Dan Hennessey, the ring announcer who mistakenly pronounced Britain’s Nina Hughes as victorious, has mentioned he’ll ‘give up the game’ because of the response he has acquired.
Frantic and chaotic scenes with the scorecard noticed Hennessey mistakenly announce Hughes because the winner on the weekend, earlier than happening to appropriate his error in Perth in Australia, as Hughes suffered the primary lack of her seven-fight skilled profession to Cherneka Johnson.
In keeping with Hennessey, who posted on social media, he’ll do yet another combat evening earlier than retiring from the game: “I love all the support from everyone. Thank you all for the kind words. Unfortunately the worldwide backlash is absolutely incredible and it’s affecting my mental health to a degree where I will have one more show.
“I’m doing this present as a result of I’m nonetheless a person of my phrase and promised Sam Rapira [Kiwi light-heavyweight boxer] that I might do it as a result of he is a good mate and I refuse to go away him hanging.
“I love and will keep in touch with all my friends from around the world. Thank you. No longer the world’s punching bag. I’m out.”
After the combat, 41-year-old Hughes mentioned: “I simply do not get it. How can they announce I had gained after which change the scores? I believed I would dominated early. I believed she gained a number of of the later rounds however I felt like I gained it comfortably.
“I don’t get how you can announce the winner and then change the scores. It’s a joke. I feel like I’ve been robbed big time. There’s got to be a rematch. I didn’t lose that fight.”
In her post-fight press convention, Hughes added: “I’ve got no words. I was countering her jabs with three or four shots; I don’t see how you can win a fight just landing a jab when you get hit with three or four shots every time.
“The ring announcer clearly thought I would gained, that’s the reason he appeared on the scorecard and introduced it that method. So, to have it overturned…”
Hughes later took to social media and tweeted: “The soiled facet of the game I like.”
A cut up choice in Johnson’s favour noticed the Australian snatch the title with scores of 98-92 and 96-94, with the ultimate decide scoring the bout as a draw.
Hughes’ coach Kevin Lilley fumed, labelling the outcome a “blatant robbery” and claiming his fighter had been arrange in Perth.
“We have all the respect in the world for Cherneka and her team, they have been good the way through, but that is bull****,” he mentioned. “We’ve been brought over here and set up from day dot.
“That lady has been blatantly robbed tonight, and to do it like that. [To score the fight] eight rounds to 2 is a blatant theft. Anybody with a pair of eyes [could see], the lady has gained the combat clearly.
“Cherneka has come into the dressing room, stood there, and said, ‘I’m sorry, I’m not the judge’. The rematch has to happen.”
Aussie Cherneka Johnson was ultimately declared the winner, after a robust show (Mikey Williams/High Rank)
Talking instantly after, Johnson thought she had achieved sufficient to win and initially felt she was put able the place she “just had to accept” the decision when Hughes was initially learn out because the victor.
“I’m not the judge and I’m just glad that they figured out the wrong decision,” Johnson mentioned. “Nina was a tough fight. I’m not the judges but I definitely think I won that fight. I’m just over the moon I won this bout.”
In the primary occasion of the night, a dominant Vasiliy Lomachenko stopped George Kambosos Jr within the eleventh spherical to win the IBF light-weight title in Perth.
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