Originally posted by daggerdeux
Most observers believe judges Mickey Vann and Franz Marti were the culprit. They both scored it even, 115-115. The third judge, Jack Woodruff, had it for Whitaker, 115-113.
Vann was quoted by London's Daily Star after the fight as having said, "I deducted one point from Whitaker for an appalingly low blow in the sixth round. The referee [Joe Cortez] did not issue a formal penalty, but I took the point from him anyway."
He apparently forgot the limits of the powers of boxing judges.
He later denied having said anything about deducting the point. The official scorecards show that it was only Vann who scored the 6th 10-9 for Chavez. The two others had it 10-9 for Whitaker.
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