03.02.08 Gary Shaw furious over Darchinyan farce

VIC DARCHINYAN'S promoter, Gary Shaw, will file a protest with the International Boxing Federation over the controversial drawn world title eliminator against Filipino Z. Gorres.

The three judges were divided over the IBF super flyweight bout in Cebu City in the Philippines, with Filipino Jonathan Davis scoring it 114-112 to Darchinyan, Thai official Montol Suriyachand having Gorres ahead 113-112, and Australian Cec Perkins scoring it a 113-113 draw.

Darchinyan (29-1-1, 23 KOs) scored knockdowns in the first and ninth rounds, but was put down in the second by Gorres (27-2-2, 15 KOs).

Darchinyan's camp claimed New Zealand referee Lance Revill erred in disallowing two more knockdowns against Gorres. The ring was pelted with bottles at the end of the first round, during the second, and at the end of the fight.

Darchinyan's trainer, Billy Hussein, was struck on the head by a plastic bottle after the fight, but was not injured.

Shaw said he would file a protest with the IBF about the officiating. "The referee had never done a world title fight outside New Zealand, and I think he felt the pressure of the hostile environment in the first round and it affected the way he officiated the next 11 rounds, missing two clear knockdowns," Shaw said.

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