WBC President Mauricio Sulaiman has questioned some of the scoring from last Saturday's lightweight mega-bout between Gervonta Davis and Ryan Garcia.
At the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Davis dropped Garcia in the second round and then put him down for the full count with a body shot in the seventh.
In the aftermath of the fight, the official scorecards were revealed, and some eyebrows were certainly raised.
None of the three official judges scored the second round 10-8 in favor of Davis.
Two of the judges scored the round 10-9 for Davis - while a third judge had a baffling even score of 10-10.
Sulaiman believes the round was a clear 10-8, because of how significant the knockdown was.
"Ryan had a marvelous first round and dominated the second, until Gervonta landed a [hook] to the jaw, sending the young star to the canvas. I am concerned to see the true criteria of scoring being lost in judges, even when scoring had no bearing in the end result," Sulaiman said.
"I can’t simply understand how such knockdown had scores of 10-9 twice and 10-10 in one judge. There are three types of knockdowns, the flash one which comes by circumstance, quick punch, balance issues or else in which the downed boxer was not hurt at all; The solid knockdown in which the punch was a solid blow which inflicted clear damage to the fighter who went down in a dominating fashion, and then the knockout blow in which normally the referees does not event count. A knockdown must be considered similar to a homerun in baseball, a goal in soccer, a touchdown in football, etc. It is extraordinary action which must be recognized in the scores when it is a solid one.
"After the second round knockdown, the fight was defined. The following rounds were cautious from Ryan, who was not able to establish his dominance, and in the seventh round he received a searing hook to the liver that with delayed effect sent him to the canvas for the final count. The dream ended... Gervonta won and embraced effusively with Floyd Mayweather, who has been his biggest supporter since the start of his career.
"This fight has many direct and indirect results that mark positions in the boxing industry. Hopefully this motivates everyone to continue looking to make fights between boxers, who, in turn, have different promoters, platforms and interests."