ANALYSIS: Jeff Fenech's defeat to Azumah Nelson has been overturned — and his fight is not the only one that needs looking at
As is the case with any subjective sport, not everyone is going to agree with every decision that's made.Styles make fights and some judges prefer certain styles to others.
It's 1988, and 1984 Olympic lightweight champion Pernell Whitaker had just walloped WBC lightweight champion Jose Luis Ramirez in Paris.Ramirez was set for an all-Mexican unification fight with Juilo César Chávez and just needed to retain his title against this upstart American."[José Sulaimán, the WBC boss] is nothing but a goddarn thief," Whitaker's trainer Lou Duva shouted during a post-fight interview.
Next up, was a contest with the best pound-for-pound fighter on the planet, Mexican great Julio César Chávez.
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