Joan Guzman (29-0-1) draws Ali Funeka (30-2-3) [Results]

speeds · Oct 3, 2009

November 28th, 2009
Pepsi Coliseum
Quebec City, Canada

IBF lightweight title (vacant)

DP · Oct 3, 2009

Re: Joan Guzman (29-0) vs. Ali Funeka (30-2-2) [28-Nov-09]

Ah, the dude on the left looks creepy.

speeds · Dec 1, 2009

Re: Joan Guzman (29-0) vs. Ali Funeka (30-2-2) [28-Nov-09]

http://newyork.fighthype.com/2009/11/29/six-boxing-truths-from-a-bute-of-a-weekend/

2. The Ali Funeka- Joan Guzman Decision wreaked like a New Jersey waste dump: Funeka, the lanky South African Lightweight, dominated the undefeated Guzman from the opening bell. If you were being charitable,there were four rounds to give Guzman (my unofficial card read 117-111). Somehow, judges Alan Davis and Benoit Roussel scored the bout a draw, leaving the announcers, crowd and televised audience in shock.

Davis and Roussell should be taken to task for their bogus scorecards, the result of either corruption or incompetence. Either way, we have a prime candidate for Robbery of The Year. Unfortunately, Roussel and Davis overshadowed a spirited, one-sided Lightweight battle.

Gary Shaw, Funkea’a promoter, said after the fight: “Let me put it to you this way, Ali got screwed and he didn’t even get kissed. Ali got robbed. As one reporter told me, ‘…this decision was so bad it made the Diaz-Malignaggi decision look legitimate.’ This may be the worst decision since Lewis-Holyfield I and it needs to be addressed with a formal investigation by the IBF and Interpol. I implore the Promoters Association to issue a formal statement in support of such an investigation. At the very least, the IBF should make Funeka its interim lightweight champion so that no matter who he fights next, it’s world title fight. We must stop robbing fighters, sending them home with nothing but shattered dreams instead of the rewards they earned in the ring.”
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