Nina Hughes was introduced because the winner of her bout towards Cherneka Johnson in Perth, just for the choice to then be modified because the Brit claimed: “I’ve been robbed.”
Frantic and chaotic scenes with the scorecard noticed ring announcer Dan Hennessey mistakenly announce Hughes because the winner. He shortly corrected the error, which means Hughes misplaced her WBA bantamweight title to Australian Johnson.
“I just don’t get it,” 41-year-old Hughes stated.
“How can they announce I had won and then change the scores? I thought I’d dominated early. I thought she won a few of the later rounds but I felt like I won it comfortably.
“I do not get how one can announce the winner after which 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.”
Enormous controversy noticed Britain’s Hughes incorrectly introduced because the winner after a decent struggle (Mikey Williams/Prime Rank)
Talking instantly after, Johnson thought she’d performed 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 stated.
“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.”
Aussie Johnson was finally declared the winner, after a powerful show (Mikey Williams/Prime Rank)
In the principle 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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