Phil D. Jay
WBN Editor
WBN Editor
Asif Vali bemoans ‘amateurish’ post-fight display
Members of Amir Khan’s backroom team are disgruntled at the
way the post-fight scorecard totalling was conducted after the Briton lost his
WBA and IBF light-welterweight titles in Washington D.C on Saturday night.
The 25 year-old’s manager Asif Vali spoke to The Daily Star’s
Kevin Francis in the wake of the controversial decision to address
discrepancies with one of the judges’ scorecards, in particular that of George
Hill.
“It was chaotic and
amateurish. The cards are taken by the commissioner at the end of each round
and a cumulative total is carried right to the end of the fight.
“We were told in the ring at the final bell that Amir had
won the fight but then, incredibly, just before Michael Buffer announced the
decision, we were told ‘Hang on, we have made a mistake in the counting’. It
took about eight minutes for everything to be sorted out with the decision
eventually going to Peterson.
“We demanded to see the original cards but we were denied
that opportunity. Then, when the final overall card from all of the judges was
shown to us, there were crossings out and we saw that change in round seven.”
The card (pictured through the link) clearly shows that Khan
was handed the seventh round 10-9 only for Hill to mistakenly forget to dock
Khan a point. The controversy then stems from Hill changing to score to 10-8 to
Peterson when it should really have been 9-9 if Khan won the round, meaning the
Bolton fighter keeping his titles with victory on the two point swing 112-111.
An official complaint if also pending on referee Joe Cooper's performance after he docked Khan points for pushing and holding which ultimately cost Khan a clean unanimous victory on all three cards.
To view the Khan v Peterson score card click here: http://fightnews.com/Boxing/scorecard.jpg
To view the Khan v Peterson score card click here: http://fightnews.com/Boxing/scorecard.jpg
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