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DARCHINYAN PROTESTS FIGHT WITH MARES
Tert.am
11.01.11
After viewing the Abner Mares versus Vic Darchinyan bout several
times, Elias Nassar, the manager of the former IBF/WBC/WBA champion is
disgusted with the scoring and the referee of the SHOWTIME bantamweight
bout. Nassar talks to Fightnews and gives reasons for his protest
that includes YouTube links.
"I find it very difficult to accept the loss of my fighter after
viewing the replay of the fight countless times. Directly after
viewing the bout, I initially accepted the final result. I noted
that the fight was very close and without bias I had Vic Darchinyan
winning 114-112," said Nassar.
"I also initially accepted that the fight was close enough for any
person who may have watched the bout to pick either fighter as the
winner and the rounds could have been judged for the frequency of
punches Mares was throwing or for the clean hard punches being landed
by Vic."
Further Nassar said that he doesn't accept what he called the "sub
standard officiating of the bout by referee Howard and one of the
judges".
"In relation to one of the judges scorecard's, I am dumbfounded one
judge could have scored nine out of twelve rounds to Mares including
the last seven rounds. There is no way whatsoever that Mares could have
won nine out of twelve rounds. What is also most alarming though is
the refereeing of the bout. This collectively has lead to a official
protest being lodged," he said.
"I purposely waited to view the bout in it's entirety to make one
comment on the bout. Vic Darchinyan was hit with blatant and illegal
low blows. Vic was hit with over 20 low blows over the duration of the
bout, 14 of which were direct hits to his groin area. The game plan of
Mares was to push Vic back, but with low blows. On the the fourth low
blow administered by Mares he was deducted one point for that blatant
low blow, for the remainder of the bout Vic was hit with a further
10 direct low blows, five of these low blows were given on the run
warnings by referee Howard but there was no further point deductions.
A week after the fight to our surprise a Sports Sciences documentary
that was produced by the US Division of Fox Sports aired, this episode
was produced two years earlier. It demonstrated what exactly happens
when a fighter is hit with low blows. The person demonstrating the
action of throwing a low blow was none other than Abner Mares."
From: A. Papazian
Tert.am
11.01.11
After viewing the Abner Mares versus Vic Darchinyan bout several
times, Elias Nassar, the manager of the former IBF/WBC/WBA champion is
disgusted with the scoring and the referee of the SHOWTIME bantamweight
bout. Nassar talks to Fightnews and gives reasons for his protest
that includes YouTube links.
"I find it very difficult to accept the loss of my fighter after
viewing the replay of the fight countless times. Directly after
viewing the bout, I initially accepted the final result. I noted
that the fight was very close and without bias I had Vic Darchinyan
winning 114-112," said Nassar.
"I also initially accepted that the fight was close enough for any
person who may have watched the bout to pick either fighter as the
winner and the rounds could have been judged for the frequency of
punches Mares was throwing or for the clean hard punches being landed
by Vic."
Further Nassar said that he doesn't accept what he called the "sub
standard officiating of the bout by referee Howard and one of the
judges".
"In relation to one of the judges scorecard's, I am dumbfounded one
judge could have scored nine out of twelve rounds to Mares including
the last seven rounds. There is no way whatsoever that Mares could have
won nine out of twelve rounds. What is also most alarming though is
the refereeing of the bout. This collectively has lead to a official
protest being lodged," he said.
"I purposely waited to view the bout in it's entirety to make one
comment on the bout. Vic Darchinyan was hit with blatant and illegal
low blows. Vic was hit with over 20 low blows over the duration of the
bout, 14 of which were direct hits to his groin area. The game plan of
Mares was to push Vic back, but with low blows. On the the fourth low
blow administered by Mares he was deducted one point for that blatant
low blow, for the remainder of the bout Vic was hit with a further
10 direct low blows, five of these low blows were given on the run
warnings by referee Howard but there was no further point deductions.
A week after the fight to our surprise a Sports Sciences documentary
that was produced by the US Division of Fox Sports aired, this episode
was produced two years earlier. It demonstrated what exactly happens
when a fighter is hit with low blows. The person demonstrating the
action of throwing a low blow was none other than Abner Mares."
From: A. Papazian