Ryan Burnett last night became the IBF Bantamweight champion of the world, dethroning champion Lee Haskins in Belfast.
It was totally one-sided, with Haskins hitting the floor twice. The fight wasn't stopped, but Burnett was a comfortable winner on points.
That said, the final scorecard was bizarre: two judges called it 119-107 to Burnett, with the third judge, American Clark Sammartino calling it 118-108 in Haskins' favour.
It's fair to say that Eddie Hearn wasn't impressed by it being deemed a split decision:
@EddieHearn reaction to a split decision ? pic.twitter.com/IYMcZ1MTDs
— Raheem (@RaheemRambo) June 10, 2017
Hearn has since tried to explain the anomalous score, and he believes Sammartino mixed up the boxers.
His scorecard was excellent: it was just the wrong way around.
These suspicions have since been confirmed by British Boxing Board of Control secretary, Robert Smith, who assured that Sammartino would not be coming back to Northern Ireland anytime soon.
He [Clark Sammartino] will not be coming back to this country and I will be telling the IBF that on Monday.
There was only one winner. It was a good fight and it kind of ruins it. It was the wrong decision.
[BBC]
