Combat followers ended up having fairly a bit to moan and groan about final night time in Newark, New Jersey. In the principle occasion, the expert however “boring” Shakur Stevenson did not impress as soon as once more, this as he gained large in a uninteresting and onerous to observe combat with Artem Harutyunyan.
The unbeaten southpaw retained his WBC light-weight title through lopsided scores of 119-109, 118-110, and 116-112, and Shakur is now 22-0(10). Harutyunyan falls to 12-2(7) and the Armenian-born fighter has by no means been stopped.
However the huge speaking level final night time, or maybe the second huge speaking level final night time, was how badly Stevenson is in want of an thrilling efficiency. Followers have been booing throughout final night time’s combat, whereas various headed to the exit door earlier than the snoozer was over. Shakur has discovered himself just about apologising for a lower than scintillating displaying as soon as once more.
Stevenson now strikes on, and he desires an enormous combat with a Vasiliy Lomachenko or a Tank Davis. However is there any huge clamour from the followers for both of those two fights to get made? Being expert just isn’t sufficient nowadays, a fighter has to offer drama and pleasure additionally.
The opposite huge headache suffered by the followers got here within the different world title combat that went down in Newark. O’Shaquie Foster regarded to have performed greater than sufficient to have retained his WBC 130 pound belt in opposition to Robson Conceicao, this after 12 largely dominant rounds.
But to the shock and shock of everybody, even the challenger himself it appeared, two of the three judges awarded the combat to Brazilian Conceicao.
Scores have been 116-112 and 115-113 for the challenger, and 116-112 for the defending, now former champion. And right away, loads of folks from the boxing world let their emotions recognized on this, the newest theft to go down within the sport of boxing.
Foster had this to say:
“I assumed it was a shutout. I assumed it was a simple combat,” Foster, now 22-3(12) stated. “I didn’t get touched however with a headbutt. I don’t know, man. They stole this combat from me.”
So many individuals firmly agree with Texan Foster:
“I believe we simply witnessed one of many greatest robberies ever. Ever, ever, ever in boxing historical past,” Regis Prograis wrote on social media. “[Foster] gained each spherical.”
“Did we miss one thing with that Foster combat,” wrote Jamel Herring.
Whereas one fan maybe summed it up finest with the next message:
“Genuinely despicable that the game permits this to occur.”
So, right here we’re once more, left fuming after a foul resolution that took place as a result of both incompetence or one thing far worse. And once more we’re left with no concept what to do about it. We’ve seen too many dangerous selections, robberies, to maintain observe of. Absolutely the least Foster is entitled to right here is a direct rematch with Conceicao, 19-2-1(9).
