamweight title however has now referred to as for a rematch.
The battle was an excellent one which was filled with loads of back-and-forth drama and offered nice leisure within the build-up to the primary occasion which noticed Lomachenko cease Kambossos to reclaim the IBF world title.
Nonetheless, the controversy occurred on the finish of the 10-round battle when the referee took every fighter by the hand and first raised Hughes’s arm after MC Daniel Hennessey incorrectly learn the judges’ rating totals out and claimed that she had received.
Nonetheless, the victory put have been one of many shortest lived in boxing historical past as Hennessey referred to as each fighters again to the centre of the ring to appropriate his mistake and announce that Johnson had in truth received by majority resolution with the official rating totals studying 95-95, 96-94, and 98-92 in her favour.
The ring announcer declares the incorrect winner in Perth then corrects it 😳 pic.twitter.com/ze9Wxt6JaU
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41-year-old Hughes mentioned after that she was left vastly confused.
“I simply don’t get it. How might they announce I had received after which change the scores? I believed I’d dominated early. I believed she received a number of of the later rounds, however I felt like I received comfortably.
“I don’t get how one can announce the winner after which change the scores. It’s a joke. I really feel like I’ve been robbed huge time. There’s obtained to be a rematch. I didn’t lose that battle.”
The announcer has now damaged his silence and brought to social media to apologise. He revealed that he has spoken to and apologised to each fighters and accepts full accountability for what occurred.
“I personal it. It’s all on me. I take full accountability for the Cherneka Johnson V Nina Hughes controversy. Not the Judges, not the sanctioned physique. Me. I’ve apologised to all concerned, and now I apologise to you [fight fans].
“I’m sorry for what occurred. Once more, I personal it and might solely attempt to do higher subsequent time. Not my greatest day within the workplace. I assume all of the s**** feedback on socials I’ve coming. Once more I’m crushed and sorry for my s***storm of a efficiency. You all deserved higher. Sorry once more.”
Whether or not or not Hughes will get a rematch shall be a call for the WBA.
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