By Rick Reeno
Promoter Lou DiBella reached out to BoxingScene.com to voice his displeasure with the outcome of Saturday's junior middleweight bout between Paul Williams and Kermit Cintron at the Home Depot Center in Carson, California.
As the action began to heat up in the fourth round, Williams and Cintron were holding each other and it appeared as if Williams tried to do a quick side manuever to land a hook, which sent both fighters falling backwards. Williams landed on the canvas, while Cintron went through the ropes and landed on a ringside table. Cintron was down and seemed hurt. Pursuant to the governing rules in the state of California, the fight went to the cards because three rounds had been completed. Williams was awarded a split-decision.
According to DiBella, Cintron had made requests to continue the fight and those requests were denied by the ringside physician. DiBella saw Cintron starting to come on in the fourth and felt that he staggered Williams with a hard counter during the final round. He was upset with the judge who scored the entire fight for Williams with a 40-36 count.
"He never hurt Kermit. My guy had hurt Williams. Kermit wanted to continue the fight. The doctor wouldn't let him continue. I don't know how a judge scored all four rounds for Williams," DiBella said to BoxingScene.com.
