In their recent fight, Smoger told both Kirkland and Tapia to "push him off" and to "push off" during the moments of smothering in their fight. He actually instructed one fighter to push the other fighter off. He has done this in numerous fights before because he understands it is a legal technique for creating space when being smothered.
Cooper deducted 2 points off Khan for doing exactly the same thing that Smoger tells fighters to do...
Even though it's inconsequential now as Peterson was discovered to be cheating with PEDs in that fight so the WBA rightfully returned Khan the belt, you can see now how corrupt the officiating of Joseph Cooper was in that bout. It is also quite remarkable to note that had Cooper not erroneously deducted those points, or had another referee been overseeing that fight, Khan wouldn't have "lost" that fight on the scorecards since it was only due to the corrupt referee's point deductions that he "lost".
In reality Khan beat a juiced up PED cheat on the very night he fought him. Also strange to think that Peterson might never have been discovered to be a PED cheat if Khan had rightfully been awarded the fight on the night (instead of retrospectively) because there would have been no need for a rematch, which is when Peterson was caught and then discovered to be cheating in the first fight too.
And even stranger to think that the IBF allowed Peterson to retain the belt from the Khan fight in which Peterson admitted his PED usage, even after Peterson was suspended from boxing for cheating...
Cooper deducted 2 points off Khan for doing exactly the same thing that Smoger tells fighters to do...
Even though it's inconsequential now as Peterson was discovered to be cheating with PEDs in that fight so the WBA rightfully returned Khan the belt, you can see now how corrupt the officiating of Joseph Cooper was in that bout. It is also quite remarkable to note that had Cooper not erroneously deducted those points, or had another referee been overseeing that fight, Khan wouldn't have "lost" that fight on the scorecards since it was only due to the corrupt referee's point deductions that he "lost".
In reality Khan beat a juiced up PED cheat on the very night he fought him. Also strange to think that Peterson might never have been discovered to be a PED cheat if Khan had rightfully been awarded the fight on the night (instead of retrospectively) because there would have been no need for a rematch, which is when Peterson was caught and then discovered to be cheating in the first fight too.
And even stranger to think that the IBF allowed Peterson to retain the belt from the Khan fight in which Peterson admitted his PED usage, even after Peterson was suspended from boxing for cheating...
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