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Brian Ritchie
Posted: 2006-05-23 12:00:34
Colin Payne

I think I understand the story now.

1. Mary wins fight vs Soumia by unanimous decision.
2. In press conference after the fight, one of the WPKL Chief officials said of Soumia that she was too young and inexperienced to win. Evidently, he was trying to be consoling and give some bit of excuse for her loss, suggesting that she will do better in the future....but that comment backfired. It showed some bias against Soumia and brought up questions about the judgement.
3. Soumia's camp made a complaint
4. The tape was reviewd by three more judges, one of which was not an official judge
5. They reversed the unanimous decision for Mary Hart and unanimously gave their decision to Soumia.

So, in summary, an official of WPKL made a really irresponsible public comment. Re-evaluating the fight tape and pulling the belt from Mary Hart is a political move to help undo the damage done by that official's comments.

However, that also is backfiring. In my eyes, the WPKL tried to fix one mistake with a worse mistake...like trying to put a fire out with petrol.

What that official SHOULD have done is make a public statement making it clear that he should not have made those comments about Soumia, and that the judging was done by three inidividuals from three different countries and it was legitimate judging. Then an immediate rematch should bave been established.

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