Jose Uzcategui disqualification for punch at bell against Andre Dirrell upheld

[Motorcity Cobra]

Dan Rafael
ESPN Senior Writer
The Maryland State Athletic Commission has upheld the controversial disqualification of super middleweight contender Jose Uzcategui in his vacant interim world title fight against Andre Dirrell on May 20 at the MGM National Harbor in Oxon Hill, Maryland.

At a hearing to review the fight on Wednesday in Baltimore, the commission voted 3-1 -- one commission member was absent -- to uphold the ruling of referee Bill Clancy to disqualify Uzcategui for landing a punch virtually simultaneously with the bell ending the eighth round.
http://www.espn.com/boxing/story/_/id/20523090/jose-uzcategui-disqualification-punch-bell-andre-dirrell-upheld

[BoxingFan85]

That's not good... That punch was about 5ms after the bell! Yet Rigo who clearly landed after the bell gets a KO.. SMDH..

[DuckAdonis]

Does this mean the decision will be changed or nah?

[BRAUUUN]

Andre Dirrell is such a cheat

[Motorcity Cobra]

Seems like some BS to me

[Eff Pandas]

This is standard commission bs. They support the ref right or wrong. Seen this same sorta flurry thrown with one landing just a millisecond after the bell and it's been called a KO, a DQ and NC. It's all about what the ref called it at the time.

The Rigo KO that got switched to a NC is one of the rare times I didn't see the refs call backed up.

[Juan Acero]

What a shocker....