Dmitry Bivol made headlines when he filed a protest in opposition to all 4 sanctioning our bodies following his defeat to Artur Beterbiev this month, though the choice was assumably extra within the hopes of forcing a rematch than altering the end result. Nonetheless, one other current challenger has now lodged an enchantment of their very own, believing that the judges’ choice ought to be overturned.
William Scull was put in because the IBF super-middleweight necessary challenger earlier this 12 months and was hopeful of touchdown the profitable shot at Canelo Alvarez’s undisputed crown consequently.
But, the Mexican famous person as an alternative determined to vacate his IBF belt with a purpose to pursue extra recognisable names, leaving Scull to battle Vladimir Shishkin for the vacant belt within the 168lb division.
German-based Cuban Scull confronted the Russian in Falkensee, Germany on the weekend and edged a unanimous-decision (116-113, 116-112, 115-113) in a tricky to attain, low output affair however the away fighter clearly feels as if he did sufficient to get the nod on the scorecards.
Talking with Boxing Scene, Dmitry Salita, promoter of Shishkin, defined that the officiating of German referee Oliver Brien, is a key purpose for the enchantment to the IBF, after Brien allowed Scull to spit out his gumshield and purchase time within the twelfth-round after being buzzed.
“The referee didn’t penalize or warn William Scull for hitting behind the top, hitting after the bell, holding – issues like that,”
“The fighters which are athletes at coronary heart, that spend their lifetime as professionals perfecting their craft – the correct man has to win,”
“You recognize, we outdoors the ring, the enterprise people, must do what they do, to try this for his or her man or lady. However contained in the ring, justice has to occur.”
In what many are calling the worst world title battle of the 12 months, Shishkin landed simply 14.8% of his punches (110-of-746) while Scull hit the goal with 22.3% (80-of-359), though he threw much less, leading to lower than 200 punches touchdown through the contest.
Because of this, If the quick rematch that Shishkin and Salita are demanding does happen, there may be prone to be even much less curiosity surrounding it.
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