Liam Wilson has demanded an investigation after his rival was given 27-seconds to recover as the Australian underdog was defeated in ninth-round stoppage
Australian underdog subsequently defeated in ninth-round stoppage
Liam Wilson has reflected on the “piss take” that was his attempted world boxing title heist in Phoenix, saying he’d fight Emanuel Navarrete again for the WBO strap if his protest is upheld. Those extra 17 seconds after the knock down were life-altering for the unheralded Wilson, whose victory on US debut would have been at least equal to the shock world title upsets by Jeff Horn five years ago and Jeff Harding nearly 30 years before that.
“To me it was just a big piss take and looked well and truly planned to buy him some time,” Wilson told journalists in Arizona on Saturday of the delay that saw referee Chris Flores stop the count, pick up Navarrete’s mouthguard and then re-insert it upside down.
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