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WBC orders Casamayor-Santa Cruz REMATCH
They did the right thing IMO
A rematch of last weekend's controversial match for the interim title between champion Joel casamayor and Jose Armando Santa Cruz was ordered. Full WBC champion David Diaz will be allowed to make a voluntary defense while waiting for Casamayor and Santa Cruz to settle things and become the mandatory challenger to unify the WBC belts.
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Now that David Diaz is free...Diaz/Diaz once again anyone?
Does Casamayor shake off the ring rust this time?
*UPDATE*
Casamayor-Santa Cruz Update!
NYSAC to call judges on the carpet
By Matt Richardson
New York State Athletic Commission Chairman Ron Scott Stevens has already spoken to judges Frank Lombardi and Ron McNair in regard to their controversial scoring in the November 10 WBC interim lightweight championship fight between Joel Casamayor and Jose Armando Santa Cruz at Madison Square Garden. Both McNair and Lombardi scored the bout 114-113 for Casamayor, although most observers had Santa-Cruz winning a wide decision. Stevens also plans to speak to judge Tony Paolillo, who scored an all too-close 114-113 for Santa Cruz. All three will be asked to come in to speak to the full commission (Chairman Stevens, and Commissioners Melvina Lathan and Marc Cornstein) to discuss their criteria for scoring a round. The scoring was particularly puzzling in the that the NYSAC has recently held two seminars on how to judge fights properly. Nothing can be done at this point to reverse the original verdict, but the WBC has already ordered a rematch between Casamayor and Santa-Cruz.
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A rematch of last weekend's controversial match for the interim title between champion Joel casamayor and Jose Armando Santa Cruz was ordered. Full WBC champion David Diaz will be allowed to make a voluntary defense while waiting for Casamayor and Santa Cruz to settle things and become the mandatory challenger to unify the WBC belts.
f*ghtnews
Now that David Diaz is free...Diaz/Diaz once again anyone?
Does Casamayor shake off the ring rust this time?
*UPDATE*
Casamayor-Santa Cruz Update!
NYSAC to call judges on the carpet
By Matt Richardson
New York State Athletic Commission Chairman Ron Scott Stevens has already spoken to judges Frank Lombardi and Ron McNair in regard to their controversial scoring in the November 10 WBC interim lightweight championship fight between Joel Casamayor and Jose Armando Santa Cruz at Madison Square Garden. Both McNair and Lombardi scored the bout 114-113 for Casamayor, although most observers had Santa-Cruz winning a wide decision. Stevens also plans to speak to judge Tony Paolillo, who scored an all too-close 114-113 for Santa Cruz. All three will be asked to come in to speak to the full commission (Chairman Stevens, and Commissioners Melvina Lathan and Marc Cornstein) to discuss their criteria for scoring a round. The scoring was particularly puzzling in the that the NYSAC has recently held two seminars on how to judge fights properly. Nothing can be done at this point to reverse the original verdict, but the WBC has already ordered a rematch between Casamayor and Santa-Cruz.
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